Quaker's Wooing- Mrs. Ruppert (OK) c.1945 Moores
[From Ethel & Chauncey Moore, (ed.) "Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwest," Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p215/#101 [1940s],
R. Matteson 2017]
Quaker's Wooing- sung by Mrs. Frank Ruppert of Oklahoma City about 1945.
"Madam, I have come a-courting,
Oh, dearie me!
Oh, madam, I have come a-courting,
Boo hoo hoo!"
"If you court, you court the fire,
Fal lal day, fal lal day;
If you court, you court the fire,
Fal lal day."
"I've got rings, and I've got money,
Oh, dearie me!
And I'd give them all to call you ,honey,'
Boo hoo hoo!"
"If you call me 'honey,' I'll call you 'beeswax,'
Fal lal day, fal lal day;
If you call me 'honey,' I'll call you 'beeswax,'
Fal lal day."
"Madam, I want to marry,
Oh, dearie me!
Oh, madam, I don't want to tarry,
Boo hoo hoo! "
"Why in the devil don't you marry?
Fal lal day, fal lal dav i
Why in the devil don,t you marry?
Fal lal day."
"Cause none of the girls, they won't have me,
Oh, dearie me!
Cause none of the girls, they won't have me,
Boo hoo hoo!"
"Oh, my gosh, and I don't blame them,
Fal lal day, fal lal day;
Oh, my gosh, and I don't blame them,
Fal lal day."
She called her dogs and set them on me,
Oh, dearie mel
She called her dogs and set them on me,
Boo hoo hoo!
"Better run, you little Quaker,
For if I catch you, how I'll shake you,
Fal lal day, fal lal day;
If I catch you, how I'll shake you,
Fal lal day."