Happy Hooligan- (NY) 1937 The New Yorker
[Unknown source. From The New Yorker: Nov 13, 1937. Reprinted in A TREASURY OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, Botkin- page 801, 1944.
R. Matteson 2017]
Happy Hooligan
Happy Hooligan, number nine,
Hung his breeches on the line;
When the line began to swing,
Happy Hooligan began to sing:
"On the mountain stands a lady,
Who she is I do not know;
All she wants is gold and silver,
And a nice young man.