The Traditional Children's Games of England Scotland
& Ireland In Dictionary Form - Volume 1

With Tunes(sheet music), Singing-rhymes(lyrics), Methods Of Playing with diagrams and illustrations.

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LUBIN
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This is the way we wash our face, Wash our face, wash our face, To come to school in the morning.
Here we come dancing looby, Lewby, lewby, li.
Hold your right ear in, Hold your right ear out, Shake it a little, a little, And then turn round about.
Here we come dancing lewby, Lewby, lewby, li, &c.
—Eckington, Derbyshire (S. O. Addy).
V. How do you luby lue, How do you luby lue, How do you luby lue, O'er the Saturday night ?
Put your right hand in, Put your right hand out, Shake it in the middle, Arid turn yourselves about. —Lady C. Gurdon's Suffolk Cou?ity Folk-lore, p. 64.
[Repeat this for "left hand," " right foot," "left foot," "heads," and "put yourselves in."]
VI. Can you dance looby, looby, Can you dance looby, looby, Can you dance looby, looby, All on a Friday night ?
You put your right foot in,
And then you take it out,
And wag it, and wag it, and wag it,
Then turn and turn about.
Addy's Sheffield Glossary.