Courtin' Song- Margaret & Harold Winters (TN) 1966 Burton/Manning
[Folksongs I, Burton & Manning, 1967. Their notes follow.
R. Matteson 2017]
9. COURTIN' SONG
Known variously as "The courting cage," 'the courting case," and "The Drunkard's Courtship," This song is somewhat similar to "Paper of Pins" and "Kind Sir."
Courtin' Song- Sung by Margaret and Harold Winters, October 1966. tonality: pentatonic III, range: octave
1. "Oh Madam, I am a courtin' man;
you I've come to woo.
I'll give to you my stores,
If it be ten thousand pounds,
If it be ten thousand pounds."
2. "Yes, I know you're a courtin' man;
Like many I have seen,
But if you think you're courtin' me
You're very young and green,
You're very young and green."
3. "Oh madam, I have a very fine farm,
fifty acres wide;
!t will be at your command
if you will be my bride,
If you will be my bride."
4. "Oh yes, I know you've a very fine farm
and a house and barn to boot;
If I should come out there to live,
I'd hang you in a root,
I'd hang you on a root."
5. "Oh Madam, I have a very fine house,
painted white inside;
It will be at your command
if you will be my bride,
If you will be my bride. "
6. "Oh yes, I know you've a very fine house
and it's painted white inside;
If I should come out there to live,
I'd keep you locked outside,
I'd keep you locked outside."
?. "Oh Madam, you are a very foolish jade,
very hard to please;
When you get old and the weather gets cold
I hope to the land[1] you freeze,
I hope to the land you freeze."
8. 'Twhile I am young with a flattering tongue,
I'll keep myself from harm;
When I get old and the weather gets cold,
My clothes will keep me warm,
My clothes will keep me warm."
9. "But now we're old and the days are cold,
we forgot about the farm;
He [she] loves me and I love him [her],
We keep each other warm,
We keep each other warm. "
1. usually, "Lord"