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Thread #50916   Message #773596
Posted By: wilco
29-Aug-02 - 10:18 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss
Subject: How old are you my pretty little miss
I've heard several songs with the verses:

D How old are you my pretty little miss, How old are you my my honey. D She said with a sweet tee-hee-hee A D I'll be sixteen next Sunday.

Where are you going my sweet little miss Where you going my honey. She said with a tee-hee-hee I'm gone to help my mummy.

Then, in various versions, the verses go everywhere to seductions, elopement, talking about going to the young girls home, etc. This sounds like a square dance tune, with many different versions. Where did it come from?