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 (7 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)
Jackson-EarlySongsOfUncleSam, p. 32, "Banks of Ohio" (1 text)
DT, OHIOBNKS*
Roud #1026
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Pleasant Ohio" (subject)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Banks of the Pleasant Ohio
NOTES [42 words]: The relationship between "The Lovely Ohio" and "Pleasant Ohio" is tricky. The idea is clearly the same, and sometimes the words are, too. But the form looks different to me. I'm not confident they are separate songs. But, when in doubt, we split. - RBW
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