Mormons in the Mountains, The

DESCRIPTION: "Many people in the nations Are very much afraid Of the Mormons in the mountains Who, they fear, will make a raid." But it is the Mormons who have suffered. If the nations try it again, like a snake "When he gulped the horny-toad."
AUTHOR: probably William Willes
EARLIEST DATE: 1872 (Willes, The Mountain Warbler)
KEYWORDS: warning | Mormon
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 229, "The Mormons in the Mountains" (1 text, tune referenced)
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. 119-120, "(no title)" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "O! They Marched Through the Town (The Captain with His Whiskers)" (tune)
NOTES [80 words]: Not everything in the Willes book is by Willes (and, we might add, it's texts only; no tunes are printed; despite its title, it's not what I would call a book for choirs!), but this one is signed "W.W.," so he is clearly claiming it. It certainly looks like his less than wonderful style.
And if he wonders why the rest of the country was concerned with the Mormons, maybe he should have told Brigham Young to come clean about the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Just a thought.... - RBW
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File: LDC229

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