I Wish I Was a Mormonite

DESCRIPTION: "I wish I was a Mormonite and lived in Utah State, In the shadow of the Temple close beside its 'holy gate.'" He might see the Prophet. He might have fifty wives, though "I'd like to see the man Who'd bring another woman home to my wife, Sarah Ann"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1861 (Pacific Song Book, according to Fife/Fife-SaintsOfSageAndSaddle)
KEYWORDS: humorous wife fight | Mormon Brigham Young
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Fife/Fife-SaintsOfSageAndSaddle, p. 125, "I Wish I Was a Mormonite" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 209, "Wish I Was a Mormonite" (1 text)
File: FSSS125

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