Mary’s a Grand Old Name
James Cagney & Sally Sweetland * Track #5 On Yankee Doodle Dandy (Songs From the Original Film Soundtrack)
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Album Yankee Doodle Dandy (Songs From the Original Film Soundtrack)
- #1Give My Regards to Broadway
James Cagney
- #2Over There
Frances Langford
- #3Off the Record
James Cagney
- #4Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway
James Cagney
- #5Mary’s a Grand Old Name
James Cagney & Sally Sweetland
- #6You’re a Grand Old Flag
James Cagney & & & Walter Huston
- #7Yankee Doodle Boy
James Cagney
- #8Harrigan
James Cagney & Sally Sweetland
Mary's a Grand Old Name by James Cagney (Ft. Sally Sweetland)
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George (James Cagney) recites the words to a new song that he has composed for the female lead in George Washington Jr. The character’s name is Mary, but George’s wife Mary (Joan Leslie, dubbed by Sally Sweetland) can’t help but notice that the song also refers to her. She plays the piano under his...
Mary’s a Grand Old Name Lyrics
[GEORGE]
(Verse 1)
My mother's name was Mary
She was so good and true
Because her name was Mary
She called me Mary, too
She wasn't gay or airy
But plain as she could be
I hate to meet a Mary
Who calls herself Marie
(Chorus)
For it is Mary, Mary
Plain as any name can be
But with propriety, society will say Marie
But it was Mary, Mary
Long before the fashions came
And there is something there that sounds so square
It's a grand old name
[MARY]
(Chorus)
For it is Mary, Mary
Plain as any name can be
But with propriety, society will say Marie
But it was Mary, Mary
Long before the fashions came
And there is something there that sounds so square
It's a grand old name
Mary’s a Grand Old Name Q&A
Who wrote Mary’s a Grand Old Name's ?
Mary’s a Grand Old Name was written by George M. Cohan.