T.C. Bennett's "Paddy" Irish Intermezzo

T.C. Bennett's "Paddy" Irish Intermezzo Music Busy Beaver Button Museum
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Music
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T.C. Bennett's "Paddy" Irish Intermezzo Back Music Busy Beaver Button Museum
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Text on Button T.C. Bennett's "Paddy" Irish Intermezzo Pub. by Victor Kremer Co. New York, Chicago.
Image Description

An illustration of an adult man in a top hat pictured in front of green three leaf clover. Black text appears on a white background above, below, and on the illustration.
Back Paper / Back Info

BASTIAN BROS. CO. MFR'S OF RIBBON METAL AND CELLULOID NOVELTIES ROCHESTER, N.Y. [union bug]
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
The Manufacturer
Bastian Bros. Co.
Additional Information

“Paddy” is a song written by T.C. Bennet, also known as Theron C. Bennett, and published in 1906 by Victor Kremer Co. in New York. The song was composed for piano and voice and features lyrics centered on an Irish railway worker. The term “Paddy” comes from a corruption of the common Irish boy’s name Patrick and is an outdated slang term for an Irish man, now considered offensive. 
Sources

Johns Hopkins University. (n.d.). Paddy Characteristic Two-Step. The Levy S. Levy Sheet Music Collection. https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/058/122 

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Paddy. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved December 8, 2023, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paddy 
Catalog ID MU0575