HOLLYHOCK
Words Ed F. Cogley, Music Wm. E. Bock, c. 1904

A Pullman "bo" from the B and O
Dropped down on bended knee,
And kneeling there he did declare
His love to Mandy Lee,-
For Mandy had a rich old dad
Who just last week had died,
And she was wise, said, "Man, arise,"
And then to him replied-

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"Hollyhock, hollyhock, cut out all that jolly talk,
Better change your tack
And a-back! back!
You're surely drifting on a rock,
tho' you love me honey,
All you want is ma good money,
And I'll gib you a hunch,
You can't hand me no bunch of hollyhock."

The coon then said, "Mandy, on de dead,
You surely 'cuse me wrong,
Don't think that I would even try
With your coin to get "strong"-
Now you've got wealth, and I've got health,
What need we care for money?"
He felt a draft, he heard a laugh,
And these words through the door-

Chorus-

M. Widmark and Sons, New York

American Memory, African American Sheet Music