Suitors (O lê lê O Bahia)

DESCRIPTION: "There are suitors at my door, O lê lê O Bahia, Six or eight or even more, And my father wants me wed, Or at least that's what he said." She will do it "when rivers run uphill." Perhaps she leaves home, or she marries, or she stays a proud old maid
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 ("Sing Together" girl scout songbook, according to mudcat.org thread "Lyr Req: Suitors (O Le Le O Bahia) (trad. Brazil)," with the Portuguese original older and many former campers thinking they learned it in the 1960s or earlier)
KEYWORDS: courting father marriage rejection oldmaid foreignlanguage campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 144, 147, 234, 496, "Suitors" (notes only)
DT, SUITOROL
File: ACSF144S

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