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288 JOLLY HOOPER |
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What shall her name be, In a ring ding di do do, In a ring ding di do do ?
Her name shall be [Sarah], In a ring ding di do do, In a ring ding di do do.
Sarah shall ramble, In a ring ding di do dp, In a ring ding di do do,
All around the chimney [jubilee] pot in 1881.
—Deptford, Kent (Miss Chase).
II. I've come for one of your daughters, With a ring a ding a my dolly; I've come for one of your daughters On this bright shining night.
Pray, which have you come for, With a ring a ding a my dolly ? Pray which have you come for On this bright shining night ?
I've come for your daughter Mary, With a ring a ding a my dolly; I've come for your daughter Mary On this bright shining night.
Then take her, and welcome,
With a ring a ding a my dolly;
Then take her, and welcome,
On this bright shining night [incomplete].
—Sheffield (S. O. Addy).
(b) A number of children stand against a wall, and a row of other children face them. They walk backwards and forwards, singing the first and third verses. Then the children who are standing still (against the wall) answer by singing the second and fourth verses. When these are sung the moving line of children take Mary and dance round, singing "some lines which my informant," says Mr. Addy, "has forgotten." |
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