NORA MALONE (CALL ME BY PHONE)
From the Broadway Musical "The Yankee Girl" (1910)
(Lyrics: Junie McCree / Music: Albert Von Tilzer)


Blanche Ring (Broadway Production) - 1910
Ada Jones &  American Quartet - 1910
Byron G. Harlan - 1910
Billy Murray - 1910
Teresa Brewer - 1955
Ruby Murray - 1958

Also recorded by: Dermot O'Brien; George Chisholm & His Jazzers.



Nora Malone, long have I known
How you've been teasin'
When you should be pleasin' your boy, my own
When you're away, I fret and pray
Just to be hearin' a word that's endearin'
You should send me one ev'ry day

Nora Malone, call me by phone
Number one, two, three, four, main
Don't forget the number while you slumber
Open your eyes when you arise
Hear all the blarney of your Barney Carney from Killarney
Colleens are few, there's none like you
In the old town of Athlone
Musha-wurra-wurra-wurra-wurra
Old Erin's isle could not make me smile
Without Nora Malone

I love to hear, Barney my dear
Weepin' and wailin' as though you were ailin'
When I'm not here
I'll be your bride, when love decides
Now stop your cooin' and your silly wooin'
I want to hear somethin' besides

Nora Malone, call me by phone
Number one, two, three, four, main
Don't forget the number while you slumber
Open your eyes when you arise
Hear all the blarney of your Barney Carney from Killarney
Colleens are few, there's none like you
In the old town of Athlone.
Musha-wurra-wurra-wurra-wurra
Old Erin's isle could not make me smile
Without Nora Malone



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2019)