Step It Out Mary

"Step It Out Mary"
"Step It Out Mary"
Song
Genre	Ballad ; Irish traditional ;
Songwriter(s)	Sean McCarthy

Last updated July 09, 2025

"Step It Out Mary" (also "Step It Out Mary My Fine Daughter")^[1] is a traditional Irish ballad.^[2]^[3] In 1999, The Companion to Irish Traditional Music credited Sean McCarthy with penning the song.^[4]

Publications

Jones, Tom (1967). "Step It Out Mary". Major.^[5]
Doyle, Danny (1967). Step It Out Mary (extended play). Tribune.^[6]
The Irish Rovers (September 1973). The Irish Rovers Live! . Interfusion.^[7]
The Dayhills (15 October 1976). Bob's Favorite Irish Music in America (phonograph record). Biscuit City Records.^[8]
Boiled in Lead (1989). From the Ladle to the Grave . Atomic Theory.^[2]

References

↑ Giles, John; Lynch, Declan (2010). "'I Hope You'll Always Feel As Independent As You Do Now'". A Football Man: The Autobiography. Ireland: Hachette Books. pp. 271–288. ISBN 978 1 44472 094 5.
1 2 "Boiled in Lead: From the Ladle to the Grave". The Beat. Vol. 8. Bongo Productions. 1989. p. 49.
↑ Blood-Patterson, Peter, ed. (1988). "WOMEN: celebrating our sisterhood, claiming our stories". Rise Up Singing. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Sing Out. pp. 243–251. ISBN 0-86571-138-0.
↑ Vallely, Fintan, ed. (1999). "Song, Regional Song, Dublin Street Song". The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Cork: Cork University Press. pp. 360–362. ISBN 1 85918 148 1.
↑ Zhito, Lee, ed. (4 March 1967). "Hits of the World". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 9. Dublin: Hal B. Cook. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ Stewart, Ken (10 June 1967). Zhito, Lee (ed.). "From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 23. Dublin: Hal B. Cook. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ L.D.S. (September 1973). Williams, Neville (ed.). "Variety Fare". Electronics Australia . Vol. 35, no. 6. Sydney. pp. 95–101.
↑ "Motion Pictures", Catalog of Copyright Entries, 3rd, 30 (1), Washington, D.C.: United States Copyright Office: 497, 1977, ISSN 0090-8371

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[2010_Football_Man-1] Giles, John; Lynch, Declan (2010). "'I Hope You'll Always Feel As Independent As You Do Now'". A Football Man: The Autobiography. Ireland: Hachette Books. pp. 271–288. ISBN 978 1 44472 094 5.

[1989_The_Beat-2] 1 2 "Boiled in Lead: From the Ladle to the Grave". The Beat. Vol. 8. Bongo Productions. 1989. p. 49.

[1988_Rise_Up_Singing-3] Blood-Patterson, Peter, ed. (1988). "WOMEN: celebrating our sisterhood, claiming our stories". Rise Up Singing. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Sing Out. pp. 243–251. ISBN 0-86571-138-0.

[1999_Companion_to_Irish_Traditional_Music-4] Vallely, Fintan, ed. (1999). "Song, Regional Song, Dublin Street Song". The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Cork: Cork University Press. pp. 360–362. ISBN 1 85918 148 1.

[1967-03-04_Billboard-5] Zhito, Lee, ed. (4 March 1967). "Hits of the World". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 9. Dublin: Hal B. Cook. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510.

[1967-06-10_Billboard-6] Stewart, Ken (10 June 1967). Zhito, Lee (ed.). "From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 23. Dublin: Hal B. Cook. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510.

[1973-09_Electronics_Australia-7] L.D.S. (September 1973). Williams, Neville (ed.). "Variety Fare". Electronics Australia . Vol. 35, no. 6. Sydney. pp. 95–101.

[1977_Catalog_of_Copyright_Entries-8] "Motion Pictures", Catalog of Copyright Entries, 3rd, 30 (1), Washington, D.C.: United States Copyright Office: 497, 1977, ISSN 0090-8371

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