Upidee, Upidah (I)

DESCRIPTION: "The shades of night were falling fast, Upidee.... And through an alpine village passed... A youth who bore... A banner with this strange device, Upidee.... "Oh stay, said the maiden, and rest, Upidee, upidah, The weary head upon his breast"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: courting travel derivative | rest
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 159, "'Oh stay,' the maiden said, 'and rest'" (1 text)
Heart-Songs, pp. 88-89, "Upidee" (1 text, 1 tune)
Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd, #161, "Upidee" (1 text)
Roud #10751
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Excelsior" Up To Date (lyrics)
NOTES [70 words]: Clearly a derivative of Longfellow's "Excelsior," the first stanza of which is
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
The fifth stanza runs
"Oh stay," the maiden said, "and rest
Thy weary head upon this breast! "
A tear stood in his bright blue eye,
But still he answered, with a sigh,
Excelsior!
- RBW
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