Quaker's Courtship- Maggie Morgan (AR) 1942 Randolph D
[From Randolph's "Ozark Folksongs," Vol. 3, version 362D (c.1948).
R. Mattesopn 2017]
"The Quaker's Courtship" from Mrs. Maggie Morgan, Springdale, Arkansas; Feb. 21, 1942.
Madam, I have come a-courting,
Hi-o, hi-o, hum,
Come for business, not for sporting,
Hi-o, hi-o, hum.
You may set and court the fire,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di,
If it be your desire,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di.
Madam, I have gold and silver,
Hi-o, hi-o, hum,
You may use it at your pleasure,
Hi-o, hi-o, hum.
I don't want none of your money,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di,
I want some one to call me honey,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di.
Madam, thou art tall and slender,
Hi-o, hi-o, hum,
I know your heart is large and tender,
Hi-o, hi-o, hum.
I don't want none of your blarney,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di,
I could never marry a Quaker,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di.
Must I give up my religion?
Hi-o, hi-o, hum,
Must I marry a Presbyterian?
Hi-o, hi-o, hum.
Cheer up, cheer up, lively fellow,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di,
If I can't catch one fish I can another,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di.
Must I go away heart-broken,
Hi-o, hi-o, hum,
Must I leave without one token?
Hi-o, hi-o, hum.
Run right home and tell your daddy,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di,
That you could not get me ready,
Hi dum a ding dum ding dum di.