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Classification Title	Quaker's Wooing
Document Title	The Quaker Courtship
Alternative Titles	Madam, I am Come A-Courting; The Courting Song; The Quaker's Courtship
Subject	Folk songs, American Courtship -- Songs and music Unrequited love -- Songs and music Quakers -- Songs and music
Scholarly Classification	Brown, Courting Songs - 8 Randolph, 362
Description	One leaf of lined paper, handwritten in blue ink on both sides. The document is in good physical condition. There are two loose leaf binding holes at the left edge, the lower of which was torn. The document was laminated. There is lamination-related creasing on the document. There is minor rubber eraser damage on both the front and the reverse sides. The document was folded horizontally and vertically into eighths.
Dimensions, Original	202 mm x 266 mm
Publisher	W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Contributors	I. G. Greer
Upload Date	2007-05-14
Type	Manuscript
Format	JPEG
Language	English
Rights	The images and audio files contained in the "So Mote It Ever Be: The Folksong Heritage of North Carolina's Northern Blue Ridge Mountains" collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. I. G. Greer/W. Amos Abrams Manuscript Files Series, Folksong Files Subseries, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information.
Scan Date	2006-08-23
Scan By	Paul L. Robertson
Transcribe Date	2006-08-10
Transcribe By	Alexandra S. Toomey

Classification Title	Quaker's Wooing, Page 1
File Name	quakers_wooing_p1.tif
Transcript	The Quaker Courtship (Old N. C. Folksong) Man— Madame, I have come a’courtin’ Hum, hum, hey ho, hum! ‘Tis for pleasure, not for sportin’, Hum, hum, hey ho, hum! Girl— You may sit and court the fire Diddle, diddle, dinktim, diddle, diddle, dee, I’ll run away, ‘tis my desire, Diddle, diddle, dinktim, diddle, diddle, dee! Man— Madame, you are tall and slender, Hum, hum, hey ho, hum! And I know your heart is tender, Hum, hum, hey ho, hum! Girl— What if I am tall and slender? Diddle, diddle, dinktim, diddle, diddle, dee, And I know my heart’s not tender, Diddle, diddle, dinktim, diddle, diddle, dee! Man— Here’s a ring, costs forty shilling, Hum, hum, hey ho, hum! Thou canst have it, if thou are willing, Hum, hum, hey ho, hum! (over)

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