Arrah Go On I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon
Escape to Oregon: A Whimsical Tale of Pat McCarty's Broadway Adventure
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Pat McCarty, hale and hearty
Pat McCarty, healthy and robust, living in Oregon.
Living in Oregon
Heard a lot of talk about the great New York.
Heard a lot of talk about the great New York
He left the calm farm life and landed on old Broadway.
He left the farm
He persuaded Mary Ann to join him in a café in the city.
Where all was calm and landed on old Broadway
The waiter presented the menu to Pat.
He coaxed a little Mary Ann into a swell cafe
Pat, astonished by the prices, humorously decided to keep his hat instead of ordering.
The waiter brought the card and
Pat disrupted the party, criticizing the exorbitant prices on the menu.
Said, "what will you have, " to Pat
The menu scared him away, and he didn't want to purchase anything.
Then Pat looked at the prices and
Pat humorously considered his hat as his choice of order.
He said "I'll have me hat"
Pat McCarty expressed his reluctance to buy the entire place just to eat.
Pat McCarty broke the party
Pat disrupted the party, emphasizing that the menu prices were outrageous.
Up into smithereens said "your bill of fare
He sarcastically commented that the menu would frighten a bull.
Would give a bull scare
Pat wanted to eat but not purchase the entire establishment.
I want to eat, but I repeat, I
Expressed his desire to eat without acquiring ownership.
Don't want to buy the place, "
Mary Ann, blushing, was with him during this episode.
And Mary Ann was sitting with
Mary Ann expressed her simple desire for a steak at the moment.
Blushes on her face
Pat teased about the high cost, suggesting he could buy a cow for that price.
She said, "I'll have a little steak
Expressed humorously the intention to return to Oregon.
That's all I want right now"
Expressed the desire to go back and stay in Oregon.
And Pat said, "what it costs for steaks
He could afford more in Oregon, like feeding horses and chickens.
Why I could buy a cow"
Commented on the high cost of feeding a chicken on Broadway.
Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back to Oregon
Expressed the intention to return to Oregon.
Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back and stay
Expressed the intention to go back and stay in Oregon.
I could buy the horses many a bale of hay
Expressed the affordability of buying hay for horses in Oregon.
For all that I'd have to pay to
Humorously exaggerated the cost of feeding a chicken on Broadway.
Feed a chicken on old Broadway
Encouraged by the affordability in Oregon.
Arrah go on, there's somebody back in Oregon
Someone in Oregon affectionately calls him Uncle Pat, not Uncle John.
Who calls me Uncle Pat, not Uncle John
Arrah go on, go way, go wid yer
Expressed the intention to go back to Oregon.
Go way, go wid yer go way, go on
Humorous encouragement to leave with exaggerated phrases.
Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back to Oregon
Reiterated the intention to return to Oregon.
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