Madam, Madam, You Came Courting- Gilkie (NS) 1950
[From: Maritime Folk Songs by Helen Creighton- 1962.
R. Matteson 2017]
"Madam, Madam, You Came Courting," sung by William Gilkie, Sambro, NS, in September, 1950.
1. "Madam, madam, you[1] came courting,
Your kind favour for to gain.
I will kindly entertain you
If you will not call me names.”
CHORUS: Laddie cum a do, do cum, do cum,
Laddie cum a do, do cum day
2. Oh Madam, madam, you came courting[2],
Your kind favour for to gain.
I will kindly entertain you
If you will not call me names.”
“O madam, I've got ships on the ocean,
O madam, I've got houses and land.
If you will consent to marry,
All shall go at your command.
“O what care I for your ships on the ocean?
What care I for your houses and lands?
What care I for your gold and silver?
All I want is a fancy man.”
O madam you are very saucy
Madam, you are hard to please;
When the night are cold and frosty,
Go out and look at the trees[3].
Red it is a pretty colour,
When it get the second dip
All young girls that do go courting,
Very often gets the slip.
_________________
1. Usually "I come courting"
2. This is a repetition of stanza 1.
3. This stanza is found in Courting Case and the last line could be: "I hope to God you freeze."