In the Township of Danville (OT2003-3013-030)
Dublin Core
Title
In the Township of Danville (OT2003-3013-030)
Alternative Title
The Queenstown Mourner
Queenstown Warning
Description
Song excerpted from audio recording OT2003-3013, part of VFC2003-0007 Margaret MacArthur Collection.
Creator
Source
Margaret MacArthur Collection -- VFC2003-0007. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Date Created
1964-07-16
Contributor
Is Part Of
Language
en
Type
Identifier
VFC2003-0007 OT2003-3013-030
Rights Holder
Vermont Folklife Center
Song Item Type Metadata
Local Title
In the Township of Danville
Standard Title
Queenstown Warning
Standard Title Reference
Folk Music Index (http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex)
Helen Hartness Flanders, George Brown, and Horace Beck. Vermont Folk-songs & Ballads. Folklore Associates, Inc (Hatboro, Pennsylvania, 1968). 29-33.
Helen Hartness Flanders, George Brown, and Horace Beck. Vermont Folk-songs & Ballads. Folklore Associates, Inc (Hatboro, Pennsylvania, 1968). 29-33.
Laws, G. Malcolm. Native American Balladry: A Descriptive Study and a Bibliographical Syllabus. The American Folklore Society (Philadelphia, 1950).
Transcription
In the township of Danville I courted my love
The truth that I told her, not worthy I was
If she looked for riches to turn me away
And not to encourage my suit for a day
She pause a few moments and made this reply
"I look not for riches what take wings and fly
"To marry for riches I do not uphold
"But wait for contentment more precious than gold"
She gave her consent and shortly they came
The wife of a poor man and bride of the same
Her father and mother both gave their consent
And seemed to be willing and likewise content
On the eleventh of June she gave me her hand
And before Elder Palmer we boldly did stand
And like as an angel she stood by my side
And promised to take me as her friend and guide
References:
The truth that I told her, not worthy I was
If she looked for riches to turn me away
And not to encourage my suit for a day
She pause a few moments and made this reply
"I look not for riches what take wings and fly
"To marry for riches I do not uphold
"But wait for contentment more precious than gold"
She gave her consent and shortly they came
The wife of a poor man and bride of the same
Her father and mother both gave their consent
And seemed to be willing and likewise content
On the eleventh of June she gave me her hand
And before Elder Palmer we boldly did stand
And like as an angel she stood by my side
And promised to take me as her friend and guide
References:
- Helen Hartness Flanders, George Brown, and Horace Beck. Vermont Folk-songs & Ballads. Folklore Associates, Inc (Hatboro, Pennsylvania, 1968). 29-33.
Location
Duration
2:35
Files
Collection
Citation
Atwood, Fred, “In the Township of Danville (OT2003-3013-030),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/1168.
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