“Aunt Sal's Song (The Man Who Didn't Know How to Court)”

Description

"A gentleman came to our house, He would not tell his name." He comes to court, but acts ashamed. He sits silent next to the girl. Finally he gives up, saying courting isn't worth it. The girls laugh at the "ding-dang fool [that] don't know how to court."

Cross references

• cf. "Johnson Boys" (theme)

References

1. BrownIII 15, "Courting Song" (1 text)
2. Lomax-FSNA 101, "Aunt Sal's Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Ritchie-SingFam, pp. 233-234, "[Aunt Sal's Song]" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Chase, pp. 140-141, "The Bashful Courtship" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. DT, HOWCOURT
6. Roud #776
7. BI, LoF101