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McCarthy's Boarding House

from It's Not the Coat Makes the Gentleman by Parlormuse

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Re-upload from our debut full-length album, "It's Not the Coat Makes the Gentleman" (2007).

lyrics

Dan McCarthy lives on Cherry street,
McCarthy’s boarding house;
He keeps a boarding house so neat,
McCarthy’s boarding house;
Five dollars a week to him we pay,
McCarthy’s boarding house.
We get three square meals ev’ry day,
McCarthy’s boarding house.

There’s the Clearys, and Learys,
And McLions, and Flynns,
Denny, the Regans, and the Fagins,
McCarthy’s boarding house,
There’s the Clearys, and Learys,
And McLions, and Flynns,
Denny, the Regans, and the Fagins,
McCarthy’s boarding house.

I tell you, boys, they feed us high,
In McCarthy’s boarding house.
On lobster salad and lemon pie,
In McCarthy’s boarding house.
Quail on toast, eggs and ham,
McCarthy’s boarding house,
Corned beef and cabbage and Italian jam,
McCarthy’s boarding house.

There is cobblers and nailers
Tailors and weavers,
Tiny butchers and bakers,
In McCarthy’s boarding house.
There is cobblers and nailers
Tailors and weavers,
Tiny butchers and bakers,
In McCarthy’s boarding house.

McCarthy’s bought a new piano,
For McCarthy’s boarding house,
For his elegant daughter, big Johanna,
In McCarthy’s boarding house.
And she’s the girl knows how to play,
In McCarthy’s boarding house,
She’d drive your appetite away,
In McCarthy’s boarding house.

Johanna, alanna,
Loves Nailor, the Tailor,
And faith they’ll be married,
In McCarthy’s boarding house.
Johanna, alanna,
Loves Nailor, the Tailor,
And faith they’ll be married,
In McCarthy’s boarding house.

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from It's Not the Coat Makes the Gentleman, track released December 25, 2007

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Parlormuse Willoughby, Ohio

Travel back in time to the Gilded Age for a nostalgic journey through the popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Parlormuse rekindles the faded embers of the Victorian era while bringing its own modern rock and pop stylings to the traditions of yesteryear. ... more

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