Georgie- Mehrten (CA) 1952 Cowell/ Bronson No. 13
[From LOC recording collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell --at the LOC here: AFS 11,334-11,335: Two tapes containing folk songs sung by Dorothy Mehrten of Colvaras County, California, narratives spoken by John Mehrten of Clements, California, and songs sung by Ada Jane Mehrten of Clements, California. Recorded in Oakland, California, October 14, and in Clements, California, October 21, 1952.
The daughter of John Steely and Rachel Briggs and the wife of John Mehrten, Ada was born August 11, 1875 near Missouri line, in Johnson County, Kansas and died in California less than two years after the recording. Dorothy Mehrten, is a relative of her husband (not sure yet the relationship).
R. Matteson 2013, 2016]
Georgie- Sung by Ada Jane Merhten of Clements, CA on October, 26, 1952. Collected by Cowell.
Go bridal me my milk-white steed,
Go saddle him in a hurry.
That I may ride to the Orphans' court,
To plead for the life of Georgie.
O Georgie never robbed.on the King's highway,
Or never murdered any;
But he stole sixteen of the King's white steeds
And conveyed them away to the Army.
O Georgie was hung with a silken cord,
Such cords as these aren't many,
Because he was of a noble blood
And loved by a virtuous lady.