View source for Annotation:I Asked that Pretty Girl to Be My Wife


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|f_tune_annotation_title=  https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:I_Asked_that_Pretty_Girl_to_Be_My_Wife >
|f_annotation='''I ASKED THAT PRETTY GIRL TO BE MY WIFE'''. AKA and see "[[Miss Sally at the Party]],” “[[Old Miss Sally]].” American, Reel. USA, Oklahoma. G Major. GDad tuning (fiddle). ABBBBBB'. Vocal on rpt. of 'A' section.
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''Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,''<br>
''She wouldn't do it to save my life;''<br>
''Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,''<br>
''She run at me with a carving knife''... (or 'old case knife'). . .{Thede}<br>
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The tune was collected in 1939 in Mississippi as "[[Miss Sally at the Party]]", with a similar rhyme sung to it.   
|f_source_for_notated_version=Sam Wiles (McCurtain County, Oklahoma) [Thede].
|f_printed_sources= Thede ('''The Fiddle Book'''), 1967; pp. 86-87.
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