I'm a Day too Young

DESCRIPTION: The singer meets a girl and asks how old she is. She says, "I'm a day too young to be your bride ... to lay by your side." They have sex. "I found she was not a day too young" She asks when they will marry: never; "carry your big belly home to your mam"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople)
KEYWORDS: seduction rake youth
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South),Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig/Duncan7 1311, "Linkin' Owre the Lea" (5 fragments, 5 tunes)
Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople 30, "I'm a Day Too Young" (1 text)
Roud #1003
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Broom
File: GrD71311

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