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Old Miss Sally/Miss Sally At The Party/I Asked that Pretty Girl to be my Wife
Traditional Old-Time, Breakdown- Oklahoma. Mississippi, Appalachians;
ARTIST: John Hatcher 1939
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Early 1900’s
RECORDING INFO: Pretty Little Girl with a Blue Dress On (Stan Jackson) RDR 0435, Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, Vol I; Pretty Little Girl with a Blue Dress On- Celtic Mouth Music 1997 Ellipsis Arts.
OTHER NAMES: “Pretty Little Girl with a Blue Dress On,” "Miss Sally at the Party".
SOURCES: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 86-87. Wiles, Stan. Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p 86
NOTES: G Major. Standard tuning W.E. Claunch; Thede's version GDAD. ABBBBBB'. Vocal on repeat of 'A' section. "Miss Sally at the Party" was a regional Mississippi tune also known as "Old Miss Sally" (John Hatcher 1939). The tune appears in Thede with a similar rhyme sung to it:
I Asked that Pretty Girl to Be my Wife- Stan Wiles, Thede
Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,
She wouldn't do it to save my life;
Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,
She run at me with a carving knife.
Miss Sally at the Party- W.E. Claunch
Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,
She stabbed at me with a Bowie knife.
Miss Sally, Miss Sally,
Miss Sally at the party.
Old Miss Sally- John Hatcher 1939
Oh Miss Sally, Sally Oh, Miss Sally Sally
I asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,
She run at me with a butcher knife.
Oh Miss Sally, Sally Oh, Miss Sally Sally-O
Oh Miss Sally, Sally Oh, Miss Sally Sally
Asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,
Said she wouldn't want to save my life.
Oh Miss Sally, Sally Oh, Miss Sally Sally-O
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