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OLD MISS SALLY. AKA and see "Miss Sally at the Party," "I Asked That Pretty Girl to Be My Wife." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Oh Miss Sally, Sally, Oh Miss Sally, Sally,
I asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,
She run at me with a butcher knife,
Oh Miss Sally, Sally, Oh Miss Sally, Sally-O.

Oh Miss Sally, Sally, Oh Miss Sally, Sally,
Asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,
Said she wouldn't to save my life,
Miss Sally, Miss Sally, Oh Miss Sally, Sally-O.

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Recorded sources: Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH-002, John Hatcher - "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo-American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985. Originally recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939).

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