Sally Go Round the Moon

DESCRIPTION: "Sally go round the (sun), Sally go round the (moon), Sally go round the (stars), On a Saturday afternoon." Sally may go around other things, e.g. the chimney pots.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1898 (Gomme); c.1880 (Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
KEYWORDS: travel playparty
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond)) Canada(Ont) US(MW,SE) Ireland
REFERENCES (9 citations):
Carawan/Carawan-AintYouGotARight, p. 112, "Sally Round the Sunshine" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, p. 75, "Sall Go Round the Sunshine" (1 text, 1 tune)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #636, pp. 251-252, "(Sally go round the sun)"
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame 111, "Sally Go Round the Sun" (4 fragments, 1 tune)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #505, "Sally go round the moon, Sally" (1 text)
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 12, "Sally Go Round the Moon" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 47, "(Sally go round the stars)"
JournalOfAmericanFolklore, Jean Olive Heck, "Folk Poetry and Folk Criticism, as Illustrated by Cincinnati Children in Their Singing Games and Their Thoughts about These Games," Vol. XL, No. 155 (Jan 1927), #47 p. 27 ("Mary, go round the sun"), (2 texts)
JournalOfAmericanFolklore, F.W. Waugh, "Canadian Folk-Lore from Ontario," Vol. XXXI, No. 119 (Jan 1918), #641 p. 55 "Sally, Go Round the Sun" (1 text)
Roud #11591
File: BGMG636

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