I love Mormon folk songs. Except for a few very well known folk songs (“Whoa! Haw! Buck and Jerry-boy” and “Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys”), and our pioneer hymns and anthems, true Mormon songs can be hard to find.<\/p>\n
Below is a lesser known song of defiance, of whistling in the face of danger, dating from the Utah War of 1857-58 — do you realize that we’re entering another great sesquicentennial period, by the way? Ever hear this song before? know any other songs connected to the Utah War?<\/p>\n
In 1857<\/p>\n
When Uncle Sammy first sent out his army to destroy us,
\nSays he, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Those Mormons we will rout! They shall no more annoy us!
\nWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll send a force quite competent to hang them all for treason!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nBut this, you know, they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do, and do you know the reason?<\/p>\n
As they were going up the Platte, they sang a lusty ditty, They got within two hundred miles, and their officers were saying, When Uncle Sam first heard that news, it made him feel quite wrathy. Then on Ham\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fork they camped and said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wait a little longer Now, Uncle Sam, take our advice. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d better stay at home, sir. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great commotion in the East about the Mormon question. I love Mormon folk songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSaying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do this,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do that, when we get to Salt Lake City.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nAnd sure enough, when they got there they made the Mormons pay, sir.
\nThat is \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I mean \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they would<\/em> have done, but, oh, they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get here!<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It will be but a little while \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctill the Mormons we are slaying!
\nWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll hang each man that has two wives. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve plenty of rope quite handy \u00e2\u20ac\u201c
\nThat is \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I mean \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we would have had, but Lot Smith burned it on Sandy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go and fetch those burners in?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I will!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Captain Marcy.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go and fetch those burners in, and by the necks we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll stretch \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcem.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nAnd this you know they would have done \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but, oh, they couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ketch \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcem!<\/p>\n
\nTill Johnston and his troops come up to make us all the stronger.
\nThen we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go in and take ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Brig, and Heber, his companion.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nThat is \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I mean \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they would have done, except for Echo Canyon.<\/p>\n
\nYou\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll need your money and your men to defend your rights at home, sir.
\nBut if perchance you need some help, the Mormons they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll prove kind, sir.
\nThey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve helped you once. They can again \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that is, if they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve a mind to.<\/p>\n
\nThe subject is, to say the least, too much for their digestion.
\nWe claim the rights of liberty; we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll break our bonds asunder.
\nThey want us all to bear their yoke, but we never will come under!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"