[Chorus]
Sweet sixteen
Sweet sixteen
Sweet sixteen
Ah, you're the sweetest little babe
That I've ever seen

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
Well, my brother, they sent him 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

[Chorus]
Sweet sixteen
Sweet sixteen
Sweet sixteen
Sweet sixteen
You're the sweetest little baby
That I ever seen