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29 Aug 02 - 10:18 AM (#773596) Subject: How old are you my pretty little miss From: wilco 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? |
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29 Aug 02 - 10:26 AM (#773604) Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss From: JenEllen Here for starters? The discussion links may have more information. Personal favourite is a Clancy Bros recording I have of this (somewhere)...If I can hunt it up I'll post lyric variations. ~J |
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29 Aug 02 - 10:48 AM (#773624) Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss From: wilco Thank you. Is it Sottish or English or Irish? I'll add "Whaur are ye gaun, my bonnie wee lass?" to my repertoire. Unfortunately, I will butcher the pronunciation. That is a great fit in a historical context. Being able to do a "Americanized 18th version" with an older version. I do this like Peggy Seeger suggested, with requests for the kids to reply. I also do a song called "fly Around My pretty Little Miss." It is apparently a later square dance version of this too. Fly around my pretty little miss, fly around my daisy, Fly around my pretty little miss, You almost drive me crazy. |
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29 Aug 02 - 10:54 AM (#773630) Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss From: Malcolm Douglas 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. |
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29 Aug 02 - 10:57 AM (#773636) Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss From: Alice There are lots of variants of this song in different countries. Look up AS I ROVED OUT and THE TROOPER AND THE MAID in the database. The tune in the database here for AS I ROVED OUT is different than the one recorded by the Clancy Brothers. For that sound clip, check it out at CDNOW, Clancy Brothers, album Irish Folk Songs, track 13 As I Roved Out.click |
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29 Aug 02 - 11:05 AM (#773643) Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss From: Malcolm Douglas Strictly speaking, The Trooper and the Maid (As I Roved Out in some forms, though a lot of unrelated songs share that title!)is a different song-group, though a similar story. It's an easy mistake to make, and I've made it myself in the past; somewhere round here, I think. |
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29 Aug 02 - 11:10 AM (#773646) Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss From: Alice CDNOW labled that album wrong! I linked to the song title and then scanned the list of titles, immediately recognizing it is the recording of Irish folk songs by Davy Hammond, definitely not the Clancy Brothers. |
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29 Aug 02 - 05:20 PM (#773856) Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss From: nutty The Bodleian has this version printed circa 1860 Seventeen come Sunday |
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18 Jan 03 - 05:49 PM (#869610) Subject: RE: Tune Req: How old are you my pretty little miss From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie) Here's the first two verses and chorus of my 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. Hi rinktum-a-dinktum-a-diddle diddle dum, Hi rinktum-a-dincktum-a-doody; Hi rinktum-a-dinktum-a-diddle diddle dum, Hi rinctum-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. |
