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Sixteen Next Sunday- L. Cannady (VA) 1918 Sharp C

[No. 127, I'm Seventeen Come Sunday from English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachians by Campbell and Sharp, edited Karpeles, 1932 edition.  The last two stanzas are "play party" stanzas-- stanza 4 is found similarly in Gypsy Davy.

R. Matteson 2018]


C. "Sixteen Next Sunday." Sung by Mrs. LUCY CANNADY at Endicott, Va., Aug. 22, 1918. Pentatonic. Mode 3 (Tonic A).

1. O how old are you, my pretty little Miss,
How old are you, my honey?
O how old are you, my pretty little Miss?
I'll be sixteen next Sunday.

2 Where do you live, my pretty little Miss?
Where do you live, my honey?
She answered me with the brightest smile:
I live on the hill with mummy.

3 O where do you go, my pretty little Miss?
O where do you go, my honey?
 She answered me with the brightest smile:
I go to church on Sunday.

4 Saddle up the old grey horse
And ride from night till morning;
He rides so slow, we'll never get there
To see my true love darling.

5 Send for the fiddle and send for the bow,
And send for the blue-eyed daisy;
Send for the boy that broke my heart
And almost sent me crazy.