Sweet Sixteen, Sweet Sixteen, Sweet Sixteen, Ah, you're the sweetest little babe That I've ever seen But you would not You would not do Everything that I ask you to Guess you ran away from your home, darling Now, you won't run away from me too Well, my brother is sent to Korea And my sister settled down in New-Orleans Guess my mother is up in heaven And now I wonder what Would happen to me Sweet Sixteen Sweet Sixteen Sweet Sixteen Sweet Sixteen You're the sweetest little baby That I ever seen