Seventeen Come Sunday- George Samms (NL) 1960 Peacock B
[Fragment from Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, pp.284-285 by The National Museum of Canada (1965).
R. Matteson 2017]
B. " Seventeen Come Sunday," collected by Kenneth Peacock in 1960 from George Samms [1908-2002] of Stephenville Crossing (Formerly Codroy Valley) NL, 1960.
"How old are you my pretty fair maid,
How old are you my honey?"
She answered me quite cheerfully,
"I am seventeen come Sunday."
With my rue-die-ah, fall-the-diddle-ah,
Fall the doleful lie day.
"You're rather young for to take a man,
You're rather young my honey."
"Oh if you think I'm not of age
"You can go ahead and try me.
With my rue-die-ah, fall-the-diddle-ah,
Fall the doleful lie day.