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XIII. Friskee, friskee, I was and I was A-drinking of small beer. Right arms in, right arms out, Shake yourselves a little, and little, And turn yourselves about.
—Cornwall (Folk-lore Journal, v. p. 49).
XIV. I love Antimacassar, Antimacassar loves me. Put your left foot in, Put your right foot out, Shake it a little, a little, a little, And turn yourself about.
—Dorsetshire (Miss M. Kimber).
(b) A ring is formed and the children dance round, singing the first verse. They then stand till, sing the next verse, and, while singing, suit the action to the word, each child turning herself rapidly round when singing the last line. The first verse is then repeated, and the fourth sung in the same way as the second, and so on.
Another way of playing is that the children do not dance round and round. They form a ring by joining hands, and they then all move in one direction, about half way round, while singing the first line, " lubin;" then back again in the opposite direction, while singing the second line, " light," still keeping the ring form, and so on for the third and fourth lines. In each case the emphasis is laid upon the " Here" of each line, the movement being supposed to answer to the "Here."
The Dorsetshire version (Miss M. Kimber) is played by the children taking hands in pairs, forming a ring, and dancing round. At Eckington (S. O. Addy) the children first pretend to wash their hands, then their face, while singing the words; then comb their hair and brush their clothes; then they join hands and dance round in a ring singing the words which follow, again suiting their actions to the words sung.
In the Scottish version a ring is formed as above. One sings, and the rest join, to the tune of " Lillibullero," the first line. As soon as this is concluded each claps his hand and |
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