Seventeen Come Sunday- Bob Copper (Sus) 1976
[From: Early to rise: a Sussex boyhood - Page 252 by Bob Copper - 1976.
R. Matteson 2018]
Seventeen Come Sunday- Sung by Bob Copper of Sussex before 1976
As I walked out on a May morning
On a may morning so early
(repeat) I overtook a charming maid
Just as the sun was a-rising
CHORUS: With my rue-dum day,
fold de riddle day,
Wack fol de rol de riddle I-do.
Her shoes were black and her stockings white
And the buckles shown like silver, (repeat)
She had a black and a roving eye
And her hair hung down her shoulder
With my rue-dum day etc.
Where are you going, my pretty dear?
Where are you going, my honey? (repeat)
She answered me right cheerfully
On an errand for my mummy
With my rue-dum day etc.
How old are you, my pretty dear?
How old are you, my honey? (repeat)
She answered me right cheerfully,
I'm seventeen come Sunday
With my rue-dum day etc.
And now she's with her soldier lad
Where the wars they are alarming, (repeat)
The drum and fife are her delight
And a merry man in the morning
With my rue-dum day etc.