Ragtime Ensemble - The Courtship lyrics

MOTHER (spoken): Yes? COALHOUSE (spoken): I'm looking for a woman of color whose name is Sarah. She is said to reside in one of these houses LITTLE BOY (spoken): She's here. She's living in our attic COALHOUSE (spoken): Will you tell her, please, that Mr. Coalhouse Walker Jr. desires to speak with her? MOTHER (spoken): Certainly. Please wait here LITTLE BOY (spoken): This is Sarah's baby. You want a cookie? MOTHER (spoken): Sarah, you have a caller. A Mr. Walker. Will you come down to the kitchen? SARAH (spoken): No, Ma'am. Send him away, please MOTHER (spoken): Well, that's the most words you've spoken since you've been here MOTHER (spoken): Sarah is unable to see you. Good day COALHOUSE (spoken): Thank you, Ma'am. Tell her I'll come back next Sunday GRANDFATHER (spoken): Such was the coming of the colored man in the car to Broadview Avenue ALL: Each Sunday, he'd come driving Curtains would part Neighbors would peek MOTHER (spoken): I'm sorry, Mr. Walker. Sarah still will not receive you COALHOUSE (spoken): Will you see that she gets these flowers, Ma'am? ALL: Week after week And after weeks of Sundays MOTHER: Sending him off seemed a crime MOTHER (spoken): Mr. Walker, it must be a long drive for you. Perhaps you would like a cup of tea before you go? COALHOUSE (spoken): This piano is badly in need of a tuning MOTHER (spoken): Oh yes. We are terrible about that GRANDFATHER (spoken): Do you know any coon songs? COALHOUSE (spoken): Coon songs are made for minstrel shows. White men sing them in blackface. This is called ragtime