“Poor, But a Gentleman Still”

Description

"Don't think by my dress that I come here to beg, Though the sharp pains of hunger I feel; The cup of misfortune I've drained to the dregs, Though poor, I'm a gentleman still." The singer describes how he became poor, pointing out that he is still honest

Supplemental text

Poor, But a Gentleman Still
  Partial text(s)

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From Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, Norman Studer, Folk Songs
of the Catskills, #103, pp. 387-388. From the singing of Aaron
Van De Bogart, Sr.

Don't think by my dress that I came here to beg,
Though the sharp pangs of hunger I feel;
The cup of misfortune I've drained to the dregs,
Though poor, I'm a gentleman still.

(Seven additional stanzas, one partly forgotten)

References

1. FSCatskills 103, "Poor, But a Gentleman Still" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Randolph 829, "A Gentleman Still" (1 text)
3. Shellans, pp. 84-85, "I'm Poor But a Gentleman Still" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Gilbert, pp. 151-152, "Poor, but a Gentleman Still" (1 text)
5. ST FSC103 (Partial)
6. Roud #7337
7. BI, FSC103