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Thread #55778   Message #869622
Posted By: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
18-Jan-03 - 06:17 PM
Thread Name: Origins: How old are you my pretty little miss?
Subject: RE: Origins: How old are you my pretty little miss?
Here's the starting verses of Dad's version:

Where are you goin my pretty little miss,
Where are you goin my daisy?
O, if I don't get me a young man soon
I think I'm a-goin crazy.

Cho:Hi rinktum-a-dinktum-a-diddle diddle dum,
    Hi rinktum-a-dinktum-a-doody;
    Hi rinktum-a-dinktum-a-diddle-diddle dum,
    Hi rinktum-a-dinktum-a-doody.

How old are you my pretty little miss,
How old are you my honey?
Well, if I don't die of a broken heart
I'll be sixteen next Sunday!