Lovely Ohio, The

DESCRIPTION: The listeners are urged to emigrate to Ohio. The delights of the country are described: fish in the river, good cropland, sugar cane, no Indians. Both men and women are encouraged to come
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960
KEYWORDS: emigration home nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 39, "The Lovely Ohio" (1 text, 1 tune)
Botkin-TreasuryMississippiRiverFolklore, p. 563, "We'll Hunt the Buffalo!" (1 text, 1 tune, with the chorus of "Shoot the Buffalo" and lyrics from "The Lovely Ohio")
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 77, "Shoot the Buffalo" (1 text, called "Ohio" by the informant and clearly this piece rather than "Shoot the Buffalo," though the two do mix)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, p. 85, (broadside print of "Battle of Stonington" and "Banks of the Ohio" (1 text)
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, p. 71, "(O-hi-o, O-hi-o, my true love and me will go)" (1 fragment, probably this)
DT, OHIOBNKS*
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Pleasant Ohio" (subject)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Banks of the Pleasant Ohio
File: LoF039

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