Irish Jubilee, The

DESCRIPTION: "A short while ago An Irishman named Doherty Was elected to the Senate By a very large majority." This is cause for a tremendous party, described in loving and silly detail, e.g. those invited included "Old men, young men, Girls who were not men at all."
AUTHOR: Words: James Thornton / Music: Charles Lawler
EARLIEST DATE: 1890 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: party humorous political
FOUND IN: US(MW,So) Canada(Mar) Ireland
REFERENCES (9 citations):
Randolph 472, "The Irish Jubilee" (1 text, 1 tune)
Randolph/Cohen-OzarkFolksongs-Abridged, pp. 363-366, "The Irish Jubilee" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 472)
Peters-FolkSongsOutOfWisconsin, pp.286-288, "Irish Jubilee" (1 text, 1 tune)
Stout-FolkloreFromIowa 80, pp. 101-102, "The Irish Jubilee" (1 text)
Ives-DriveDullCareAway-PrinceEdwardIsland, pp. 160-162,247, "Irish Jubilee" (1 text, 2 tunes)
Spaeth-WeepSomeMoreMyLady, pp. 225-228, "The Irish Jubilee" (1 text, 1 tune)
Morton-FolksongsSungInUlster 49, "The Irish Jubilee" (1 text, 1 tune)
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 166, "The Irish Jubilee" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: James P. Leary, Compiler and Annotator, _Wisconsin Folklore_ University of Wisconsin Press, 2009, article "The Wanigan Songbook" by Isabel J. Ebert, pp. 215-216, "Irish Jubilee" (1 text, sung by Emory DeNoyer)
Roud #2916
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Auld Lang Syne" (tune for final half-verse)
cf. "The Kelligrews Soiree"
cf. "O'Dooley's First Five O'Clock Tea" (theme)
cf. "Gilhooly's Dinner Party" (theme)
NOTES [87 words]: William H. A. Williams, 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, University of Illinois Press, 1996, pp. 144-145, implies that this is about a real event: "'The Irish Jubilee' (1890) describes a massive wingding to celebrate the rise of a local Tammany politico. When Doherty is elected to the Senate, he decides to celebrate. He throws a banquet, sending out invitations in twenty different languages." I can't find a record of a New York Senator named Doherty. There may have been a state senator by that name, to be sure. - RBW
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File: R472

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