Sixteen Next Sunday- S. Reynolds (VA) 1918 Sharp D
[My title, one stanza fragment with music (No. 127, I'm Seventeen Come Sunday) from English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachian by Campbell and Sharp, edited Karpeles, 1932 edition.
R. Matteson 2017]
D. "Sixteen Next Sunday." Sung by Mrs. STELLA REYNOLDS at Meadows of Dan, Va., Aug. 29, 1918. Heptatonic. Ionian.
How old are you, my pretty little Miss?
How old are you, my honey?
How old are you, my pretty little Miss?
I'll be sixteen next Sunday.