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SALLY WATER |
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II. Sally, Sally Walker, sprinkle water in the pan ; Rise, Sally, rise, Sally, and seek your young man; Turn to the east and turn to the west, And choose the one that you love best.
Now you're married we wish you joy, First a girl and then a boy, Seven years after a son and a daughter, So young lovers kiss together.
—Chudleigh Knighton, Devon (Henderson's Folk-lore of the Northern Comities, p. 27).
III. Sally, Sally Water, Sprinkle in the pan; Hi! Sally; Ho! Sally, Choose a young man; Choose for the best, Choose for the worst,
Choose for the very one you love best.
Now you're married we wish you joy, First a girl and then a boy, Seven years after sister and brother; Kiss each other and come out of the water.
—Somersetshire, Notes and Queries, 8th series, i. 249 (Miss R. H. Busk).
IV. Sally Waters, Sally Waters, come sprinkle in the pan ; Rise, Sally; rise, Sally, for a young man !
Choose for the best, choose for the worst, Choose for the very one you love the best.
Now you are married, we wish you joy ; First a girl and then a boy, Seven years afterwards son and daughter ; Pray, young couple, kiss together.
—London version (Miss Dendy).
V. Sally, Sally Walker,
Sprinkling in a pan; Rise, Sally; rise, Sally, For a young man. |
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