Madam, I Have Come A-Courting- Graham (CA) 1938
[From California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties (UC-WPA Disk No. 7E-A3)
Listen: Graham- https://memory.loc.gov/afc/afccc/audio/a337/a3375b2.mp3
also: https://www.loc.gov/resource/afc1985001.afc1985001_st070/
R. Matteson 2017]
Madam, I Have Come A-Courting (An Old Quaker Dialogue)- sung by George Vinton Graham at San Jose, California on December 8, 1938 as collected by Sidney Robertson.
Madam, I have come a-courting,
hum-a-day, hum-a-day,
Madam, I have come a-courting,
hum-a-day, hum-a-day.
Well, if that be your desire,
You can sit and court the fire.
Fal-tum-a-link-tum-a-too-ry-day.
Madam, I have lands and money,
hum-a-day, hum-a-day,
Madam, I have lands and money,
hum-a-day, hum-a-day.
What do I care for your lands and money?
I've got a lad that calls me honey.
Fal-tum-a-link-tum-a-too-ry-day.
Madam, I have got rings and money,
hum-a-day, hum-a-day,
Madam, I have got rings and money,
hum-a-day, hum-a-day.
What do I care for your rings and money?
I've got a lad that calls me honey.
Fal-tum-a-link-tum-a-too-ry-day.
Madam, I'll go hone to mother;
hum-a-day, hum-a-day,
Madam, I'll go home to mother,
hum-a-day, hum-a-day.
What do I care for you or your mother?
She's a greenhorn, you're another.
Fal-tum-a-link-tum-a-too-ry-day.