Quaker's Wooing- Carrie Glines (VT) 1945 Flanders E
[From: D42B - archival cassette dub, Track 09. This is a digitized archival cassette in the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection at Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives.
R. Matteson 2017]
Quaker's Wooing - voice performance by Carrie Glines at Tunbridge (Vt.). Dated 07-28-1945.
1. He- slowly) Madam, I have come a-courting
Ho, ho hi, ho ho hum,
I come in earnest not for sporting,
Ho, ho hi, ho ho hum.
2. She- faster) You go home is my desire,
Tella la la, la la la,
You can stay here and court the fire,
Tella la la, la la la.
3. He- slowly) Madam, thou art tall and slender
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum,
And I know thy heart is tender,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum.
5. She- faster) Now I know you are a faker
Tella la la, la la la
Besides I never liked a Quaker,
Tella la la, la la la.
6. He- slowly) Must I give up my religion,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum,
Then I'll be a Presbyterian,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum.
7. She faster) Cheer up cheer up my loving brother,
Tella la la, la la la
If you can't catch one fish perhaps you'll get another,
Tella la la, la la la.
8. He slowly) Here's a ring cost forty shillings,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum,
And thou mayst have if thou art willing,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum.
9. She faster) I want none of your rings or money,
Tella la la, la la la
I want a man to call me honey,
Tella la la, la la la.
10 He slowly) Must I go without one token,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum,
Must I go with my heart broken,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum.
11. She slowly) You go home and tell your mother,
Tella la la, la la la
That you soon will find another,
Tella la la, la la la.
12. He) Yes my dear there's no doubt of it,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum[1]
There good fish in the sea as ever caught out of it,
Ho ho hi, ho ho hum.
1. Original uses: "Tella la la, la la la" chorus for last stanza, I've kept Quaker's chorus.