Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series

25 Oct 23 - 03:18 PM (#4186263)
Subject: Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series
From: GUEST,Cori

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.

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25 Oct 23 - 08:34 PM (#4186265)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series
From: cnd

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.

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26 Oct 23 - 09:17 PM (#4186264)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series
From: Lighter

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.

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03 Nov 23 - 01:28 PM (#4186262)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Identify Song in Daniel Boone TV Series
From: GUEST,Cori

Thank you for the answers.

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