Mary Lou (MS2011-3222-038)
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Title
Mary Lou (MS2011-3222-038)
Subject
Description
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-038 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 66-67.
Strophic song; two verses with a refrain after the first verse.
“Mary Lou” is a transcription of Montreal songwriter, composer, pianist, and recording studio owner/producer Roméo Beaudry’s 1926 song, “Mary Lou.” Beaudry’s is a French-language setting of the 1926 hit song by the same name, with music by American band leader by Abe Lyman (1897-1957) and American American ragtime-and-dixieland jazz pianist and composer. J. Russel Robinson (1892-1963). The lyrics to the original song were written by actor, director, producer and writer George Waggner (1894-1984), best known for directing Lon Chaney Jr. in the 1941 film The Wolf Man. Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra first recorded “Mary Lou” in March 1926; in December of that year, Montreal baritone Odilon Rochon recorded Beaudry’s setting for the Compo/Starr label (issue # 15309; matrix # E2633).yman’s California Orchestra first recorded “Mary Lou” in March 1926; in December of that year, Montreal baritone Odilon Rochon recorded Beaudry’s setting for the Compo/Starr label (issue # 15309; matrix # E2633).
Strophic song; two verses with a refrain after the first verse.
“Mary Lou” is a transcription of Montreal songwriter, composer, pianist, and recording studio owner/producer Roméo Beaudry’s 1926 song, “Mary Lou.” Beaudry’s is a French-language setting of the 1926 hit song by the same name, with music by American band leader by Abe Lyman (1897-1957) and American American ragtime-and-dixieland jazz pianist and composer. J. Russel Robinson (1892-1963). The lyrics to the original song were written by actor, director, producer and writer George Waggner (1894-1984), best known for directing Lon Chaney Jr. in the 1941 film The Wolf Man. Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra first recorded “Mary Lou” in March 1926; in December of that year, Montreal baritone Odilon Rochon recorded Beaudry’s setting for the Compo/Starr label (issue # 15309; matrix # E2633).yman’s California Orchestra first recorded “Mary Lou” in March 1926; in December of that year, Montreal baritone Odilon Rochon recorded Beaudry’s setting for the Compo/Starr label (issue # 15309; matrix # E2633).
Abstract
Suitor sings of sweetheart Mary Lou comparing her as the fairest flower in the garden.
Source
VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Song Item Type Metadata
Supplied Title
Mary Lou
First Line
Il fait beau c’est le printemp
Composer
Beaudry, Roméo
Lyman, Abe
Robinson, J. Russel
Lyricist
Beaudry, Roméo
George Waggner
Transcription
1
Il fait beau c’est le printemp
Je me reveille en chantant
Mary Lou Mary Lou
Le soleil mes en mon coeur
Un rayon de bonheur
Mary Lou Mary Lou
Refrain
Mary Lou Mary Lou
En passant pres de chez vous
Je me suis arête pour vous dire
Et vous offrir quelques fleurs
En gage d’amour Mary Lou
J’ai chercher un peu partout
Mais parmi les fleurs eclose
Je n’ai pas vu de rose
Plus belle que vous Mary Lou
2
J’ai trouve dans le jardin
Du muget et du jasmine
Mary Lou, Mary Lou
Et j’ai mit dans un bouquet
Un baiser tout bien discret
Oui pour vous Mary Lou
Fin
Il fait beau c’est le printemp
Je me reveille en chantant
Mary Lou Mary Lou
Le soleil mes en mon coeur
Un rayon de bonheur
Mary Lou Mary Lou
Refrain
Mary Lou Mary Lou
En passant pres de chez vous
Je me suis arête pour vous dire
Et vous offrir quelques fleurs
En gage d’amour Mary Lou
J’ai chercher un peu partout
Mais parmi les fleurs eclose
Je n’ai pas vu de rose
Plus belle que vous Mary Lou
2
J’ai trouve dans le jardin
Du muget et du jasmine
Mary Lou, Mary Lou
Et j’ai mit dans un bouquet
Un baiser tout bien discret
Oui pour vous Mary Lou
Fin
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Citation
“Mary Lou (MS2011-3222-038),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/883.
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