Mormon Love Serenade, The (The Marriage Proposal)

DESCRIPTION: "O Susan, wilt though come with me In sweet community to live." He promises "all the love that swells in my breast" and a sixteenth of his wealth. He has "only" 15 other wives, compared to Brigham Young's 44. He also offers a sixteenth of a kiss
AUTHOR: Words: Alfred Norton / Music: S Riggs (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1933 (Briegel, 44 Old Time Mormon and Far West Songs, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: courting love money humorous
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #220, "The Marriage Proposal" (1 text)
Cheney-MormonSongs, p. 182, "A Marriage Proposal" (1 text)
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, p. 266, "Mormon Love Serenade" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 217, "Mormon Love Serenade" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #10875
File: Hubb220

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