Merry, Merry Mormons, The

DESCRIPTION: "We will put down the spirit glass, Of water we'll take a draft, And drink to the health of the merry, merry Mormons. We will drink to the health of the merry, merry Mormons."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Fife/Fife-SaintsOfSageAndSaddle)
KEYWORDS: drink | Mormons
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fife/Fife-SaintsOfSageAndSaddle, p. 322, "The Merry, Merry Mormons" (1 fragment)
Roud #10878
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Merry Mormons" (title)
NOTES [44 words]: Roud lumps this with "The Merry Mormons," on the obvious basis of the title. But the text of the fragment the Fifes recovered from Walter Cox is not found in "The Merry Mormons," and the form doesn't appear to be the same, either. I think they are separate songs. - RBW
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File: FSSS322A

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