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| Name = He's My Sweetheart | | Name = He's My Sweetheart | ||
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| Type = | | Caption = ''Alone IV'' cover art | ||
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| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = Monterey Jack | | Album = Monterey Jack | ||
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| Recorded = 1992 | | Recorded = [[1992]] or [[1993]] | ||
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| Writer = | | Writer = Michael Nolan | ||
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"'''He's My Sweetheart'''" | "'''Little Annie Rooney'''" is a song written by Irish singer Michael Nolan in 1889.<ref>"Little Annie Rooney" ''Folk Song and Music Hall''. http://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/little-annie-rooney/</ref> [[Rivers Cuomo]] recorded a short cover of the song's chorus (under the title "'''He's My Sweetheart'''," or "'''Ode to Pat Finn'''"<ref name="rechist4">[[Recording_History_-_Page_4|Weezer Recording History - Page 4]]</ref>) in the early 90s. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | *''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"He's My Sweetheart" was | "He's My Sweetheart" was recorded in [[1992]]<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. The Catalog O' Riffs. 2002. Archived by ''Weezerpedia''. http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html</ref> or [[1993]].<ref name="rechist4" /> For this cover, Cuomo altered the genders of the song's pronouns and replaced the name "Annie Rooney" with "[[Pat Finn|Patrick Finn]]", a friend of Cuomo's who notably introduced each of the original members of [[Weezer]] to one another.<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. (2005, October 25). Nuts. ''Myspace''. Archived on ''Weezerpedia'': [[Rivers Cuomo blog posts - 2005#October_26]]</ref> | ||
The song was listed by Cuomo among his [[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo|4 and 5-star demos]] from 1993 in [[2008]], and the demo was first heard by fans when it leaked online through [[riverscuomo.com demos|the demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], [[2020]]. The song was made available as a single-quantity purchase a few days later upon the store's launch on [[November 9]], before being made available for purchase by all as part of the demo compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' on [[November 22]]. | The song was listed by Cuomo among his [[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo|4 and 5-star demos]] from 1993 in [[2008]], and the demo was first heard by fans when it leaked online through [[riverscuomo.com demos|the demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], [[2020]]. The song was made available as a single-quantity purchase a few days later upon the store's launch on [[November 9]], before being made available for purchase by all as part of the demo compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' on [[November 22]]. | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|He's My Sweetheart|15 He's My Sweetheart.mp3|[[1992]]||0:43|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''|}} | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
He's my sweetheart | He's my sweetheart, I'm his beau | ||
I'm his beau | He's my Patrick, I'm his Joe | ||
He's my Patrick | Soon we'll marry, never to part | ||
I'm his Joe | Little Patrick Finn is my sweetheart</poem> | ||
Soon we'll marry | |||
Little Patrick Finn | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of | *[[List of cover songs]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Cover songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]] | ||