Modern recording by Mick Moloney here. I replaced that example with a sound file of "Lead belly singing "Little Sally Walker". Little Sally Walker sitting in the sun, Crying and weeping for someone to come, Rise up, Sally, and wipe away your tears, Turn to the East, and turn to the West, Turn to the one that you love best. Besides, I figured maybe the idea about giving flowers to girls would seep into those 5 year old to 9 year old boys' memory banks so that when they got old enough to date they'd automatically remember to give girls flowers. Fun isn't the only perk of this game. Players form a large circle. I remember seeing African Americans girls (around 7-10 years old) playing this game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the early 2000s. I'll go check on the Mr. Rabbit line right now. That version of that old old game song may have finally died out among African Americans [in Pittsburgh area anyway]. LITTLE SALLY WALKER [ring game] (Example #1). Discuss the Little Sally Walker Lyrics with the community: Citation. But when I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the late 1960s, I found out that folks here said Sally's last name was "Walker", which I know a lot about 'cause my sister and my cousin married some WaIkers.
Little Sally Walker Walking
Oh, shake it to the East; Oh, shake it to the West. On Pete Seeger Song & Play Time, Lead Belly Sings for Children. HERE COMES SALLY [ring game/movemeent rhyme]. I changed this game to one that I call "What Time Is It Mr (Mrs) Wolf". "Hey girl, do your thing, do your thing and switch. The portion of the ring game when "Little Sally Walker" dances in front of a person forming the ring and that person becomes the new "Little Sally" is the same as or very similar to what I call "switching places" ring games. Found the Mr. Rabbit thread, and one variant does have a line very close to the one I have. We're going to the fair.
Little Sally Walker Lyrics
HEAD AND SHOULDER BABY 1-2-3 [movement rhyme]. Date: 21 Apr 06 - 09:12 AM. In 1913 Porter taught examples of some of those singing games to a group of (White) children in England. BTW, the girl that she is standing in front of is supposed to also dance, but sometimes I've seen others have to remind that girl that she is supposed to be dancing too {another indication to me that this is a relatively new game song]... West Virginia had a very minimal slave population, and it was not until the coal industry came into being that many African Americans moved into West Virginia.
Little Sally Walker Sitting In A Sauce Piquante
The words to that rhyme, and my comments about it can be found on the Cocojams link given at the end of this post. Return to beginning). People wearing an outfit that has that color can also remain where they are if they so choose. ) We jumped over brooms, and they stepped over saucers. Ain't gonna raise no cabbbage at all. As is the case with the "traditional" show me your motion games, in this updated version, the one who is picked to join the person in the middle is supposed to exactly imitate the dances and/or other movements that the middle person does.
Little Sally Walker Sitting In A Saucer Song
And put your hands on your hip. In fact, the real story goes: Sally was on her way to her wedding, when she had to step over a saucer of water. Similar combos can be used to make the game more interactive and creative. "That Hoodoo... " home page. I never went to school. Here's a quote from Alan Lomax, J. G Elder, and Bess Lomax Hawes' Brown Girl In The Ring, an Anthology of Song Games from the Eastern Caribbean [New York, Pantheon Book, 1997, p. 140-141].
And I would tell you. Rise Sally rise - Stand up. Rise, Sally, rise - wipe the tears from your eyes. This student is the next "it" child.
Ask us a question about this song. You know, it was kinda sexy-like, and very I thought the voice sounded a lot like Mudcat's Janie. Here is the commentary about this game from the book "Step It Down: "Bob-A-Needle" is for purposes of this game, a pen, a jackknife, or a small stick of wood that can be passed rapidly from hand to hand. Sharing and copying as your own is not. You can find the heroine either walking down the street or sitting on a saucer, and so on. These ladies grew up in rolina, Alabama, and i know it was popular throughout the states. In the context of this rhyme, "jelly" means "butt" ("booty"). Everyone claps their hands and stomps their feet to the beat while singing the game's words [The words after the Caller calls out a color.
Sally Sally Water sprinkled in a saucer. Get me out, or I'll die no doubt. I will look it up and post later... 3.