One Sort, Two Sort

DESCRIPTION: "One sort, two sort, three sort, sand, Bob tail Dominie little taw tan, Virgin Mary, halem, caelem, siglam, zaglam, BUCK!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Killion/Waller-ATreasuryOfGeorgiaFolklore)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Killion/Waller-ATreasuryOfGeorgiaFolklore, p. 222, "One Sort, Two Sort" (1 short tet)
NOTES [41 words]: I'm quite sure that this is a much-damaged version of some other counting song -- but it's so damaged (or mixed with a Catholic lyric about the Virgin Mary; note both the reference to Mary and the word "caelem," "heavens") that I can't tell what.
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File: KiWa222

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