Sixteen Next Sunday- F. Richards (VA) 1918 Sharp B
[My title. No. 127, I'm Seventeen Come Sunday from English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachians by Campbell and Sharp, edited Karpeles, 1932 edition. This version has an unusual chorus with a different stanza (2nd). It's too short to identify an antecedent. Frances Richards was the wife of Ebe and mother of Naomi. Ebe also sang his version for Sharp on the same day. Since the text is identical, it will not be given as a separate entry.
R. Matteson 2017]
B. "Sixteen Next Sunday." Sung by Mrs. FRANCES RICHARDS at St. Peter's School, Callaway, Va., Aug. 18, 1918. Pentatonic. Mode 4.
1. How old are you, my pretty little Miss,
How old are you, my honey?
She answered me with the bright-est smile,
I'll be sixteen next Sunday,
Be sixteen, be sixteen,
Be sixteen next Sunday.
2 O what can you do, my pretty little Miss,
O what can you do, my honey?
She answered me with the brightest smile:
I can put on bread for mummy,
Put on bread, etc.
3 Will you marry me, my pretty little Miss,
Will you marry me, my honey ?
She answered me with the brightest smile:
I would if it weren't for mummy,
I would, etc.