Song - Mother Would Wallop Me

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Song - Mother Would Wallop Me
Description
Song sheet parodying a popular song of the day, mentions Weehawken.
LYRICS - MOTHER WOULD wallop me.
A PARODY on Mother would comfort me. Written for Pony Smith, the famous personator of Burnt-Cork eccentricities, by John Casten Cross.
Wounded and sorrowful, in Jersey I roam, Two miles and a half from Weehawken, my home; Even the dogs that used sweetly to howl, Have gone to the sassage-machine with a growl; Nothing but Petroleum can cheer me to-day: For a Kerosine sour I would fervently pray: When none to console me, or kind friends are near-- Mother would wallop me, if she were here.Chorus: Gently my foot o'er my forehead she'd press, Trying to sober me, when tight in distress; Gently she'd say: as I've got you so near: Mother will wallop you, Mother is here.If she were with me, I ne'er would forget The pain from a poker, no more would I fret; One kiss from her eyes, or one look from her lip Would make me go crazy on a bounty-full trip; Gently my foot o'er my forehead she'd press, Trying to sober me, when tight in distress; Gently she'd say: as I've got you so near-- Mother will wallop you, Mother is here.Chorus.Cheerfaithly, faithcheerly, Mother would stay Always away from me, night and by day; If I would grumble or wish to complain, A slight touch of the broom-stick would calm me again. Sweetly a Mother's love shines from afar, Darkest in brightness, like a policeman's star; In moonshine or sunshine, in snow or in rain, Mother's gymnastics are ever the same.Chorus.H. DE MARSAN, Publisher, 54 Chatham Street, New-York.
Another Bernie Zempolich find.
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WHC88035
Type
OT
Identifier
WHC88035
Coverage
Weehawken, NJ [40.7663711,-74.02537149999999]
Tag
History
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This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the Weehawken Historical Commission.

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