Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series
From: GUEST,Cori
Date: 03 Nov 23 - 01:28 PM

Thank you for the answers.

Subject: Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series
From: GUEST,Cori
Date: 25 Oct 23 - 03:18 PM

Can anyone identify the song being sung at 4:28? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4fO9jv7fk0&list=PLofKYC6TXgl1xzFZA9y3ouPvLaeBPp3J-&index=24 The lyrics begin,

"There's a lonely gal awaitin' for a man who never comes
He lies dead upon the Mississippi shore
While the wildcat is wailin' in the deep dark woods
And the copperhead is hissin' near her door."

Google was no help. Thanks.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series
From: Lighter
Date: 26 Oct 23 - 09:17 PM

The tunes are nearly the same. Both resemble B. R. Hanby's "Darling Nelly Gray" (1856).

Regardless, there's no reason to think the song predates 1860.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series
From: cnd
Date: 25 Oct 23 - 08:34 PM

Well it's not quite the same, but there's similar to the song Little Tillie's Grave by B. R. Hanby, in particular the line:

Now the wildcat is wailing and the night-hawk screams
And the copperhead is hissing in the shade;
They shall come not hither to disturb thy dreams,
For I'll watch where thy sleeping dust is laid.