Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

<p class="tit-song">BRIGHAM YOUNG. I. <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page399" name="page399"></SPAN>(p. 399)</span></p> <p>I'll sing you a song that has often been sung<br/> About an old Mormon they called Brigham Young.<br/> Of wives he had many who were strong in the lungs,<br/> Which Brigham found out by the length of their tongues.<br/> Ri tu ral, lol, lu ral.</p> <p>Oh, sad was the life of a Mormon to lead,<br/> Yet Brigham adhered all his life to his creed.<br/> He said 'twas such fun, and true, without doubt,<br/> To see the young wives knock the old ones about.<br/> Ri tu ral, lol, lu ral.</p> <p>One day as old Brigham sat down to his dinner<br/> He saw a young wife who was not getting thinner;<br/> When the elders cried out, one after the other,<br/> By the holy, she wants to go home to her mother.<br/> Ri tu ral, lol, lu ral.</p> <p>Old Brigham replied, which can't be denied,<br/> He couldn't afford to lose such a bride.<br/> Then do not be jealous but banish your fears;<br/> For the tree is well known by the fruit that it bears.<br/> Ri tu ral, lol, lu ral.</p> <p>That <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page400" name="page400"></SPAN>(p. 400)</span> I love one and all you very well know,<br/> Then do not provoke me or my anger will show.<br/> What must be our fate if found here in a row,<br/> If Uncle Sam comes with his row-de-dow-dow.<br/> Ri tu ral, lol, lu ral.</p> <p>Then cease all your quarrels and do not despair,<br/> To meet Uncle Sam I will quickly prepare.<br/> Hark! I hear Yankee Doodle played over the hills!<br/> Ah! here's the enemy with their powder and pills.<br/> Ri tu ral, lol, lu ral.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />