Sixteen Come Next Sunday- Dhomhnaill (Don) 1976 Bothy Band
[Sixteen Come Next Sunday by The Bothy Band from the 1976 album, "Old Hag You Have Killed Me."
R. Matteson 2018]
Sixteen Come Next Sunday by The Bothy Band. Triona Ni/ Dhomhnaill collected this from her Aunt who lives in the Donegal Gaeltacht of Rannafast
As I walked down yon heathery moor
I met a bonnie wee lassie
she winked at me as she passed me by
And oh but she was handsome
CHORUS: With me twrat-a-kin, ah-ta-kin, ant-in-aye
with my trat-a-kin, ah-ta-kin, aye-doh.
Where are you goin', me bonnie wee lass
where are ye goin' me honey?
Quite mannerly she answered me
I've a message for me mammy
CHORUS
Oh what's yer age, me bonnie wee lass,
Oh what's yer age me honey?
Quite mannerly she answered me
I'll be sixteen come next Sunday
CHORUS
Oh where do ye live, me bonnie wee lass,
Oh where do ye live, me honey?
Quite mannerly she answered me
Way down in yon green valley
CHORUS
Oh where do ye lie, me bonnie wee lass,
Oh where do ye lie, me honey?
Quite mannerly she answered me
In a bed behind me mammy
CHORUS
Will ye marry me, me bonnie wee lass,
Will ye marry me, me honey?
Quite mannerly she answered me
Will ye wait 'til I ask me mammy,
CHORUS
If I come down to yer house
When the moon be shinin' clearly
Will you open yer door and let me in
And yer mammy she won't hear me
CHORUS
So I went down to her house
but her mammy chanced to hear me
She pulled her daughter by the hair
and she hit her three times over
CHORUS