O Susie Anna

DESCRIPTION: "I saw my boy friend walking down the street, O Susie Anna!" A box was in his arms, a dress in the box, a pocket in the dress, a note in the pocket, "Will you marry me" in the note. She replies, "Yes I will" They marry and have "four to five children"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966 (Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
KEYWORDS: courting marriage playparty children
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame 141, "O Susie Anna" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Fair Rosie" (tune, per Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
File: OpGa141

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