Seventeen Come Sunday- W. Cole (Hamp) 1909 Gardiner
[From George Gardiner Manuscript Collection (GG/1/20/1227)
R. Matteson 2018]
Seventeen Come Sunday sung by William Cole of East Stratton, Hampshire on 23 Mar 1909. Collected by G.B. Gardiner and Charles Gamblin
"How old are you, my fair pretty maid?
How old are you, my honey? "
She answered me very cheerfully,
"I am seventeen come Sunday."
CHORUS: With my mush a ring a da
Diddle-lum a da,
Rite-fol-la riddle - lum a -dido.
Will you take walk, my fair pretty maid,
Will you take walk, my honey?"
She answered me right cheerfully,
"I dare not for my mammy."
You can come unto my mammy's house,
When the moon shines bright and clearly?
I will come down and let you in,
And (my) mammy shall not hear me. "