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