Yonder Hill There Is a Widow- Kidder (VT) 1930
[From Vermont Folk-Songs and Ballads by Flanders, Brown, pp. 154-155.
R. Matteson 2017]
"Yonder Hill There Is a Widow" sung by Mrs. Alma Kidder of Townshend, Vermont on August 23, 1930. Collected by George Brown.
Yonder hill there is a widow-
Who she is I do not know,
I'll go court her for her beauty,
If her answer is not, "No."
Rattle a madudumadudum adudum,
Rattle a ma dudumadudumadu.
"Madam, I have come to see you,
Some kind favor to obtain.
If you'll kindly entertain me,
Then perhaps I'll come again."
Rattle a ma dudumadudum adudum
Rattle a ma dudumadudumadu.
"So you say you've come to see met
Some kind favor to obtain.
I will kindly entertain you
If you will not come again."
Rattle a ma dudumadudum adudum
Rattle a ma dudumadudumadu.
"Madam, I have gold and silver;
Madam, I have house and land;
Madam, I have a world of treasure.
All shall be at your command."
Rattle a ma dudumadudum adudum
Rattle a ma dudumadudumadu.
"What care I for your gold and silver;
What care I for your house and land;
What care I for your world of treasure?
All I want is a handsome man!"
Rattle a ma dudumadudum adudum
Rattle a ma dudumadudumadu.
Oh, it is a handsome color
When it gets another dip.
When young men, they go a-courting,
They're pretty apt to get the slip.
Rattle a ma dudumadudum adudum
Rattle a ma dudumadudumadu.