See Saw Sacradown

DESCRIPTION: "See-saw, sacradown, Which is the way to London/Boston town? One foot up and the other foot down, That is the way to London town."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1784 (Gammer Gurton's Garland, according to Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes)
KEYWORDS: travel | London foot counting-out
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 309, "See-saw Sacradown" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #623, p. 248, "(See, saw, sacaradown)"
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p118, "See-saw Sacradown" (1 text)
Roud #20213
NOTES [13 words]: The Baring-Goulds suggest this was used by sawyers to keep time with a saw. - RBW
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