Hangtown Gals

DESCRIPTION: "Hangtown girls are plump and rosy, Hair in ringlets, mighty cozy... Touch them and they'll sting like hornets. "Hangtown girls are lovely creatures, Think they'll marry Mormon preachers." They are often seen grinning and exposing their linens
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE:
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Arnett-IHearAmericaSinging, p. 97, "Hangtown Gals" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 192, "Hangtown Girls" (1 text)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 656-657, "Hangtown Girls" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Buffalo Gals" (tune)
File: Arn097

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