Hello!

The girls are going to organize,

     Hello! Hello!

At last they have become quite wise,

     Hello, hello!

A union they are bound to get,

Much to the business man’s regret,

O how they’ll make the old man sweat,

     Hello, hello, hello!

The hours have been far too long,

     Hello! Hello!

For girls whose voices are not strong,

     Hello, hello!

And then those horrid dresses black,

So unbecoming, front and back,

Will now be hung upon the rack,

     Hello, hello, hello!

O luck attend the “hello” maids,

     Hello, hello!

Till business work and worry fades,

     Hello, hello!

May they ascend a plane far higher,

And roast the “old man” o’er the fire,

And each one pull a longer wire,

     Hello, hello, hello!

March 13, 1904

“Hello Girl” – Telephone operator

see: http://www.massaflcio.org/1919-telephone-workers-strike-successfully-over-low-pay-and-oppressive-conditions