O Willie- Reba Dooley (VA) 1918 Sharp MS
[My title. Single stanza (corrupt text) with music from Sharp MS.
Sharp MS; Dorah Seagle, NC;
O William, sweet William, Sweet William said she
I'm quite too young to be married to thee.
Sharp's Diary: Breakfasted at 6.30 and caught 7 a.m. train for Villamont about 3 or 4 miles away. We first called on Mrs Reba Dooley and got a little from her; then to Mrs Roberts to settle a point about the Brown Girl and back again to Mrs Dooley’s where we met a Mrs J. L. Long who not only sang to us but took us to a Mrs Bowyer who was quite a good singer.
R. Matteson 2016]
O Willie- Sung by Reba Dooley of Villamont, VA on June 4, 1918 Sharp MS
O Willie, O Willie, O Willie cried he [she]
O Willie, O Willie, you're leading me astray.