A Rollicking
Irish Boy

From the Irish Melodrama
The Maid of Arran
Words and Music:
L. Frank Baum
1882

In 1882-83 playwright L. Frank Baum directed and starred in The Maid of Arran. He's also credited with music and lyrics for a half dozen songs that accompanied this Irish melodrama.

In the play Baum played Hugh Holcomb and he sang the song offered here. The play was highly praised in its time and only stopped running after Baum's wife became pregnant with their first son.


L. Frank Baum as Hugh Holcomb
in THE MAID OF ARRAN (1882)

So sit back and play the MIDI, download the sheet music, and listen to an Irish boy rollick! It is a charming song--but as Oz lover and musical historian James Doyle was fond of pointing out, "It's about as Irish as a Lucky Charms commercial!" A medley of all six surviving songs from The Maid of Arran can be heard on our compact disc Before the Rainbow arranged by James Doyle.

You can download the sheet music in PDF format by clicking on the Page Number links below which will allow you to save it on disc or print copies for yourself.

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