“The chances are good that you have heard this one. Harrigan was written and composed by George M. Cohan in 1907. It is the song that spells out Harrigan. Besides being performed in Cohan’s 1908 musical Fifty Miles from Boston it was performed in the James Cagney 1942 film Yankee Doodle Dandy about Cohan.
Who is the man who will spend or will even lend?
Harrigan, That’s Me!
Who is your friend when you find that you need a friend?
Harrigan, That’s Me!
For I’m just as proud of my name you see,
As an Emperor, Czar or a King, could be.
Who is the man helps a man every time he can?
Harrigan, That’s Me!
CHORUS
H – A – double R – I – G – A – N spells Harrigan
Proud of all the Irish blood that’s in me; Divil a man can say a word agin me.
H – A – double R – I – G – A – N, you see,
Is a name that a shame never has been connected with, Harrigan, That’s me!
Who is the man never stood for a gad about?
Harrigan, That’s Me!
Who is the man that the town’s simply mad about?
Harrigan, That’s Me!
The ladies and babies are fond of me,
I’m fond of them, too, in return, you see.
Who is the gen that’s deserving a monument?
Harrigan, That’s Me!”
Now, I just need to memorize it.
