The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50916   Message #773630
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
29-Aug-02 - 10:54 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss
Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (often Sixteen) generally speaking, though other songs on the same theme have similar beginnings. The version you quote from sounds like an Appalachian one; certainly Cecil Sharp noted one there with the te hee hee hee bit. It's been widespread most places where English is spoken, but would be English or Scottish in origin.