Old Maid's Song (V)

DESCRIPTION: "There's many a bachelor born to wed, Perhaps there's one for me. If so, white a nice little wife I'll be." "I'm willing to wait, I'm willing to wait, Just one short year or two more." She regularly meets men, but they step on her dress or her feet
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong)
KEYWORDS: oldmaid courting injury | clothes handkerchief
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, pp. 207-208, "The Old Maid's Song" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #5248
NOTES [52 words]: At the end of the text in Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, the singer is supposed to drop a handkerchief. I wonder if this might have begun life as a playparty, related to the Drop Glove game ("Hunt the Squirrel" or "Atisket, Atasket (I Sent a Letter to My Love)"), or perhaps to "Lady, Lady, Drop Your Purse." - RBW
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