Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline is about an 11 year old girl

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Interestingly, the lyrics of "Sweet Caroline" don't reference Boston or the Red Sox. [Neil] Diamond says the song, written in 1969, was named after Caroline Kennedy, who was eleven years old at the time.

source: Article 'Neil Diamond Donates Week's Sales of 'Sweet Caroline' to Boston Marathon Bombing Victims' by Jon Wiederhorn; music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/neil-diamond-donates-week-sales-sweet-caroline-boston-182603286.html; Yahoo! Music; 25 April 2013