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Wikipedia article'"Cordelia Malone"' is a novelty song written in 1904 by Billy Jerome and Jean Schwartz, and recorded that same year by popular Irish American singer Billy Murray.*Williams, W.H.A. 1996. "'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream: The Image of Ireland and the Irish in American Popular Song Lyrics, 1800-1920" ([https://books.google.com/books?id=vkkPkw_TXEgC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=cordelia+malone&source=web&ots=RnoYmgkw_n&sig=Us7e0zDEPnqjqevdLVXVIgwxsGk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result]) The lyrics are a stableboy's first-hand account of his courtship of Cordelia Malone, a "smart Irish girl". Over the course of the song, he describes his seemingly successful efforts to woo Cordelia through use of the then newly invented telephone, stating that:
The name given to Cordelia's sister, 'Bedelia', may be in reference to a popular 1903 song, "Bedelia (I Want to Steal Ye, Bedelia, I Love You So)", also written by Billy Jerome and Jean Schwartz.*Indiana University Sheet Music Collections ([http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?&g=sheetmusic&c=starr&c=devincent&view=reslist&type=simple&q1=Bedelia%2C%20I%20want%20to%20steal%20ye%2C%20Bedelia%2C%20I%20love%20you%20so&rgn1=title]) ReferencesCategory:Novelty songs Category:Songs about telephone calls Category:1904 songs Category:Billy Murray (singer) songs Category:Songs with music by Jean Schwartz Category:Songs with lyrics by William Jerome | |
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