Grogan's grocery

              I'm a groc'ry man I'd have you know,
Mike Grogan is my name,
To America three years ago,
From the County Cork I came,
By toil and luck and industry,
Affluence came to me.
And now the sign above my door,
Reads "Grogan's Grocery."
I've neither care nor trouble,
My wealth comes rolling in.
To burst this golden bubble,
I think would be a sin,
Nor will I trouble borrow.
My heart is light and free,
I'll think but of tomorrow,
And Grogan's Grocery.
I'm as busy all day as a bee,
I'm cheerful and jolly and free
I sell maccaroni, and links of bologna,
And sugar and pickles and tea,
I've molasses all over the floor,
And if you've not been in before,
You can tell by the smell that I've codfish to sell,
As you enter my grocery store.

All orders cheerfully I fill
With promptness and with style.
And when a lady buys a bill
On her I sweetly smile,
I please them with my gallantry,
They often say of me,
"Faith that's the handsome Irishman
In Grogan's Grocery."
Now there's my neighbor Allen,
A very wealthy man,
Buys coal oil by the gallon,
And salmon by the can.
While others who deadhead it,
I let them plainly see
There's no discount nor credit,
At Grogan's Grocery.
Of mutton I've three or four legs,
I  have bacon, and butter, and eggs,
I have all sorts of greens, and I've onions and beans,
And of fish I have several kegs,
I've a horseshoe hung over the door.
And there's always a welcome galore,
In the grocery line, there is nothing so fine,
As I keep in my grocery store.

I've candy for the boys and girls
To give them joy in life,
Tobacco for the working man,
And taffy for his wife.
The poor man and aristocrat.
Are just alike to me,
I try to treat them all the same
At Grogan's Grocery.
It is my greatest pleasure
To treat them kind and nice.
I give them all good measure,
And at the cheapest price.
And just as sweet as honey,
I always try to be
To those who spend their money,
At Grogan's Grocery.
I have coffee, and cutlets, and ham,
I have one or two quarters of lamb,
I've tender calf's head, and I've biscuits and bread,
And I've strawberry jelly and jam,
I have washboards and brooms by the score,
And of clothespins a few dozen more,
From a can of green peas to a cents worth of cheese,
You can buy at my grocery store.