Annotation:Such a beauty I did grow
SUCH A BEUTY I DID GROW. English, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. “Such a beauty I did grow” was frequently printed on broadsides and in songbooks in the 19th century, though the words were sufficiently crude as to offend delicate sensitivities. It describes a young boy of unusually unpleasant appearance who is blissfully unaware of the impact of his features on others.
When I was a little boy,
Some sixteen years ago,
I was the pride of mammy’s heart,
She made me quite a show.
Such a beauty I did grow
Such a beauty I did grow.
Straight hair and goggle eyes
And such a roguish leer,
A broad flat nose and mouth likewise
Turn’d up from ear to ear
Such a beauty I did grow
Such a beauty I did grow.
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