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I Asked that Pretty Girl to be my Wife
Traditional Old-Time, Breakdown- Oklahoma. Mississippi, Appalachians; ARTIST: Sam Wiles (McCurtain County, Oklahoma) [Thede] CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Early 1900’s
RECORDING INFO: Pretty Little Girl with a Blue Dress On (Stan Jackson) RDR 0435, Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, Vol I; Pretty Little Girl with a Blue Dress On- Celtic Mouth Music 1997 Ellipsis Arts. OTHER NAMES: “Pretty Little Girl with a Blue Dress On,” "Miss Sally at the Party". SOURCES: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 86-87. Wiles, Stan. Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p 86
NOTES: G Major. GDAD. ABBBBBB'. Vocal on repeat of 'A' section. The tune was collected in 1939 in Mississippi as "Miss Sally at the Party", with a similar rhyme sung to it.
Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,
She wouldn't do it to save my life;
Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,
She run at me with a carving knife.
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