Are you the O'Reilly : (blime me, O'Reilly, you are lookin' well)

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Title
Are you the O'Reilly : (blime me, O'Reilly, you are lookin' well)
Additional title: Blime me, O'Reilly, you are lookin' well
Names
Rooney, Pat, 1880-1962 (Composer)
Grooms, Calvin (Arranger)
Emmett, P. (Composer)
Collection

War songs

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1915
Place: New York
Publisher: Leo. Feist
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: P.S. War songs
Genres
Scores
Popular music
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover includes an article, originally published in The New York Tribune, May 7, 1915, talking about Are you the O'Reilly? becoming a popular war song for British soldiers in the trenches, and an anti-war song, I didn't raise my son to be a soldier, being taught to Brooklyn, N.Y. school schildren by a public school principal Alexander Fichandler.
Content: First line of chorus: Are you the O'Reilly that keeps this hotel?
Content: First line of text: I'm Terence O'Reilly.
Content: For the song I didn't raise my son to be a soldier, see Music (Sheet) 98-155.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: The tune that took the place of 'Tipperary' in the trenches ... one of the good old timers brought up to date--Top of cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: original version by Pat. Rooney ; new version by P. Emmett ; arr. by Calvin Grooms.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C782
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14661848
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 40b12990-c623-012f-e725-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1880: Creator Born
  • 1915: Created
  • 1962: Creator Died
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Are you the O'Reilly : (blime me, O'Reilly, you are lookin' well)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-52e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Are you the O'Reilly : (blime me, O'Reilly, you are lookin' well)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-52e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1915). Are you the O'Reilly : (blime me, O'Reilly, you are lookin' well) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-52e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Are you the O'Reilly : (blime me, O'Reilly, you are lookin' well)