Merry Mormons, The

DESCRIPTION: "What peace and joy pervade my soul, And sweet sensations through me roll... Since I became a Mormon. Aye the merry, aye the merry, I'm a merry Mormon. I never knew what joy it was Till I became a Mormon." He will marry none but Mormons
AUTHOR: Words: Matthew Rowan (source: Willes)
EARLIEST DATE: 1872 (Willes, The Mountain Warbler)
KEYWORDS: courting religious
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #212, "Daddy, I'm a Mormon" (1 text plus an excerpt, 1 tune)
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 187-188, "The Merry Mormons" (1 text, tune referenced)
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, pp. 267-268, "The Merry Mormons" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 243-244, "The Merry Mormons" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: William Willes, _The Mountain Warbler: Being a Collection of Original Songs and Recitations, by WIlliam Willes, with a Selection from Other writes, for the Use of Choirs, Sabbath Schools and Families_, Deseret News Book and Job Establishment, Salt Lake City, 1872 (available on Google Books), pp. 74-75, "(no title)" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10878
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Bonnie Breist-knots" (tune, according to Cheney-MormonSongs)
cf. "The Merry, Merry Mormons" (title)
File: Hubb212

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