Pretty Little Girl with the Strawberry Curls, The

DESCRIPTION: "One day as I was walking my boyfriend was a-talking With the pretty little girl with the strawberry curls, And this is what he said to her, 'I L-O-V-E love you, I K-I-S-S kiss you." She says, "I have a boyfriend Sambo... from Alabambo...E-I-E-I-O Sambo"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: love hair courting rejection wordplay
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Portia Naomi Crawford, "A Study of Negro Folk Songs from Greensboro, North Carolina and Surrounding Towns," Vol. XVI, No. 2 (Oct 1968), pp. 116-117, "The Pretty Little Girl with the Strawberry Curls" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: NCF162PL

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