Ellen O'Hagan 1904

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 January 2011
2011

There's a dear little colleen
I fondly adore,
And my heart she has stolen away;
So when ever I meet her
I always implore
and beg her to soon name the day.
With smile so bewitching
and dimples that tease,
she'll say: "O now Barney,
don't hurry me please,"
Sure two years I've been waiting
my heart all ablaze,
and keep singing this same old refrain:

O Ellen O'Hagan
I'll never stop beggin'
until you consent
to be mine.
Don't be hesitatin'
and keep me a waitin'
but change your name now to O'Brien.
Sure my heart is achin'
and feels like 'twas breakin'
when you smile on Timmy Malone
Sweet Ellen O'Hagan
I'll never stop beggin'
until I can call you my own.

In a neat little cottage
just over the way,
with her mother she lives all alone;
Ev'ry night I go round my addresses to pay
and most always meet Timmy Malone.
I feel just like fighting
I'm jealous I know,
but then, you can't blame me
for I love her so;
Sure I'd stay there for ever
if he did not go
and keep singing
this same old refrain.

O Ellen O'Hagan
I'll never stop beggin'
until you consent
to be mine.
Don't be hesitatin'
and keep me a waitin'
but change your name now to O'Brien.
Sure my heart is achin'
and feels like 'twas breakin'
when you smile on Timmy Malone
Sweet Ellen O'Hagan
I'll never stop beggin'
until I can call you my own.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ellen O'Hagan 1904
"with apologies to Miss Ellen O'Hagan"
by Anita Owen
© MCMIV by Anita Owen
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 30 January 2011 at 12.17
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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