The Kansas Suitor

from The Legend of White Woman Creek by The Coldharts

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There's a suitor off in Kansas that I am for to see
No other woman wants him, no woman only me
He courted me by letter, his prose was less than sweet
I hope he'll come off better the day we finally meet

He's a respectable fiancé compared to all the rest
He's got a farm in Kansas, this could turn out for the best
You may talk storekeepers and miners, and sing of humble labor
But I'll be spending my life with the farmer, Heinrich Faber

Oh the farm he claimed in Kansas is not so much a farm
Hundred-sixty wild acres and the occasional locust swarm
But if we build our home and station and farm five years of seed
We can file an application for the title and the deed

He's a respectable farmer compared to all the rest
We'll own a farm in Kansas, this could turn out for the best
But his English ain't gettin' better, conversation's rather labored
Maybe I'll be givin' Deutsch a try, for the farmer, Heinrich Faber

There's a new wife off in Kansas, who craves a lover's touch
But her husband's German-Catholic, and can't imagine much
Oh in the ways of passion, he thinks it all a sin
So love it must be rationed for when conceivin' kin

He's a respectable husband compared to all the rest
One year and still no babies, not sure how long I'll last
Still livin' in a sod house, no respite from our labor
'Til the day I have a family with the farmer, Heinrich Faber

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from The Legend of White Woman Creek, released August 25, 2014
Vocals, guitar: Katie Hartman

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The Coldharts are Katie Hartman and Nick Ryan, two theater artists based in Brooklyn, New York. They create American Gothic-inspired music-theater.

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