“Madam, Madam, You Came Courting”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1950 (Creighton-Maritime)
Found in: Canada(Mar)
Description
When the girl comes courting the boy agrees to "entertain you If you will not call me names." She spurns his wealth: "All I want is a fancy man." He says she can look to the trees to keep her warm "when nights are cold and frosty"
Notes
Creighton-Maritime: "Although a different song, this is very like 'The Quaker's Courtship'"; Creighton's song is "Wheel of Fortune" with roles reversed. Nevertheless, though I find no lines shared with that group of songs it is close enough that it may belong there. - BS
Roud, indeed, lumps them -- but logic says that this is rewritten, and hence should be split. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Wheel of Fortune" (Dublin City, Spanish Lady) (theme)
References
- Creighton-Maritime, p. 121, "Madam, Madam, You Came Courting" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #542
- BI, CrMa121
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