Go Away Little Girl
101 Strings was an umbrella term for a highly successful easy listening sym… Read Full Bio ↴101 Strings was an umbrella term for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding a hundred albums and a creative lifetime of roughly thirty years. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan "The Sound of Magnificence", a puffy cloud logo and sepia-toned photo of the orchestra. According to the photograph, the 101 Strings orchestra was composed of 124 string instruments (all male except for the harpist) and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan. The orchestra's famous official photograph was taken in the Musikhalle Hamburg. In reality, of course, the recordings also featured a full brass, woodwind and percussion section, and not quite as many strings as are shown in the photograph. In later years (right up to the 80's), the recordings were made by a session orchestra in London, with a line-up including a modern "pop" rhythm section. In the late 1990's, the 101 Strings Orchestra was revived with "The New 101 Strings Orchestra" for a series of modern recordings.

Go Away Little Girl
101 Strings Orchestra Lyrics


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Won't you go away (little girl)
Wish you wouldn't stay (little girl)
Won't you go away (little girl)
Wooo ooo go away.

Go away little girl
Go away little girl
I'm not supposed to be alone with you
Oh yes I know that your lips are sweet
But our lips must never meet
I belong to somebody else and I must be true.

Please go away little girl
Go away little girl
It's hurting me more each minute that you delay
When you are near me like this
You're much too hard to resist
So go away little girl before I beg you to stay.

Won't you go away (little girl)
Wish you wouldn't stay (little girl)
Won't you go away (little girl)
Wooo ooo go away.

Go away little girl
Go away little girl
It's hurting me more each minute that you delay
When you are near me like this
You're much too hard to resist
So go away little girl
Call it a day little girl
Please go away little girl before I beg you to stay.

Won't you go away (little girl)
Wish you wouldn't stay (little girl)




Won't you go away (little girl)
Please go away.

Overall Meaning

The 101 Strings Orchestra’s song “Go Away Little Girl” is a song about a man who is in love with someone else but cannot resist the temptation of a young girl. The song is a plea for the young girl to leave so that the man can remain faithful to his significant other. The lyrics suggest that the man is struggling not to give in to his desires and that the presence of the little girl is making it even harder for him to resist. The chorus repeats the plea for the girl to go away, as the man knows he cannot give in to temptation.


The lyrics illustrate the conflict between love and loyalty, and how sometimes they can be at odds with one another. Love can be all-consuming and can make it difficult to remain faithful, but loyalty requires one to remain faithful and resist temptation. The man in the song is trying to do the honorable thing by asking the little girl to leave, but he is still struggling with his feelings for her.


Overall, “Go Away Little Girl” is a poignant song that explores the complexities of love and loyalty. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a man who is grappling with his desires and trying to do the right thing by his significant other.


Line by Line Meaning

Won't you go away (little girl)
I politely ask you to leave (little girl)


Wish you wouldn't stay (little girl)
I hope you wouldn't remain (little girl)


Wooo ooo go away.
Please leave now (little girl)


Go away little girl
I implore you to depart (little girl)


I'm not supposed to be alone with you
I cannot spend time with you alone due to my commitment to someone else


Oh yes I know that your lips are sweet
I am aware that you are tempting (little girl)


But our lips must never meet
We must never kiss, no matter how sweet your lips are (little girl)


I belong to somebody else and I must be true.
I am in a relationship and must remain loyal to my partner (little girl)


It's hurting me more each minute that you delay
The longer you stay, the more painful it becomes for me (little girl)


When you are near me like this
Being close to you (little girl)


You're much too hard to resist
I find it difficult to resist your temptation (little girl)


Call it a day little girl
It's time to end our interaction (little girl)


Please go away little girl before I beg you to stay.
I urge you to depart before I become too tempted to ask you to stay (little girl)


Please go away.
Kindly leave now (little girl)




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CAROLE KING, GERRY GOFFIN

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Bruno Fantoni Filho

linda melodia

Rafael Mesen Sandi

Linda interpretación, aquí en Costa Rica se escucho en aquellos años en la voz de Steve Lawrence.Música muy linda.

jilg99

Excelente tema,llevo mucho tiempo intentanto conseguir específicamente esta versión.Muchisimas gracias cappy00000 por subirla y compartirla!!!  También un saludo desde Costa Rica.

Tales of Fame and Fate

Man does this bring back memories.

Dianne FromUK

Beautiful Music

Gary D. Derby

there was a beautiful station in Los Angeles called kpol .I'll always remember the artists .1952 to 1970 I'll never forget it

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the actual conductor of this song is Jack Dorsey

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Quantum Leap

This music you post here reminds me so much of our old easy listening station WKRX here in Louisville.  It was bought out years ago, now it's WVEZ.  Not a shadow of what it once was. Very, very commercial, way too many terrible, crappy vocals, just awful. I don't know how their book numbers look, but I definitely WON'T listen to it. Thanks so much for these postings.

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