Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen - Charlie Poole

I had a jane a long time ago

She was a sugar plum

I loved her well but it's sad to tell

She'd chew her chewing gum

There was no laws to stop her jaws

Which worked like a machine

What could I do

So I let her chew

When she was sweet sixteen

She chewed all day chewed all night

That was going some

She hardly stopped to chew her meals

She was so fond of gum

She chewed and chawed chawed and chewed

And her brand was wintergreen

And while I wooed this girl she chewed

When she was sweet sixteen

She had a way so cute and gay of

Sticking gum around

Down on the chairs or on the stairs

Those wads of gum was found

I often cussed because

They mussed my passing plod unseen

I had great luck in getting stuck on this day

Was sweet sixteen

Some days have passed since

I stuck fast to that sweetheart of mine

And now and then you'll find again

A wad of gum divine

I had a mat on which

I sat and called her my colleen

It's stuck to me and so has she

Since the day she was sixteen