“The Country Courtship”

Description

Dialog: "When shall we get married"? "As soon as time comes." "What shall I wear to the wedding?" "Thee wold print frock an' thee yepron." "How shall we go to the wedding?" "Thee's got two fine legs to walk wi' I." And so on for many verses

Notes

As far as I'm concerned, Kennedy's right -- "Buffalo Boy" is a version of this song, despite the different endings. (Doubly so, given the title of the Stonemans' recording, "The Mountaineer's Courtship.") However, as each is known independently, I'm inclined to split them anyway. Better check out both.

Meanwhile, Kennedy includes several citations that I would *not* class as versions of this song, and they've made me cautious; for "Earliest Date" I've taken the first one that seemed verifiably the same song. - PJS

Cross references

References

  1. Kennedy 127, "The Country Courtship" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Opie-Oxford2 43, "When shall we be married" (2 texts)
  3. Roud #313
  4. BI, K127

About

Alternate titles: “When Shall We Get Married?”; “My Old Sweet Nichol”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1776 (Herd, according to Opie-Oxford2)
Found in: Britain(England(South,North))