Seventeen Come Sunday- Sam Bennett (Warw) 1929
[Fragment from James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/1/1/F, p. 00580. Born c. 1868 Bennett was collected by Percy Grainger (songs and fiddle tunes) in 1908, collected by Cecil Sharp in 1909 and collected by Peter Kennedy in 1950, including 'Blow Away the Morning Dew' (See: Sam Bennett and Cecilia Costello, 'Down by the Greenwood Side-i-o': Songs & Ballads: Warwickshire & Birmingham).
This version is from the Seventeen" revision tradition.
R. Matteson 2018]
Seventeen Come Sunday- sung by Sam Bennett, singer and fiddle-player; learned from older Ilimington, Warwickshire, singers. (Carpenter 1929-1936)
As I was walking out one May morning,
One May morning so early,
I met a pretty damsel,
Just as the sun was rising.
CHORUS: To my rue dum day,
Fol the riddle aye
Fol the riddle yum dum day.
How old are you, my fair pretty maid,
How old are you, my honey?
She answered me right merrily,
I'm seventeen come Sunday.
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