Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Song "When I Was A Little Girl" (videos & lyrics)

taywill78, Jan 31, 2009

Alpha Kappa Aka on founders day in 08 at UF..shout out to Andre S.
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"UF" = University of Florida

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases two YouTube videos of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.'s song
"When I Was A Little Girl". 

This post includes my transcription of lyrics for that song as sung in Showcase Video #1. Additions and corrections are welcome as are lyrics for other versions of that song as it is sung or was sung by members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of Alpha Kappa Alpha's versions of "When I Was A Little Girl" and thanks to  all those who are featured in the YouTube videos that are embedded in this post and thanks to the publishers of those videos on YouTube. 
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is the first historically Black Greek letter sorority. That sorority was founded at Howard University in 1906.

Click the tag below for other pancocojams posts about that sorority.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Lpaha Kappa Alpha Sorority's song "When I Was A Little Girl" brags about being a member of that historically Black Greek letter sorority and disses (insults) membership in any other historically Black Greek letter sorority. 

I'm unsure of my transcription of the lyrics for the two versions of that Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) song. However, I believe that they diss being a "Delta" (a member of "Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.", being a "Sigma" (a member of "Sigma Gamma Rho", also colloquially given or being a "Zeta", (a member of Zeta Phi Beta" sorority.

The only two online sources that I've come across to date for this song are given as "Showcase Video #1 from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the University of Florida in 2008 and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Beta Alpha Chapter from FAMU 2016. 

These two videos of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's "When I Was A Little Girl" song are performed in an up tempo manner while performing accompanying movements. 

I wonder if Alpha Kappa Alpha' Sorority's versions of "When I Was A Little Girl" is an adaptation of the  English language pop song "Que Sera Sera" tt sorority's versions of "When I Was A Little Gurl"? (Is the English language song "Que Sera Sera ("Whatever Will Be Will Be" that was written in 1955 and  popularized in 1956 by Doris Day.

Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Que_Sera,_Sera_(Whatever_Will_Be,_Will_Be) 
for information about that song

I'm interested in documenting when (year/decade) and where (which AKA chapter) versions of the song  "When I Was A Little Girl" was first sung by members of Alphra Kappa Alpha Sorority.

I'm also interested in finding out if any other historically Black Greek letter sorority or fraternity and/or any other university based sorority or fraternity sings adapted versions of this "When I Was A Little Girl" song. if so,  who, when, and where was those versions of that song first sung and what are the lyrics to those versions?

 Please share any information about this song or songs in the comment section below. Thanks in advance.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2

Sharayne, MFT, Jun 18, 2016

Alpha Kappa Alpha Beta Alpha Chapter from FAMU Singing After Spring 2016 Graduation
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This song begins at .018 in this video.

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LYRICS - WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL
(as sung by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.)*

 When I was a little girl

My momma said to me
[some of the sorors say “She said”]

I was a Delta
A Sigma you should be
I said “No no mama

That ain’t the way

AKA is the only way

A KA KA KA KA 
A KA KA KA K AKA

When I was a little girl

my momma said to me

[some of the sorors say “She said”]

I was a Delta

A Zeta you should be

I said “No no mama

That ain’t the way

AKA is the only way

 A KA KA KA KA 
A KA KA KA K AKA

When I was a little girl

my momma said to me

[some of the sorors say “She said”]

I was an Alpha

An Alpha you should be

I said “Yes Yes  mama

That is the way

AKA is the only way

 A KA KA KA KA 

A KA KA KA K AKA

 

A KA KA KA KA 

A KA KA KA K AKA

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*This is my transcription of this song as sung in the video given as Showcase Video #1 in this pancocojams post. Additions and corrections are very welcome.

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