Transcribed from the broadside at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, Harding B 18(80):

CHARCOAL MAN

By Unsworth—And sung by DICK McGOWAN,
The Champion Banjoist

In Brooklyn city there used to dwell a gal unknown to fame.
Her mother's name was Mary Ann and hers was Mary Jane.
Every morning in the summer time, she crossed the briny river
To her market stall, where she sold fresh tripe, and sassangers, likewise liver.

There was a gallant charcoal man; McCloskey was his name.
His fighting weight was seven stone ten, and he loved sweet Mary Jane.
He drove her out in his charcoal wagon. 'Twas on St. Patrick's day,
When his donkey took a fright at a Jersey man and started down Broadway.

They both did holler with all their might at the donkey for to stop,
But he upset Mary Jane, wagon and all, right into a policy shop.
When McCloskey saw this cruel thing, his heart was moved to pity,
So he stabbed [illegible] with a piece of charcoal, and started for Salt Lake City.

H. De Marsan, Publisher, 60 Chatham Street, N.Y. [c1860]