“I Wish That Girl Was Mine”
Description
"When I was a little boy, Just eighteen inches high, How I'd hug and kiss those girls To see their mammas cry." "Oh, I wish that girl was mine (x2), The only tune that I can play Is 'I wish that girl was mine.'" Of courting, banjos, and last regrets(?)
Notes
This may be a variant of "Troubled In My Mind" or one of its relatives, but it has enough unique material (notably the first verse) that I tentatively separate it. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Troubled In My Mind" (theme, floating lyrics)
References
- BrownIII 298, "I Wish That Girl Was Mine" (1 text)
- Roud #16859
- BI, Br3298