Sober Quaker- Art Johnson (IL) 1941 McIntosh
[From McIntosh, "Southern Illinois Singing games and songs" (by David Seneff McIntosh, Eva Honnold McIntosh), 1941. Reprinted in Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States - page 410 by Richard M. Dorson - 1972. Titled by McIntosh, "Dutch Courtship," it was presumably brought from Pennsylvania as learned from his mother's family. Dorson's comments follow.
R. Matteson 2017]
David S. Mcintosh comments on this song: "My father and mother would sing this song after much coaxing, and we children never tired of hearing it. Mother would sit at the piano and chord, and father would stand beside her."
Sober Quaker sung by Art Johnson of Fairfield, Illinois before 1941.
(Girl) 1. Where art thou going, sober Quaker?
Ti um a tu de a,
In the early dawn of morning,
Ti um a tu de a.
(Boy) 2. I'm hunting for a lovely creature,
Hey hi ho hum,
And can you tell me where to find her?
Hey hi ho hum.
3. I have a ring worth twenty shillings,
Hay hi ho hum,
And you can wear it if you want to
Hay hi ho hum.
(Girl) I neither want your ring or money,
Ti urn a tu dee a,
I've got a beau as sweet as honey,
Ti um a tu dee a.
(Boy) 5. I'll move my chair a little closer,
Hay hi ho hum,
And gently lay my arms around you,
Hay hi ho hum.
(Girl) 6. You move your chair up any closer,
Ti um a tu dee a,
I'll kick you straight into the fire,
Ti um a tu dee a.