Grandma's Advice- Addine Womack
[My Grandma's Advice is a song by an unknown author published in 1840 (The Lover's Harmony) and supposedly also The (Winchester) Virginia Sentinal and Gazette, March 2, 1795. A popular version as sung by the Tremaine Family was arranged by Edward Kanski and published in 1857.
R. Matteson 2014]
GRANDMA'S ADVICE
My grandma lived on yonder little green
As fine an old lady ever was seen;
But she often cautioned me with care,
Of all false young men to beware,
Timy i, timy i, ti timy imy a
Tum ti timy, timy i, mi a
--Of all false young men to beware.
"These false young men will flatter and deceive;
And the truth of this you may believe.
They will court; they will flatter i a tllt you', re ln 're share
And away goes poor olir g""rrdr;;; care :
Timy i, timy i, ti timy imy a
Tum ti timy, timy i, mi a
--And away goes poor ord g"";ffi"t, caie-r -o
The first came a-courting was little Jimmy Greene;
Fine a young lad as ever was seen ,
But the words of my grandma are in my head,
And I could not hear one word he said.
Timy- i, etc.
And I could not hear one word he said.
The next came a-courting was Mr. Ellis Groves,
And there we met with a joyous love.
With a joyous love I couldn't be afraid,
'Tis better to be married than to be an old maid.
IUn- 1- 1 etc .
--'Tis better to be married than to be an old maid.
Thinks I to myself, there's some mistake,
What a great ole fuss the old-folks make;
Grandma herself would have died an old maid,
f\r.e- 1- 1 etc .
- -Grandma herself would have died an old maid.
This song, both words and music, was recorded by Mrs. or Dovre, slnglns or hen