Annotation:I Asked that Pretty Girl to Be My Wife
X:1 T:I asked that Pretty Girl to be My Wife M:C L:1/8 N:Vocal line by Stephen Green based on tune in Marion Thede - N:The Fiddle Book (1967, pp. 86-87) to show correspondence with N:"Old Miss Sally" K:G d2d2 BBBA|B2d2d3B|d2d2B2 BB |B2G2G3B| d2d2 BBBA |B2d2 d2 BB|d2d2B2 AA B2G2G2||
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.
Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,
She wouldn't do it to save my life;
Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,
She run at me with a carving knife... (or 'old case knife'). . .{Thede}
The tune was collected in 1939 in Mississippi as "Miss Sally at the Party", with a similar rhyme sung to it.
