As far as I can see, we have only one version of this song in the Digital Tradition, and only this one thread. Are there others I missed? Since this thread contains all the information we have on the song, I'm going to tag it for DTStudy, although it won't be an edited DTStudy thread. Here's the Traditional Ballad Index entry on the song.
-Joe Offer-
Soldier, Soldier, Will You Marry Me
DESCRIPTION: The girl asks the soldier to marry her. He says that he lacks suit, shoes, whatnot. She runs off to the craftsmen and fetches him everything he mentions. Now well-equipped, he tells her that he already has a wife at home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1903
KEYWORDS: courting lie request rejection soldier dialog
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MW,SE,So) Britain(England) Ireland
REFERENCES (8 citations):
Randolph 65, "Soldier, Soldier, Marry Me" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Eddy 89, "Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
Scott-BoA, pp. 30-31, "Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?" (1 text, 1 tune)
Kennedy 305, "Soldier, Soldier" (1 text, 1 tune)
LPound-ABS, 109, pp. 224-225, "Dutchman, Dutchman, Won't You Marry Me?" (1 text)
JHCox 159, "Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?" (1 text)
Silber-FSWB, p. 344, "Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me" (1 text)
DT, SOLDMARR*
RECORDINGS:
Colin Keane, "Soldier, Soldier" (on Lomax42, LomaxCD1742)
Russ Pike, "Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?" (AFS, 1941; on LC02)
New Lost City Ramblers, "Soldier, Soldier, Will You Marry Me" (on NLCR10)
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