Hi,

There are at least two US versions that are related to the older Scottish. This version is No. 127, I'm Seventeen Come Sunday in English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachians by Campbell and Sharp, edited Karpeles, 1932 edition. I've titled this "Sixteen Next Sunday" which is the usual older US text. This odd mixture of British revision text has the Scottish archaic ending, with the "moon is shining clearly" stanzas from the first revision. The opening is similar to standard "Seventeen" broadsides. The "She answered me, te hee hee hee" line is common in America but apparently has its roots in Scotland as well (see Duncan Williamson's version).

Sixteen Next Sunday- Sung by Mr. GEORGE P. FRANKLIN at Stuart, Va., Aug. 26, 1918. Hexatonic (no 7th)-- Sharp A

1. As I walked out one morning in May
Just as the day was dawning,
There I spied a pretty little Miss
So early in the morning.

Te loo - rey, loo - rey, loo - rey loo,
Te loo - rey, loo - rey Ian dy.

2 Where are you going, my pretty little Miss ?
Where are you going, my honey?
She answered me, te hee hee hee,
I'm looking for my mummy.

3 How old are you, my pretty little Miss?
How old are you, my honey?
She answered me, te hee hee hee,
I'll be sixteen next Sunday."

4 If I come to your house to-night,
And the moon is shining clearly,
Will you arise and let me in,
If your mammy does not hear me?

5 I went to her house that night,
The moon was shining clearly;
She arose and let me in,
But her mammy she did hear me.

6 She took her by the hair of the head,
And to the floor she brought her,
And by the help of a hazel rod,
She made one wilful daughter.

7 So fare you well, my pretty little Miss,
So fare you well, my honey.
It's all I want to know of you,
You've got one darned old mummy.

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Richie