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Thread #71740 Message #1229239
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Jul-04 - 04:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Quaker's Courtship
Subject: Lyr Add: THE SOBER QUAKER
The Sober Quaker
"Where art thou going, sober Quaker
Ti-um-ah-tit-ti-tum;
Where art thou going, sober Quaker,
Ti-um-ah-tit-ti-tum?"
"I'm going to see a comely creature,-
Oh, hi-ho-hum,-
Thy very self in form and feature,
Oh, hi- ho-hum."
"I bought a ring that cost a shilling,
Ti-um-ah-tit-ti-tum,
Which thou shalt wear if thou are willing,
Ti-um-ah-tit-ti-tum."
"Take your ring and go to the devil,
Oh, hi-ho-hum,
Take your ring and go to the devil,
Oh, hi-ho-hum."
Charles B. Golbreath, Ohio. #132, p. 294-295, with music, in Mary O. Eddy, 1939, Ballads and Songs from Ohio, J. J. Augustin pub., NY.
Fragments, but could be usable in putting together a complete song.
(this one should probably be played a little slower - Joe Offer)