She Would, You Know: She Was Just About That Age

DESCRIPTION: "Oh! once I dearly loved a girl, her name was Sarah Greene"; she is 17 and looking for a beau. But she has a grouchy father. He courts her when her father is out; he has to hide in the closet. The father finds and attacks him -- but then lets them marry
AUTHOR: Words: Walter Burnot / Music: Sydney Franks (source: sheet music at FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (Wallace-Vocal-Gems-Songster); FolkSongAndMusicHall says it was published in 1869
KEYWORDS: love courting father drink marriage children lie | closet hiding
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Wallace-Vocal-Gems-Songster, pp. 34-35, "She Was Just About the Age" (1 text, 1 tune)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "She would you know: She was just about that age"
Roud #25886
File: WVJS034

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