Young Strongbow

DESCRIPTION: "To Dartmouth Scientific Halls In olden times there came" a man known as Strongbow, who wishes to learn the "white man's" wisdom. He learns well, but then comes a conflict between Indians and Whites. The pronouns in the final verses are confusing
AUTHOR: Nathaniel Waugh (source: Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster)
KEYWORDS: Indians(Am.) battle war
FOUND IN: US(MA,NE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster, pp. 210-212, "Young Strongbow" (1 reconstructed text plus parts of the traditional version, 1 tune)
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp. 227-230, "The Indian's Revenge" (1 text)
ST FlNG210 (Partial)
Roud #4669
NOTES [83 words]: I strongly suspect this is based on some historical event, but the notes in Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster are no help. The text in the book is so unclear in its pronouns that I'm not ever sure, at the end, which side Strongbow fights on or who takes whom captive. Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania's text is in better shape, but still lacking in specifics. So I'm not going to try to guess what lies behind the song. This even though the author is allegedly known. - RBW
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File: FlNG210

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