My Pretty Little Maid- Sally Sloane (AU) 1956 Meredith
[From recording: Listen: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214812725/listen
R. Matteson 2018]
'My Pretty Little Maid' sung by Sally Sloane (1894-1982). Recorded by John Meredith at Teralba, Australia on 16 June and 13 October, 1956.
1. Where are you going my pretty little maid,
Where are you going my honey?
Where are you going my pretty little maid,
Where are you going my honey?
She answered him quite modestly,
On erran' for my mommie.
CHORUS (after each verse): With my tu-rum ra, fal a diddle da,
Right fal-la-diddle dolly die, do.
2. How old are you my pretty little girl,
How old are you my honey, [repeat as before]
She answered him quite modestly,
I'm seventeen come Sunday.
3. Will you marry me, my pretty little girl,
will you marry me, my honey?
She answered him quite modestly,
"I dare not for my Mommie."
4. Will come unto my Mama's house,
When the moon shines bright and clearly?
O, I'll rise up and let you in,
And the auld woman will not hear me.