I'll Ask My Mother (And I'll Let You Know Next Sunday Afternoon)

DESCRIPTION: "A pretty little girl came courting me, Her name was Sarah Broome." When she asks the young man to marry, he says he will ask his mother and let her know. When she gives up on him, she asks for her tokens back, but always he asks his mother
AUTHOR: Harry Stanwood (source: New-Comic-Songster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (New-Comic-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love courting mother
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
New-Comic-Songster, p. 23, "I'll Ask My Mother (And I'll Let You Know Next Sunday Afternoon)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #21, p. 26, "I'll Ask my Mother" (1 text)
Roud #12611
NOTES [37 words]: Common in broadsides, rare in tradition, but there are just enough hints that it was transmitted orally that I've indexed it. I'm not surprised that it's rare, though, since both men and women are implicitly insulted. - RBW
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