Where Are You Going? Mrs Glasscock (NC) 1943 Brown B
[From Brown Collection of NC Folklore, 1952, Volume 3, version A--their notes follow. The notes are wrong- this is not the song of the Milkmaid-- which is a different song with a similar theme.
R. Matteson 2018]
11. Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?
This song of the milkmaid, still remembered in England —Somerset and Devon (JFSS ii 9-10), Yorkshire (JFSS 11 J70) — is known in various parts of English-speaking America: Newfoundland (BSSN 138-g). New Jersey (JAFL Lii 58-9. a some- what lewd derivative), Virginia (SharpK 11 156-8), Mississippi (JAFL XXXIX 150-1, FSM 277-8). Missouri (OFS I 330). Ohio (BSO 188-90). Nebraska (ABS 228-30). The content of the various texts varies considerably, but they may all be considered forms of the same song. There are two in our collection.
B. 'Where Are You Going, My Pretty Fair Maid?' From a manuscript notebook of Mrs. Harold Glasscock of Raleigh lent to Dr. White in December 1943. Most or all of her songs Mrs. Glasscock learned from her mother.
1. 'Where are you going, my pretty fair maid?
Where are you going, my honey?
She answered me with a 'Ha ha ha,
I'm going to see my mammy.'
Tum a hoo ra ra tum a hoo ra ri
Turn a hoo ra raddle dick a dandy.
2. Her shoes were black and her stockings were white
And her buckles shone like silver;
She had a dark, rolling eye
And her hair hung 'round her shoulder.
Tiitii a hoo ra ra imu a hoo ra ri
Tuni a hoo ra raddle dick a dandy.
3. "Will you have me, my pretty fair maid?
Will you have me, my honey?'
She answered me with a 'ha ha ha,
I'll have most anybody.'
Tum a hoo ra ra tum a hoo ra ri
Tum a hoo ra raddle dick a dandy.