Arrah Go On I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon
Composer(s): Joe Young - Sam Lewis - Bert Grant
Performer(s): George Gershwin



Pat McCarty, hale and hearty
Living in Oregon
Heard a lot of talk about the great New York 
He left the farm, where all was calm and landed on old Broadway 
He coaxed a little Mary Ann into a swell cafe 
The waiter brought the card and said, "what will you have," to Pat
Then Pat looked at the prices and he said "I'll have me hat"

Pat McCarty broke the party up into smithereens 
Said "your bill of fare, would give a bull scare
I want to eat, but I repeat, I don't want to buy the place" 
And Mary Ann was sitting with blushes on her face 
She said, "I'll have a little steak, that's all I want right now" 
And Pat said, "what it costs for steaks, why I could buy a cow"

Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back to Oregon
Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back and stay 
I could buy the horses many a bale of hay 
for all that I'd have to pay to feed a chicken on old Broadway
Arrah go on, there's somebody back in Oregon
Who calls me Uncle Pat, not Uncle John 
Arrah go on, go way, go wid yer go way, go wid yer go way, go on
Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back to Oregon