The Modesty Answer- Hatfield (WV) 1928 Cox
[From: Traditional Ballads & Folk Songs Mainly from West Virginia- John Harrington Cox- 1939 Edited by George Herzog and Herbert Halpert 1939 and George Boswell, 1964.
R. Matteson 2017]
THE MODESTY ANSWER (Seventeen Come Sunday)
Contributed by Miss Aileen Hatfield, Logan, Logan County, February 3, 1928.
1. "How old are you, my pretty little Miss,
How old are you, my honey?"
She answered me in a modesty way,
"I'll be sixteen next Sunday,
I'll be sixteen next Sunday.
2. "Let's you and I marry, my pretty little Miss,
Let's you and I marry, my honey."
She answered me in a modesty way,
"Run and I'll ask mamma,
Run and I'll ask mamma."
3. "What did she say, my pretty little Miss,
What did she say, my honey?"
She answered me in a modesty way,
"She said she could not spare me,
She said she could not spare me."
4. "What will you do, my pretty little Miss,
What will you do, my honey?"
She answered me in a modesty way,
"Run away next Sunday,
Run away next Sunday."
5 "Where will you go, my pretty little Miss,
Where will you go, my honey?
She answered me in a modesty way,
"Go to North Carolina,
Go to North Carolina."
6 "What will we eat, my pretty little Miss,
What well we eat, my honey?"
She answered me in a modesty way,
"We'll eat cream and honey,
We'll eat cream and honey."
7 "I have lost all hopes of you, my pretty little Miss,
I have lost all hopes of you, my honey?"
She answered me in a modesty way,
"So farewell forever,
So farewell forever."