Du Dah Day

DESCRIPTION: "Our bishop's name is Chauncey West, Du dah! Du dah day! He goes ahead and does his best, Du day! du day day! I our Lord will serve today, And our prophet Brigham will be... We'll mind what Brigham say." "If you want to ride the Mormon car...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah)
KEYWORDS: clergy servant
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah,#237, "Du Dah Day" (1 short text)
Roud #10838
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Camptown Races" (tune) and references there
cf. "Du Dah Mormon Song" (another Mormon song with this tune)
NOTES [40 words]: This is minor enough that Roud lumps it with "The Du Dah Mormon Song." This strikes me as possible -- they use the same tune and are about Mormon history -- but they are not really about the same event, and the Ballad Index splits.... - RBW
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File: Hubb237

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