Go Round the Mountain

DESCRIPTION: "Go round this mountain, two by two (x3), Rise up, sugar, rise."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1939 (Tobitt-SkipToMyLou)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5, pp. 530-531, "Go Round the Mountain" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Tobitt-SkipToMyLou, p. 12, "Here We Go Round the Mountain" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #21191
NOTES [44 words]: The description is based on the Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 fragment. Tobitt's text is longer, with the additional veres "Give us a little motion" and "That's a very fine motion," but I wouldn't be at all surprised if those are additinons. - RBW
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File: BrS5530

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