Sarasponda

DESCRIPTION: "Sarasponda, sarasponda, Sarasponda, retsetset," Additional lyrics vary but often involve some sort of drum-like sounds, "boom, boom, boom!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (SongsOfManyNations); Wikipedia says it was first printed in the 1940s
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad campsong
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Valerie Garrenton, "Children's Games," Vol. XXI, No. 1 (Apr 1973), p. 29, "Sarasponda" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 130, 141, 152, 314, 417, 441, "Sarasponda" (notes only)
SongsOfManyNations, "Sarasponda" (1 text, 1 tune) (CC edition, p. 45)
NOTES [47 words]: According to Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, this was listed as a "Dutch spinning song" in the camp songbooks that introduced it to America. It has now taken on life of its own in camp circles, often in versions that are so fast that I doubt they could be used for any sort of work. - RBW
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File: NCF211Sa

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