All Around the Maypole

DESCRIPTION: A ring-skipping song. "All around the Maypole, And now Miss Sally, won't you shout for joy?" (Or, "Mis Sally, won't you bow? Miss Sally, won't you jump for joy, jump for joy, jump for joy.")
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Scarborough)
KEYWORDS: playparty
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Botkin-TreasuryOfSouthernFolklore, p. 706, "All around the Maypole" (1 text, 1 tune)
Scarborough-OnTheTrailOfNegroFolkSongs, p. 142, ("The May Pole Song") (1 text)
Killion/Waller-ATreasuryOfGeorgiaFolklore, p. 224, "The May Pole Song" (1 text)
Roud #18168
NOTES [55 words]: There are of course many maypole songs in existence, the oldest known to me being "About the may Pole" by Thomas Morley (1557-1603?; for text see Noah Greenberg, ed., An Anthology of English Medieval and Renaissance Vocal Music, pp. 127-132). This doesn't really sound like it's descended from an English original, though. - RBW
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File: BSoF706

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