It was also recorded as THE COURTIN' SONG by Jim Symington and Patti Douglas on An Evening On Buford Mountain, Fontana 27537. (Stereo 67537) Symington was later a US Congressman from Missouri, and is the son of the late Senator Stuart Symington.

THE COURTIN' SONG

(spoken asides by Symington are in parentheses)

When ya gonna court me, court me, court me,
When ya gonna court me, my dear little mountain boy?

Reckon I'll court ya on Sunday, Sunday, on Sunday,
Reckon I'll court ya on Sunday, iffen the weather be good
(I hope it rains)

How long ya gonna court me, court me, court me,
How long ya gonna court me, my dear little mountain boy?

Reckon I'll court ya most the night, most the night, most the night,
Reckon I'll court ya most the night, iffen the weather be good.
(Cloudy)

When we gonna get married, married, married,
When ya gonna get married, my dear little mountain boy?

Reckon we'll marry on Tuesday, Tuesday, yes, Tuesday,
Reckon we'll marry on Tuesday, iffen the weather be good.
(won't)

How we gonna get to the weddnin, weddnin, the weddnin,
How we gonna get to the weddnin, my dear little mountain boy?

Reckon we'll go in my oxcart, my ox cart, yes, my ox cart,
Reckon we'll go in my ox cart, if the weather be good.

Well, why don't you bring your buggy, your buggy, your buggy,
Why don't you bring your buggy, my dear little mountain boy?

Buggy won't fit in my ox cart, my ox cart, (Symington laughs) my ox cart,
Buggy won't fit in my ox cart, even if the weather be good.

Well, now who ya goin to bring to the weddnin, the weddnin, the weddnin,
Who ya goin to bring to the weddnin, my dear little mountain boy?

Reckon I'll bring my children, my children, my children,
Yep, I'll bring my children, even if the weather's good.

Well, I didn't know you had any children, children, children,
I didn't know you had any children, my dear little mountain boy.

Yes, I got five children, children, children,
Yep, I got five children. (Six if the weather be good)

There ain't gonna be no weddnin.

No weddnin?

Uh, no weddning. Ain't gonna be no weddnin.

Even if the weather be good?

NO!!

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