“The Queenstown Mourner (In the Town of Danville)”

Description

The singer tells of his courtship to a fine young girl, stressing his unworthiness and poverty. They are wed even so, but the wife dies suddenly. The ballad stresses its moralistic conclusion that life is short

References

  1. Laws H14, "The Queenstown Mourner"
  2. Flanders/Brown, pp. 29-33, "In the Township of Danville/The Queenstown Mourner" (2 texts, 1 tune)
  3. DT 683, QTNMOURN
  4. Roud #2195
  5. BI, LH14

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1906 (copy of broadside)
Found in: US(NE)