Mandy Was a Little Bahama Girl

DESCRIPTION: "Mandy was a little Bahama girl (x2), Mandy, oh my Mandy, Mandy mine." She "Said she'd love no one but me." "Mandy had a little baby." "Baby make my Mandy cry, Cry so hard she sure to die." "Lord he take my Mandy from me"; she is buried
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: death marriage baby campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 104, 234, 391, 488, 541, 550, "Mandy was a little Bahama girl"/"Mandy" (notes only)
DT, MANDYGAL
Roud #26772
NOTES [53 words]: According to Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, many camps banned this song not because it was dirty but because children MADE it dirty by omitting the verse where Mandy married the singer, offending their parents with the hint of fornication. I guess that's why we've never heard, say, "Sheathe and Knife" in a summer camp. - RBW
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File: ACSF104M

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