Dear Old Hank

From the 1913 musical “The Tik-Tok Man of Oz”.
Words by L. Frank Baum.
Music by Louis F. Gottschalk.

The sheet music:

Dear-Old-Hank – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Dear_Old_Hank – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. There are many kinds of treasures
    There are many kinds of jew’ls
    There are many kinds of pleasures
    There are many kinds of mules
    There’s the jackass, donkey, burro
    But I’ll make a statement frank
    That you’ll never find but one of a kind
    Like dear, old, Hank
    A steed indeed is dear old Hank
    His pedigree is of the highest rank
    And tho’ his bray you hear all day
    It’s very safe to bank
    That a jewel of a muel
    Is dear, old Hank
    That a jewel of a muel
    Is dear, old Hank
  2. There are many kinds of kickers
    You can meet ’em any day
    Other beasts with howls and bickers
    Make us tired of their bray
    But in all my times of trouble
    All my lucky stars I thank
    That I have won a champion
    Like dear, old, Hank
    A rum old chum is dear old Hank
    Though I’ll admit he’s rather lean and lank
    But none can fool this clever mule
    Or dare his tail to yank
    Or he’d feel of the heel
    Of dear, old Hank
    Or he’d feel of the heel
    Of dear, old Hank

Sung here by Vancha March: