CHILDREN'S GAMES AND RHYMES
CONTENTS tune- page [Under construction]
BATTLE GAMES
Yankee Soldiers G-1 507
DRAMATIC GAMES
Jennie Jones G-2 508
Old Witch G-3 508
Lazy Mary G-4 509
Lady in the Dining Room G-5 509
Green Gravel G-6 510
FORFEIT OR PENALTY GAMES
Twelve Days of Christmas G-7
Miss Susanna Jane G-
GAMES OF CHASE
Chase the Squirrel G-8 512
IMITATIVE GAMES
When I Was a Young Girl G-9 513
Green Trees Bending G-io 513
Oats and Bkans and Barley G-11-13 514
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE GAMES
Ranchy, Tanchy, Teen G-14 516
Hog Drovers G-15-18 517
Skip to My Lou G-ig 520
Weevily Wheat G-20 521
Nuts in May G-21 521
The Jolly Miller G-22 522
King William Was King James's Son G-23 522
King William Was King George's Son G-24 523
Marching to Quebec G-25 524
Marching Round the Levee G-26 524
Quaker Courtship G-27 525
Green Leaves G-28-30 525
It Rains and It Hails G-31, 32 527
Rig-A-Jig G.33 528
Little Sally Waters G-34,35 529
Go Round the Mountain G-36 530
Little Sissy G-37 531
TUG OF WAR GAMES
London Bridge G-38, 39 532
Draw a Bucket of Water G-40, 41 533
GAMES OF SMALLER CHILDREN
Frog in the Middle G-42 535
Farmer in the Dell G-43, 44 535
Ring Around the Rosy G-45 536
DANCING GAMES
Bingo G.46 537
Going Down the Railroad G-47 537
Looby Loo G-48 538
MISCELLANEOUS GAMES
Happy Land G-49 539
TEASING RHYMES
Oh, Dear Doctor G-50 540
DERISIVE RHYMES
Nigger, Nigger Never Die G-51 541
LULLABIES
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 542
RECITATIONS
Old Raccoon G-52 543
MISCELLANEOUS RHYMES
Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? 544
A Parody G-53 544
Rain Come Wet Me 544
Run, Nigger, Run 544
Go Tell Aunt Rhoda 544
ADDITIONAL GAME SONGS
All Around the Ring G-54 545
Flute Song G-55 545
Here We Go in a Ring G-56 546
Mary's Mad G-57 546
Miss Lucy G-58 547
Peas in the Pot, Hoe Cake A-Bakin' G-59 547
Roll G-60 548
Steal Away G-61 548
Shoe My Love G-62 549
Tooney O G-63 549
True Love G-54 55°
Wind That Ball G-65 550
Yes, Ma'am G-66 551
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CHILDREN'S GAMES AND RHYMES
BATTLE GAMES
Yankee Soldiers
'Yankee Soldiers.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given, score gives Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 43-
G-1
Have you and bread and wine?
For we are the Yan - kee soldiers.
Have you any bread and wine?
For we are the Yan - kee Soldiers.
For melodic relationship cf. **FSCSG 92, measures 3-8.
Scale: Heptachordal. Tonal Center: e-flat. Structure: abac (2,2,2, (4,4). The tonal center is the lowest tone.
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DRAMATIC GAMES
Jennie Jones
'Jennie Jones.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given. The ms score gives again Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 44-6; GSAC 243-4, No. 11. Our tune is that also used for 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.'
G-2
'I'm goin' to see Miss Jen - nie Ann Jones,
Miss Jen - nie Ann Jones, Miss Jen - nie Ann Jones;
I'm go - in' to see Miss Jen - nie Ann Jones
And how are you to day?'-
For melodic relationship cf. ***FSoAi32; **JAFL xlix 253; APPSSG 31 ; SFLQ VI 190.
Scale: Irrational (4,6), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: abab1 (2,2,2,2) = aa1 (4,4). All phrases cadence on I.
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Old Witch
'Old Man Hippety Hop.' Anonymous singer, no place or date given. The MS score gives Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Other titles: 'Mammy' and 'Old Witch.' This is a Negro version. Cf. hereto 'Black sheep, black sheep, where'd you leave your lamb?' Also I 53. For another version cf. AMS 48 (for last line of text) and for different text: Ford 264.
G-3
Old Man Hip - pe - ty Hop tuck my chile;
Put him corn fiel', Bugs an' flies eat -in' out his eyes;
Po' lit - tie thing cries, Mam - my, Mam - my, Mam - my.
Scale : Pentachordal. Tonal Center : e-flat.
Structure : abcb (2,2,2,4) = ab (4,6) ; the endings of a and b are the same, The tonal center is the lowest tone.
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Lazy Mary
'Lazy Mary.' Sung by Miss Nell Searcy, Chimney Rock, Rutherford county, 1927. A rare case indeed: while the ms score again gives Sutton-Wilder as contributors, this time credit was given to the singer! In I 55 this song is placed among "Dramatic Games," whereas JAFL xl 18 classifies it under "Humor and Satire." For a similar idea cf. SharpK 11 169, No. 134. Other versions: JAFL XL 18-19; JAFL Lix 447; and CRS Kit P 5. Compare the beginnings of G-9, G-14, and G-31.
G-4
Lazy Mary, will you get up;
Will you get up, will you get up?
Laz - y Ma - ry, will you get up;
Will you get up to day?-
For melodic relationship cf. ***Gomme I 369 ("Marry-Ma-Tansa) ; SFLQ VI 241; **JAFL xxviii 273-4 (general melodic line), JAFL xlix 254-5-
Scale: Hexatonic (6), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abac (2,2,2,2) = aai (4,4).
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Lady in the Dining Room
'Lady in the Dining Room.' Obtained from anonymous colored children in Buncombe and Caldwell counties about 1927. The ms score gives Sutton- Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 55 and OSC 70.
Here sits lad in the din ing room,-
Sit - tin' by the fire,
Head hung down, with an ach - ing heart;-
Draw your chil - dren nigh - er.
Scale: Tetratonic (2,4), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abed (2,2,2,2); the first measure of d is the same as the second of a.
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Green Gravel
'Green Gravel.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given. The ms score gives credit to Sutton-Wilder as collectors, but there is no credit for any singer. Cf. I 56. For other varied texts cf. JAFL lix 439 ; CRS Kit J 12 ; FSF 219. The beginning slightly resembles the tune of 'Mavourneen.'
G-6
Green gravel, green grav - el; our dress is so green;
All over cre - a - tion you're shamed to be seen.
Dear Mar - gret, dear Mar - gret, your true lov - er's dead;
He wrote you a let - ter to turn back your head.
For melodic relationship cf. **Gomme i 170; JAFL xlii 220-21, measures 1-2 and 5-6; *SFLQ vi 211.
Scale: Hexachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aba1bi (2,2,2,2) = aai (4,4).
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FORFEIT OR PENALTY GAMES
Twelve Days of Christmas
'Twelve Days of Christmas.' Cf. I 70-1, For music cf. IV 129 score No 186.
Miss Susanna Jane
'Miss Susanna Jane.' Sung by anonymous Negro children in Forest City Rutherford county. No date or contributor given. Cf. I 71. For additional texts cf. APPS 318-19; HAS 35; BTFLS v 4-5; also 40-1, No. 2; JAFL XXVII 291-2. Measures 3-8 resemble 'Dixie.'
G-7
Miss Sue, Miss Sue;
Some - bod - y's your lar,
Miss Sue, Miss Sue;
some - bod - y's your lar.
Miss Su - sie An - na Jane.
Did you ev - er see a mon - key make a mo - tion,
Miss
Scalej^ Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: a-flat. Structure: aba^bc (2.2,2, 2,2) _ aaib (4,4.2) = mmin = barform; here, the epode is exceedingly short.
GAMES OF CHASE
Chase the Squirrel
'Chase the Squirrel.' Sung by children in Buncombe county, 1927. The ms score again gives Sutton- Wilder as contributors; cf. I 80-1. For other varied texts cf. JAFL xxv 271; xxvii 300; xxviii 266; lix 431; APPS 159-61; Wolford 30-1; PTFLS xviii 104-5; SBPPG (Price) 122.
G-8
Let us chase the squir - rel
Up the hick - 'ry, down the hick-'ry;
Let us chase the squir - rel
Up the hick-'ry tree,
Scale: Tetratonic (4). Tonal Center: d. Structure: abab1 (2,2,2,2) = aa1 (4,4). The tonal center is the lowest tone.
IMITATIVE GAMES
When I Was a Young Girl
'When I Was a Young Girl.' Sung by students of Woodfin School in Buncombe county, 1927. MS score gives Sutton-Wilder as contributors. Cf. I 86. Compare also F-ii. For additional texts cf. NFSSLB 78-80; FSSG 86; AFSCh 168. All except measures 1-2 and 5-6 arc identical with those of the German folksong: 'Ach Du Lieber Augustin.' (Compare here Gomme I) 362, second example) ; measures 3-4 and 9-12 are merely a reversal of 14- 15-
G-9
When I was a young girl, a young girl, a young girl. Oh!|
when I was a young girl, oh, this way did
'Twas way and that way:
Oh this way and that way and this way and that way;
Oh! hen I was a young girl, 'twas this way did I.
For melodic relationship cf. **Gomme 11 362-63 (b) ; JAFL xxxiii 113- 14 ('Mulberry Bush') ; *GSAC 86, general melodic line of first three measures.
Scale: Hexachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: ababibba11(2,2,2, 2,2,2,2,2) = aa1a1(4,4,4,4) = Reprisenbar. All phrases cadence on I.
Green Trees Bending
'Green Trees Bending.' Anonymous singer, far up in the mountains of Mitchell county, in 1927. MS score gives credit to Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 87 ; also Newell 239.
G-10
Green trees bend - ing, green trees bend - ing, green trees bend - ing,
Hold to the side and swing to the back;
If you catch a pret - ty boy, back right back.
Scale: Irrational (2,4), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: abacci (2,2,2,2,2) = nmmi (6,2,2) = inverted barform.
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Oats and Beans and Barley
A. 'Oats and Beans and Barley.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given. MS score gives Sutton-Wilder as contributors. Cf. I 87-9. For additional texts cf. FSCSG 80; FSoA 135.
G-11
Down on the car - pet you must kneel,
Down on this car - pet you must kneel;
Down on this car - pet you must kneel,
Kneel to the one you love the best.
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: e-flat. Structure: abed (2,2,2,2).
B. 'Oats and Beans and Barley.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given. MS score gives Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 87, For additional texts cf. references to preceding version.
G-12
Oats and beans and bar - ley grow;
Oats and beans and bar - ley grow;
Do you an - y one know
How oats and beans and bar - ley grow?
For melodic relationship cf. **FSoA 135, first four measures ; SFLQ vi 193-
Scale : Pentachordal. Tonal Center : g. Structure : aa^ba (2,2,2,2) = Re- prisenbar. The tonal center is the lowest tone.
C. 'Oats and Beans and Barley.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given. MS score gives Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 88. For additional versions cf. references to G-ii. This is the only version of our collection with a refrain. Measures 11-12 are a melodic quotation of 'Sailing, Sailing,' which, considering the text, is quite appropriate.
G-13
See the farm - er plow his ground,
Plow his ground, plow his ground;
See the farm - er plow his ground
So ear - ly in the morn ing.
Mer ly mer - ri - ly on,
Mer - ri - ly mer - ri - ly on;
See the farm - er plow his ground
Mer - ri - ly mer - ri ly
Scale: Hexachordal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: aba1cdeaci (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2) = aa1ba1 (4,4,4,4) == Reprisenbar. The tonal center is the lowest tone.
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COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE GAMES
Ranchy, Tanchy, Teen
'Ranchy, Tanchy, Teen.' Anonymous singer of Chimney Rock, Rutherford county, 1927. MS score names Sutton- Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 90 and notes. Melodically and structurally closely related to 'Nuts in May,' G-22 and 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.' Cf. also EAS 21.
G-14
Group: Here comes three dukes a rid in', rid - in', rid in';
Here comes three dukes a - rid - in'
For the Ran - chy Tan - chy Teen.
What are you a - com - in' here for? Here for, here for?
What are you a - com - in' here for
For the Ran - chy Tan - chy Teen.-
Dukes: We are com - in' here to git mar - ried, Mar - ried, mar - ried;
We are com - in' here to git mar - ried
For the Ran - chy Tan - chy Teen.
For melodic relationship cf. ***FSoA 130; Owen 5; SBPPG (Price) 138-9; JAFL XLii 229; **Gommc 11 233; JAFL xxxiii 113, No. 33a and 129, No. 48a.
Scale: Irrational (4,6), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aa^aa^aa^ (4,4,4,4,4,4).
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Hog Drovers
'Hog Drovers.' Sung by Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county, 1922. Cf. I 94. Our tune is almost identical with that of F-14. For additional versions cf. Owens 65 ; OFS iii 555 ; Gomme 11 282-3 : 'Three Sailors' ; APPS 206; CRS Kit R 8: 'Five Tinkers'; BTFLS x 5-6, No. 3; JAFL xiii 104.
G-15
Hog — driv - ers, hog driv - ers, hog — driv - ers we air.
A - court - in' your dar - ter so sweet and so fair;
And kin we git lodg - in' here, oh here?
And kin we git lodg - in' here? —
Scale: Hexatonic (4). Tonal Center: c. Structure: abb^ai (2,2,2,2). The tonal center is the lowest tone.
B. 'Hog Drovers.' Sung by Otis Kuykendall, Asheville, Buncombe county, 1939. Cf. I 98, I. Our first stanza is the only one belonging to this game-song. The second is an incomplete version of the first stanza of HI 278, No. 250C; the third stanza is a very close relative of the same stanza in 250C. Our fourth and fifth stanzas are a new addition to this version. Strangely, the
last stanza returns to the last two lines of the third stanza mentioned above. One stanza, at least partly, can also be found in 'Old Smoky.' For additional versions cf. OFS iii 135, No. 404C; PTFLS xxvi 165; also MHITB 386 ('Hog Drover's Song'). The editor states there that this song is traditional in Texas and was brought by settlers from North Carolina. He lists it as a
folk tune from East Texas. Basically, our tune is the same as that of 'The Drunkard's Hiccoughs,' OFS in 133-4, No. 404A.
G-16
Hog drov - ers, hog drov - ers, do you come here court - ing our daugh-ters so neat and so fair?
And you can't get lodg - ing here,
And you can't get lodg - ing here. —
Stanza 2 Our hors - es ain't hun - gry they won't eat your hay,
Our wa - gons are load ed and roll - ing a - way.
Your par - ents and fam - 'ly and fam - 'ly I'm told
Sayall that I'm want - ing part of your gold.
Stanza 3 Oh Pol - ly, oh, Pol - ly, oh, how can you stay
When the wag ons are hitched up and roll ing way.
I'll eat when I'm hun - gry, I'U drink when I'm dry,
I'll think of poor Pol - ly and sit down and cry. My
foot's in my stir - nip, my bri - die's in my hand, I'll
Stanza 5
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I'll tune up my fid - die, I'll rosen my bow, I'll
how can you stay,
When the wag - ons are hitched up and roll - ing a - way.
For melodic relationship cf. **JAFL xxviii 129; *APPS 206.
Scale : Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center : b-flat. Structure : abcc^ (2,2,2,2) ; all phrases share the very beginning.
C. 'Hogdriver's Ballad.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given on ms score. Cf. I 98.
G-17
Hog drov - ers, hog drov - ers, hog drov - ers we are,-
All court -in' your daugh - ter, so neat and so fair; Can- we get
lodg - ing here, oh, here?- Can we get lodg - ing here?-
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: b-flat. Structure: abb^aicci (2,2,2,2,4,4) = abed (4,4,4,4) ; the ending of a and the beginning of b are the same, and so are the beginnings of c and d.
D. 'Hog Drovers.' Sung by Mrs. Myra Barnett Miller in 1936. No place given. The text is the same as that of Ethel Brown's 'Hog Drovers,' version H (I 98). Cf. here OFS in 367, No. 555 'Hog Rovers.' For other versions cf. APPS 205-6 ('The Nine Daughters'); GSAC 46-7 and 232-6; FTM 31; Gomme 11 283; JAFL xxxiii 131, xxxrx 191-3 xlix 251 ('Two Tinkers') and Lix 440.
G-18
Hog drov - ers, hog drov - ers, hog drov - ers are we, A -
court -ing your daugh-ter, so love - ly and fair;
Can we get lodg - ing here, oh, here?
Can we get lodg - ing here? —
For melodic relationship cf. *Owens 65-6, last two measures.
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: aba1c (2,2,2,2) = aa1 (4,4).
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Skip to My Lou
'Skip to My Lou.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given on ms score. Cf. I loi, A. For additional versions cf. BTFLS vi 13-14 (Tenn.) ; FTM 38; Ford 240-1 ; EAS 3 ; CRS Kit R 10 ; and SFLQ viii 224.
G-19
Round the house. skip to my Lou;
Round the house, skip to my Lou;
Round the house.
skip to my Lou; Skip to my Lou my dar - ling.
For melodic relationship cf. ***Owens 86; OFS iii 287; APPS 259, chorus only; SFLQ vi 233-6; AFSCh 166; SBPPG (Price) 100; JAFL xxiv 304, XLii 203 and XLIX 245; CRS Kit R 10 ('Tuli-Lule') ; *OASPS 144, last two measures.
Scale: Hexatonic (6), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aaab (2,2,2,2).
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Weevily Wheat
'Weevily Wheat.' Sung by Miss Beulah Walton. No place or date given. Cf. I io6, F. In one version from Iowa we find "Waverly Wheat." Our stanza is the third in the version given in JAFL xxviii 278-9. For additional versions cf. JAFL xx 246; xl 98-9; lix 470; PTFS xiii 315-16.
G-20
3. Char ley he's fine young
Char - ley he's dan - dy; Char - ley likes to
kiss the girls And feed them lots of can - dy.
For melodic relationship cf. ***EAS, No. 28; AMS 86; **Owens 13-16, measures i, 2, 4, 6; Wolford 102 (in minor!), measures 1-2 with our 1-4; JAFL xxiv 302-3, measures 3-4 with our 5-6; *APPS 347; OFS in 298; OASPS 148; SharpK 11 375, No. 267-A(in minor!); CRS Kit R 30 (in minor!); JAFL xxviii 278-80; xlii 207-9 xliv 16-18, xlix 246 (all of the latter, the initial measures only). The same is true of Ford 240 with the necessary added remark that this version, musically speaking, represents one
of the most impossible notations encountered thus far.
Tonal Center : f. Structure : aba^c (2,2,2,2) =1
Scale : Heptachordal, plagal. aai (4,4).
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Nuts in May
'Nuts in May.' Sung by anonymous group of children in Chimney Rock, Rutherford county. No date given. MS score gives Sutton- Wilder as collectors. Cf. I no. For other versions cf. Bancroft 285-8; GSAC 89, 236-7; JAFL XXXI 47-8 and 132, 147. Melodically and structurally our tune is closely related to that of G-14.
G-21
"Here we come, gath - er ing nuts May, I
Nuts in May, nuts in May; Here we come, gath - er - ing
nuts in May So ear - ly in the mom - ing."
For melodic relationship cf. **Gomme i 424-33; JAFL viii 178, a rather amateurish notation (the tune omits our fourth measure), xxxi 178; and FGJ 49.
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abac (2,2,2,2) = aai (4,4). All phrases cadence on I.
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The Jolly Miller
'The Jolly Miller.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given. Cf. I no, A.
For other versions cf. JAFL xxxi 54, 146, xxxii 490-91, xxxiii 101-2,
XXXIX 193, XL 20, xliv is, xlix 446; SFLQ vi 214; Gomme i 289-93;
FSF 221.
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Scale : Pentachordal. Tonal Center : e-flat. Structure : aba^b^ (2,2,2,2) = aa^
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King William Was King James's Son
'King William Was King James's Son.' Anonymous singer. No place or
date given. MS score credits Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 113. For
other versions cf. FSoA 133; PSL 57; Ford 255; FTM 27-8; JAFL xl
249 and lix 446.
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For melodic relationship cf. ***JAFL xxxiii 107; OPS iii 347, No. 543
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line still remains. Compare measures 3-6 with those of 'Owens' and others) ;
**Gomme i 302; Owens i; SBPPG (Price) 66, measures 2-3; SFLQ vi 217;
JAFL XXXIV III, measures 5-7 only; ibid., lii 48, No. 51.
Scale: Tetratonic (4). Tonal Center: d. Structure: abb^c (2,2,2,2). The
tonal center is the lowest tone.
King William Was King George's Son
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'King William Was King George's Son.' Sung by Mrs. Beatrice Nye Suttle.
No place or date given. Cf. I 114 B. For other versions cf. Ford 255-6;
JAFL xxxiv III.
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Scale: Heptachordal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: aa^bcaai (2,2,2,2,2,2) =
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Marching to Quebec
'Marching to Quebec' Anonymous singer. According to MS score collected
at Bostic, Rutherford county, by Sutton-Wilder. No date given. Cf. I 118.
For other versions cf. SBPPG (Price) 72; Newell 246. Our tune is closely
related to that of 'Barbara Allen.'
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Scale: Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abed (2,2,2,2).
Marching Round the Levee
'Go in and out the Window.' MS score gives neither place nor date. Cf. I
120. For additional versions cf. GSAC 128; CRS Kit J n; Wolford 47-
8; JAFL Liv, lv 165; lix 438. Our tune is almost identical with F-75
('Marching Round the Love Ring').
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For melodic relationship cf. ♦**JAFL xxiv 306-7; xxvi 138; xlix 234-4;
**JAFL xLiv 12 ('Marching Round the Levee') ; SFLQ vi 194-5.
Scale: Irrational (4,6), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abac (2,2,2,2)
= aai (4,4).
Quaker Courtship
'Quaker Courtship.' Anonymous singer. MS score gives neither place nor
date. Cf. I 123 A. This version is similar to that of III 16-17, No. 8. For
additional versions cf. OFS in 56, No. 362 A; ASoWS No. 70; FSONE 277;
ASb 71; JAFL Lix 460; Lxvi 50; SFLQ v 182-3; FSF 378-9.
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ling a ting - a - ling a ting - a - ling a tire.
For melodic relationship cf. **BSSNS 380 and 408.
Scale : Heptachordal. Tonal Center : c. Structure : aaibb^bic (4,4,2,2,2,2) ;
one could analyze this as over-all form: mm^n (4,4,8) = barform. The
tonal center is the lovirest tone.
Green Leaves
A
'Green Leaves.' Sung by Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county,
in 1921. Cf. I 124. For additional versions cf. SBPPG 46; FSF 208-9
('Sweet Pinks and Roses').
526
NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE
G-28
W
Green leaf, oh, green leaf that grows on a vine; Go choose
:r
you
a part - ner, the pret - tiest you can find. Hon - ey
£
5
^
in the gum so sweet, so sweet, Love is bound to be.
Scale: Hexatonic (6), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: aaab (2,2,2,2),
'Honey in the Gum.' Sung by Miss Jennie Belvin, about 1921. No place
given. Cf. I 125 B. For related versions cf. Owens 76; Wolford 49-50;
APPS 203; PTFLS XIII 321-3.
G-29
^
:S^^
BE
Green leaves, green leaves grow on
the
vine;
E^
?
-N ^—
3^1^
Go choose you one
have mine. Hon-ey in the
^^
gum so sweet, so sweet;- Hon - ey in the gum
^
sweet.
sweet; Hon - ey in the gum.
i
-N-
^
^
sweet, so sweet, Joy is boimd to be.
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: abcc^c^d (4,4,2,
2,2,2) ; the ending of a and the beginning of b are closely related.
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE GAMES
527
'Green Leaves, Green Leaves.' Sung by Miss Beulah Walton. No place or
date given. Cf. I 125 C. In the general melodic line our tunc is closely related
to that of G-29. For additional versions cf. APPS 203; Owens 76; Wolford
49-50; PTFLS XIII 321-2.
G-30
2=:t
^ •
Green leaves, green leaves grow
the
vine;
i
l^
^
-tr
^
■^it-
Go choose your part - ner as I have mine. Hon - ey in the
i
p^
J' ; J' ;■
gum so sweet, so sweet; Hon - ey in the gum so
I X -J^^^
sweet, so sweet; Hon - ey in the gum
i
i
sweet, so sweet. For joy there's bound to
be.
Scale: Hexachordal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: abcc^c^d (4,4,2,2,2,2); the
ending of a and the beginning of b are closely related. The tonal center is
the lowest tone.
It Rains and It Hails
A
'It Rains and it Blows.' Sung by C. K. Tillett, Roanoke Island. No date
given. This must have happened in 'Dixie' ; cf. the first four measures ! Cf.
I 127. For additional versions cf. SharpK 11 380, No. 271; PSL no.
G-31
S
S
5^
E
5
it=i!
It rains and it blows and it's cold storm -y weath-er;
q?=f:
%
:f=f:
In comes the farm - er drink-ing hard ci - der. You'll be the
528
NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE
l!^=f:
S
reap - er, I'll be the bind - er, I've lost my true love and
3E
^^
don't know where to find her. Up on — — high.
Scale: Irrational (2,4), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abed (2,2,2,4)
d is terminally incremented.
'It Snows and it Blows.' Sung by Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery
county. No date given. Cf. I 127. For other versions refer to those cited
for G-31. Add to these JAFL xxxiii 103; CRS Kit P 13 (chorus).
G-32
i
^m
^=^
S
:P=P:
^
fe >=4=J
It snows and it blows, and it's all sorts- of weath-er; —
^
■f—t-
A - long comes the farm - er with his jug of ci - der.
i
J- ! J'
S
You'll be the reap - er, and I'U be the bind - er,-
For
il
i
E
*
^
s
I have lost my true love and don't know where to find her.
For melodic relationship cf. **JAFL xxxiii 103, first four measures with
our first eight; *JAFL xxviii 270, measures 1-2 and 5-6.
Scale: Hexachordal. Tonal Center: d. Structure: aba^ca-bd (2,2,2,2,2,2,4)
= aa^a^b (4,4,4,4). The tonal center is the lowest tone.
RiG-A-JiG
'Rig-a Jig-Jig.' Sung by Riddick. No place or date given. Cf. I 128. It
is interesting to find our stanza to be the same as that in 'Buffalo Gals' (but
without the "Heigho") found in OFS iii 332, No. 53S-B. Our tune is a typical
German melody. The refrain quoted by BT 197 as belonging to 'Captain Jinks'
cannot be found in our version of the latter song, but it does constitute the
whole of our present version.
courtship and marriage games
Chorus
529
4^
^m
Rig a jig jig and
way we go,
«5Ea
i
way we go, a - way we go; Rig a jig jig and a -
I ^ ^ — N — ^
w
way we go.
i
BE3:
Heigh - ho ; heigh - ho !-
heigh - ho!-
Heigh
ho; heigh-ho! heigh-ho! heigh-ho! Heigh-ho; heigh-ho!
S
r r T'
heigh - ho! heigh - ho!
Rig
=K
I
Jig
jig and a -
^=^
heigh - ho.-
way we go. Heigh - ho; heigh - ho!-
For melodic relationship cf. ***SBPPG 90.
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: abacbbac (2,2,2,
2,2,2,2,2) = aaibai (4,4,4.4) ; b is related to a. Over-all form : Reprisenbar.
The tonal center is the highest tone.
Little Sally Waters
'Sally Walker.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given on Ms score.
Cf. I 130. For other versions cf. FSF 215. Measures 5-8 and 13-16 recall
'Yankee Doodle.'
G-34
r?
±=t
Lit - tie Sal - ly Walk
?
er,
sit - ting
i
^
^
sau - cer, Cry - ing and sigh - ing for
some young
530
NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE
i^
^
-ir
and
to
Oh, rise, Sal - ly.
:^^=P^
-St
wipe your weep
ing
eyes;
Fly
to the East and
??
I
1=^
^
^
' -I ^
fly to the West, And kiss the one you love the best.
For melodic relationship cf. ***JAFL xxxi 159-60; no chorus in our
version ; **FSoA 147, first six measures.
Scale : Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center : f. Structure : mm^noo^p (2,2,4,
2,2,4) = barform plus barform (compound structure).
'Little Sallie Waters.' Sung by Miss Jennie Belvin, Durham, 1921 or 1922.
Cf. I 130. For another version cf. FSoA 147. The last four measures re-
call 'Yankee Doodle.'
G-35
i
52:
i:
w
i
Lit - tie Sal - ly Wa - ters. Sit - ting in
cor - ner,
5=^
S
^ ^
Eat - ing bread and hon - ey, Rise, Sal - ly, rise!
r=^
3
^
^
- — ^— ir
Wipe out your eyes! Fly to the East, fly to the West,
/ • a/—
--# ^ ^ ^
Fly to the dear - est one that you love the best.
For melodic relationship cf. **JAFL xxxi 159-60.
Scale : Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center : f. Structure : aa^a^bbibbc (2,2,2,
2,2,2,2,4) = abc (8,6,4) ; b is very closely related to the ending of a, c only
slightly so.
Go Round the Mountain
'Go Round the Mountain.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given. Cf.
I 131 A.
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE GAMES
531
G-36
Go round the moun - tain, two by two;
Go round the moun - tain, two by two; Go round the
moun - tain two by two, Rise up, sug - ar, rise.
Scale: Irrational (4,6), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: aa^ab (2,2,2,2).
Little Sissy
'Little Sissy.' Anonymous singer, about 1927. No place given on ms score,
which names Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 132.
G-37
Oh, bow and bow, put your arms a - round me;
Say, lit - tie Sis - sy, won't you mar - ry me? Oh,
bow and bow, put your arms
round me. All those
sas - sy words you say. Oh, bow and bow, put your arms .. a
round me; say. Lit - tie Sis - sy, won't you mar - ry me?
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: abaca^b (2,2,2,
2,2,2) = aa2ai (4,4,4). Measures 7-8 recall 'Yankee Doodle.' sfi is con-
siderably more of a variation of a than ai; for this reason the latter was
placed last.
TUG OF WAR GAMES
London Bridge
A
'London Bridge.' Anonymous singer. MS score gives Sutton-Wilder as
collectors, but no place or date. Cf. I I37 A. For additional versions of.
FSCSG 84; Wolford 64-5; JAFL lix 450.
G-38
Lon - don bridge is fall
ing dov7n, fall - ing down, fall - ing down;
Lon - don bridge is fall - ing down, my fair la - dy.—
For melodic relationship cf. ***Bancroft 360; SFLQ vi 232; Gomme i
333-50.
Scale: Hexachordal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abac (2,2,2,2) = aa^
(4,4). The tonal center is the lowest tone.
K
'London Bridge.' Sung by Miss Eura Mangum. No place or date given. Cf.
Vol. I 138. For the first line cf. SFLQ vi 232: 'Heimskring la.' For ad-
ditional versions cf. Bancroft 360; VFSB 45; Wolford 64; JAFL xxxvin
243. „
G-39
:2:
-^^-^
^
^
Lon - don bridge is bro - ken down, Where shall my la - dy be?
I
^
P= j^.N^-^-r ~^
-J- -j-
j- -J.
Lon - don bridge is bro - ken down For the gay-
Stanza 2 1 A
la
dy.
^^-^Jr
N-
' > -J- -J-
TUG OF WAR GAMES
533
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abac (2,2,2,2)
= aai (4,4).
2nd stanza:
How shall we mend it up again ?
Where shall my lady be ?
How shall we mend it up again
For the gay lady?
Draw a Bucket of Water
A
'Draw a Bucket of Water.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given on ms
score. Cf. I 142 A. For additional versions cf. Bancroft 345; Gomme 11
418; GSAC 90-1; Tanner 66-7; OSSG 39-
G-40
i
^g
^
W
4=?
1
Draw
buck
et
of
ter
-t—^
For the la - dy's daugh - ter; One ba - boon and
P
sil - ver spoon, So Miss —
For melodic relationship cf. **OSSG 39.
creep
der.
Scale: Tetratonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aaba (2,2,2,2)
Reprisenbar. Circular tune (V).
'Draw a Bucket of Water.' Sung by Miss Jennie Belvin. Durham, 1922.
Cf. I 142-3. Except for the ten measures omitted in the middle section,
our tune is practically identical with that of G-34. As there, the last four
measures are an unashamed 'Yankee Doodle.'
G-41
I
r#:
Draw
buck - et
of
ter
g=}5:
^
For my sis - ter's daugh - ter, One
a cup and
534
NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE
i:
■^
^
^
two in a cup, And draw Miss — —
For melodic relationship cf. ***OSSG 39.
der.
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: mmin (2,2,4) =
barform.
GAMES OF SMALLER CHILDREN
Frog in the Middle
'Frog in the Meadow.' Sung by P. Webb, Pineola, Avery county, about 1921.
Cf. I 145; also V, F-186 ('Bull in the Meadow') first two measures; compare
here JAFL xxvi 140; also TNFS 130.
G-42
-7-^ — ^-
s^ fj f\ ^ — 1
T^ r^ ^^ *^ w
/A
1^ 1^ n
J _i^ _i^ f\ 1^
t(\ i ^
* ^ * J
• • *^ « J
V-> 4-
' ' • d
•^ 4 '
Frog
in the mead - ow, Can't get him out; —
f ^
^ ^ IJ K \
r ro h: ^ x 1
/ _i^
N _N N ~ ^
J _i^ _P K r ■'
If ^ •
» m m ^
m • • J J
1
\s) • •
tJ
'*■■'
Take a lit - tie stick And stir him a - bout.-
Scale : Trichordal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aa^ (2,2). The tonal center
is the lowest tone.
Farmer in the Dell
'Farmer in the Dell.' Anonymous singer. No place given. Collected probably
by Sutton-Wilder about 1927. Cf. I 147. Observe the close relationship with
the German folksong 'Was Kommt dort von der Hoh ?' ; also with G-48. For
other versions cf. JAFL viii 254-5; xxxi 51-2; XL 25; lix 436; Florida (21)
296-7; EPG 137.
G-43
-4 « • « •-= — 4-
-^^
^-4-
-#-=-
The farm-er in the dell; The farm-er in the dell; —
g^a
Hi oh the dai - ry oh, The farm - er in the dell. —
For melodic relationship cf. ***Bancroft 347-8; OSSG 35; SFLQ vi
5; JAFL XXXI 160.
536
NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE
Scale: Mode HI, plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: mmin (2,2,4) =
bar form.
'Farmer in the Dell.' Sung by J. T. C. Wright, Boone, Watauga county, about
1922. Cf. I 147 B. The singer, deviating from the printed text, replaces the
third line with a similar one from version K ; again, however, changing "dairy-
o" to "cherry-o."
G-44
:^=^
The farm-er in the dell; The farm- er in the dell;
i
Heigh - o the char - ry O The farm
For melodic relationship cf. ***SFLQ vi 186;
er in the dell.
OSSG 35-
Scale: Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: mm^n (2,2,4) =
barform.
Ring Around the Rosy
'Ring O Roses.' Anonymous singer. MS score gives no place or date, but
names Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 151. Our text is not identical with
the Johnson text as stated there. The title given also differs from that in
I 151. For other versions cf. Ford 254-5; JAFL lix 461. This tune is al-
most entirely the same as that of an old drinking song : 'Hoch soil er leben.'
G-45
^
tek
#=t
Ring, O ring, O
ses,
pock - et full of
^
E
pes - ies; One, two, three, four, We'll all turn - ble down.
For melodic relationship cf. *FSONE 50, first two measures only.
Scale: Triadic, plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: mm^n (2,2,4) = barform.
DANCING GAMES
Bingo
'Bingo.' Anonymous singer. MS score gives no place or date but names
Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 154. Our version is similar to III 187,
No. 137- For other texts cf. SBPPG 10; FSONE 168; CRS Kit P 15-16
and 57 (our version is like the Ohio version given there) ; also Kit R 81.
A^^^
— r^
^
^
F=?=
=?^
G-46
— \
f ^ ^ 4 j^
¥
— 1 —
— —
Pv
1
— • 1
9
tt
^
There was
farm - er
had
dog;
^^
:e=(t
Bin - go was his name, sir. B - i
g - o, go;
*=fc:
I
3tz:
B - i - n - g - o, go; Bin - go was his name.
For melodic relationship cf. ***JAFL xxxiii 93-4 (measures 5 and 10 are
omitted) ; **Gomme i 29 (with some omissions) ; CRS Kit R 81.
Scale : Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center : a.
= ab (4,6) ; b is internally incremented.
Structure : abccd (2,2,2,2,2)
Going Down the Railroad
'Coin' Down the Railroad.' Sung by Negro children at Forest City, Ruther-
ford county. No date given. MS score names Sutton-Wilder collectors.
Cf. I 155. Our tune requires two stanzas of the text given there. For another
version cf. APPS 176-7, stanza five.
G-47
i
*
^
Go
down the rail - road
Do-
do — do.
Oh
i
^^
^EE^
W
Sal
ly, won't you mar - ry? Do — do —
do.
538
NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE
i
^
:fc
l¥.
^
Ole Miss Ki - ser goin' to turn all a -round; Ole Miss
I
F j^ I ; j^ I
^
-^ — ^ — ^ — ^- ' * ' — ' — w — —w-
Ki - ser goin' to turn all a-round; Do — do — do — do — do.
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: aba^bcc^d (2,2,2,
2,2,2,2) = aa^bc (4,4,4,2). Taking a and a^ as Stollen and be as epode, we
have mmin (4,4,6) = barform.
Looby Loo
'Looby Lou.' Anonymous singer. MS score gives no place or date, but names
Sutton-Wilder as collectors. The first half of the stanza is identical with that
of the C version. The chorus of the latter, however, is missing. Cf. I 156
A. The German descent of our tune becomes clear if we compare it with
'Was Kommt dort von der Hoh?' as well as the old German drinking song:
'Hoch soil er leben.' Cf. here also G-43 and G-44. For related versions cf.
FSF 223-4; JAFL xxrv 312-13 (second stanza); xxxii 496; xxxiii iio-ii;
XL 25 ; Lix 450.
G-48
i
iT^h^-
*:
ife
*:
put my right foot in;
put my right foot
i
^
T
-V — '
out; I give my right foot a shake, shake, shake, And
i
; ; i'
*:
^^t
turn my - self a - bout. Here we dance Loo - by
i
t:
:r^-^
^
3
^^s
Lou; Here we dance Loo - by Light; Here we dance
Loo - by Lou Ev - 'ry Sat - ur - day night.
For melodic relationship cf. ***CRS Kit J 16; **Gomme i 352-61, general
melodic line.
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal center: g. Structure: aa^bcc^cd
(2,2,4,2,2,2,2) = mm^nop (2,2,4,4,4) = compound structure: barform plus
strophe.
MISCELLANEOUS GAMES
Happy Land
'Happy Land.' Sung by Negro children. MS score gives no place or date,
but names Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf. I 159.
G-49
want some peas and I want some rice, Oh
Happy Land
want some pret - ty girl
to be my wife, Oh Hap - py Land.
Scale: Tetratonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: abab^ (2,2,2,2)
= aai (4,4).
TEASING RHYMES
Oh, Dear Doctor
'Oh, Dear Doctor.' Anonymous singer. MS score gives no place or date,
but names Sutton-Wilder as collectors: Cf. I 177. Our tune is identical with
that of 'Little Brown Jug.' For an additional version cf. NYFLQ viii 54.
G-50
i
^
^
s
^ #
^
Oh, dear doc - tor, can you tell What will make poor Ma - ry well?
*:
^^Pi
^
S
She is sick and she might die; That will make poor — — cry.
Scale: Irrational (2,3,4), plagal. (In the Greek sense, this would be the first
tetrachord of the Ionian mode). Tonal Center: c. Structure: abab^ (2,2,2,2)
= aai (4,4). The tonal center is the highest tone.
DERISIVE RHYMES
Nigger, Nigger, Never Die
'Nigger, Nigger, Nigger, Never Die.' Sung by Mrs. W. L. Pridgen. No
place or date given. This is a fragment which breaks ofif with the fifth
measure. Cf. I 179.
G-51
i
^
^^
:^=it
^
Nig
ger,
nig
ger,
nig
ger
die
Big flat nose and a shin - y eye.
Scale : fragmentary. Tonal Center : uncertain, possibly c
abed, but it is not possible to be certain.
Mouth as big
Structure : probably
LULLABIES
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.' For musical score cf. F-118 above. Cf. I 183.
RECITATIONS
'Old Raccoon.' Anonymous male singer with banjo accompaniment. No place
or date given. Cf. I 194. For other versions cf. APPS 296, No. 88B ; OFS
II 361, No. 280; also III 133, No. 97, second stanza ('Uncle Joe cut off his toe') ;
JAFL XXIV 318 and xxvii 294-5. Our tune is a close relative to that of
'Goin' Down Town' (Lunsford).
Old Raccoon
2. Pos -sum up a gum stump, Coo-nie in the hol-ler; —
Lit - tie gal at dad-dy's house As fat as she can wal-ler.
Stanza 2
turn - ing round and round
For melodic relationship cf. *APPS 296, No. 88A, first two measures ;
ASb 145, measures 2-4.
Scale: Hexachordal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: abed (2,2,2,2) = ab (4,4).
The tonal center is the lowest tone.
MISCELLANEOUS RHYMES
Granny, Will Your Dog Bite?
'Granny, Will Your Dog Bite?' Cf. I 200 'Chicken in the Bread Tray.' For
musical score cf. F-163, above.
A Parody
'A Parody.' Anonymous singer. MS score does not give place or date. Cf.
I 200. This is supposedly a parody on the prayer, of which this version gives
the first two lines. Cf. Wordsworth's: "The Redbreast" (1834-35) lines
46 ff.; also EFSS 74 ('Evening Prayer'), and JAFL lix 452.
G-53
Mat - thew, Mark, Luke and John Bless the bed that
I lie on.
Scale: Mode III. Tonal Center: c. Structure: abcb (4,4,4,4). The tonal
center is the lowest tone.
Rain Come Wet Me
'Rain Come Wet Me.' For text cf. I 203. For musical version cf. F-447,
above.
Run, Nigger, Run
'Run Nigger Run.' For text cf. I 203-4. For musical version cf. F-420, above.
Go Tell Aunt Rhoda
'Go Tell Aunt Rhoda.' For text cf. I 204-6. For musical version cf. F-14S,
above.
ADDITIONAL GAME SONGS
All Around the Ring
'All Around the Ring.' A play party song. Anonymous singer. MS score
does not give place or date, but names Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Cf.
APPS 336 No. 112: 'Turn, Cinnamon, Turn.' Judging from our text, somebody
must have used the familiar "Sinner man" in the refrain and someone with a
lazy tongue, or merely misunderstanding this, sang "cinnamon" instead. Cf.
also 'Turn, cheeses, turn,' in Gomme 11 3"-i2; Newell 231; FSF 220; Owen
97-8; TNFS 142; CRS Kit 54, 131 ('Green Coffee'); JAFL xxx 218 and
SharpK 11 289, No. 208 A. Another title given: 'Sugar Lump.' For very
evident reasons concerning the singability of measures 5-7 with relation to the
natural tempo of the preceding phrase the time values of these measures were
altered (quarter for an eighth note).
G-54
All round this ring my hon - ey, All round this ring we go.
Some bod - y's rock - ing my su - gar ump, Some -
bod - y's rock - ing my su - gar lump. Some bod
rock -ing my su - gar lump, Turn, sin - ner, turn.
Scale: Tetratonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abcdcbi (2,2,2,
2,2,2) = abb^ (4>4.4) = nmmi =: inverted barform ; n and m^ have the
same ending.
Flute Song
'Flute Song.' Sung by Mrs. R. D. Blacknall. Frank C. Brown notes: "as re-
called from memory, set down by Miss Alice Hundley." Recorded at Durham
in 1922 or 1923. Newman I. White states: "Miss Hundley was a musician
who sang in concerts for Dr. Brown and (I think) made a number of musical
transcriptions from records about 1920- 1925."
Flum-mer-ly la lup, flu flu Flu lup, flu lup, flu lup,
Flum - mer - ly la lup, flu flu Flu lup, flu.
Scale: Irrational (4,5,6), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aa^ (2,2).
Here We Go in a Ring
'Here We Go in a Ring.' Sung by Miss Beulah Walton. No place or date
given. This song belongs to the "Courtship and Marriage Games," cf. I 89-
133- For other versions cf. Owens 63; GSAC 59-62 and 240-1; APPS 186
B; Wolford 43-4; ASb 160; JAFL xiv 297-8; xxxii 495; xlix 250-1.
G-56
Here go ring so straight; Now it's time
for choos - ing your mate; Choose the one that
you love best, And I'm sure it'll suit the rest.
Scale: Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center: b-flat. Structure: abed (2,2,2,2).
Mary's Mad
'Mary's Mad.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given on ms score, which
credits Sutton-Wilder as collectors. Compare ANFS 117; also III 661-3, No.
624 (F-537) and I 175, ' Is Mad.'
G-57
Ma - ry's mad and am glad and I know
what - 'II please her.
hot - tie of to
make her shine and — — — to please her.
Scale: Hexatonic (6), plagal. Tonal Center: e-flat. Structure: abac (2,2,2,2)
= aai (4,4).
Miss Lucy
'Miss Lucy.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given on ms score, but
Sutton-Wilder are given credit as collectors. For melodic similarity cf.
'Everybody Works but Father.' For slightly related text cf. Ill 124, No.
86, second stanza. The name 'Lucy Long' occurs in 'Take Yo' Time, Miss
Lucy,' RAS 134. For other versions cf. Texas FS 241-2; MSON 18, 140,
and 155; EAS 35; ASb 132; FSoA 120, second stanza; APPS 318-19; JAFL
XXVII 291-2; CRS Kit 48, 17 and Kit 53, 19.
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went to
Miss Lu - cy;
I'd been there be fore.
Last — time saw Miss Lu - cy
She roll the floor.
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: b-flat. Structure: abed (2,2,2,
2).
Peas in the Pot, Hoe Cake A-Bakin'
Teas in the Pot, Hoe Cake A-Bakin.' MS score states: "Sung by W. J.
Miller, student at Trinity College, Durham, December 5, 1919." For other
versions cf. I 201 'Wake Up, Jacob'; ANFS 304; AMS 104; GSAC 132.
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^
i:
Peas in the pot, hoe - cake a - bak - in'; Sal - ly
i
^
f==t ^
w
in the kitch - en with her shirt - tail a - shak - in'.
Scale: Tetratonic (2,4), plagal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: aa^aSb (2,2,2,2).
Circular tune (V). Tonal center is the highest tone.
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Roll
'Roll.' Anonymous singer. No place or date given on ms score. For another,
but varied text, cf. JAFL xxxiv 114.
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Roll, roll un
der, We know how
to
roll.
i
Roll, roll un
der, We know how
to
—(Si-
roll.
Stop right still and roll. We know how to roll.
^^
I
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=?
. Stop right still and roll. We know how to roll.
Scale: Irrational (4,6), plagal. Tonal Center: e-flat. Structure: aaiba2ba3
(3,3,2,2,2,2). Over-all form: nmmi (6,4,4) = inverted barform. Comparison
of the cadence in measures 5-6 with the final cadence shows the pernicious
influence of the belief in the inevitability of the leading tone.
Steal Aw^ay
'Steal Away.' Sung by Miss Allie May Jones, from Rutherford county. MS
score gives no exact place or date but names Mrs. Maude M. Sutton as
collector. This song belongs to the "Courtship and Marriage Games." For
other versions cf. APRS 318, No. 103; PTFLS i 25; CRS Kit 48, 24 (third
stanza).
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^
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^
Steal
way,
rang tang doo - lay. Steal a -
i
— I n r
■ — • • w i^f — ^--^ ij: ' — ' — '
way, rang tang doo - lay. Stole my pret - ty girl, rang tang
i
I
^^
=1=
—^ — ^
doo - lay, Stole my pret - ty girl, rang tang doo - lay.
Scale: Mode III. Tonal Center: c. Structure: aa^bb^ (2,2,2,2) = ab (4,4).
The tonal center is the lowest tone.
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Shoe My Lovk
'Shoe My Love.' Anonymous singer. MS score does not give place or date.
For other versions cf. APPS 305-8; PTFLS xiii 329; RaW 63-4.
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Lei - la that's shoo my love, Lei - la that's shoo my love.
Tum me in a hur - ry now. Shoo Dol - ly, shoo my love,
Turn me in a hur - ry now. Shoo Dol - ly, shoo my love.
Scale: Pentachordal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: aa^bcbci (2,2,2,2,2,2) —
nmmi (4,4,4) = inverted barform. In the smaller subdivision, the ending of
c is the same as that of a; likewise that of c^ and a^. The tonal center is the
lowest tone.
TOONEY O
'Tooney O.' Anonymous singer. MS score does not give place or date.
Catalogue gives "score by M. Wilder."
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Too - ney, Too - ney, my Too - ney O. She hopped up -
her po - ny And ran a - way from Ton
If you see her just let know and I'll
meet you the Sal - ly Too - ney O.
Scale: Hexachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: e-flat. Structure: abb^a'c (3,2,2,
3,4) =r nmm^no = inverted barform, plus strophe (compound structure).
The elisions in measures 3, 5, and 10 are quite evident.
True Love
'True Love.' Anonymous singer. MS score does not give place or date,
but names Sutton-Wilder as collectors. For another version cf. JAFL lix
468.
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Tell me who's your true love. Fare ye well. Oh,
I tell me who's your true love. Fare ye well. She
told me who's her true love
(I did -n't, did-n't) She
(Spoken)
told me who's her true love.
(I did - n't.
did- n't).
Let's stamp him down, let's stamp him down.
Scale : Mode in, plagal. Tonal Center : f. Structure: ababkcd (2,2,2,2,3,2) =
aa^b (4,4,8) = mm^n = barform. Circular tune (V).
Wind That Ball
'Wind That Ball.' Anonymous singer. MS score does not give place or
date. Same title is mentioned in PTFLS i, 36.
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We're goin' to vnnd this ball Oh Gean, oh
Gean, We're goin to wind this ball oh Gean.
Scale: Mode IH, plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: aa^ (5,5); both
phrases are terminally incremented.
additional game songs
Yes, Ma'am
SSI
'Yes, Ma'am.' Anonymous singer. MS score does not give place or date,
but names Mrs. M. M. Sutton as collector. For other versions cf. TNFS
141-2; FSoA 95.
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'Lit - tie girl, lit - tie girl.' 'Yes, Ma'am.' 'Have you
been
ver the riv - er?' 'Yes, Ma'am.' 'Have you
been to the church?' 'Yes, Ma'am.' 'Have you heard Aunt
Di - nah sing?' 'Yes Ma'am.' 'How do she go?' — 'Too lay
loo lay. Too lay low lay, Too lay low la low.' —
For melodic relationship cf. **AFSCh 74; the larger part of our song
consists of a repetition of the first two measures of 'Go on, old 'Gator.'
Scale: Irrational (2,4), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aa^b (4.4.6) =
mm^n =: barform ; a as well as a^ are made up of slightly varied repetitions on
the first two measures. The accentual awkwardness in the text of the fifth
measure would suggest that there was an alteration of the text that probably
fit the rhythmical scheme of the music better.