O Belinda

DESCRIPTION: "Right hand up, O Belinda, Won't you be my darling?" Or "Bow, bow, bow, Belinda (x3), You're the one I love." ""Right hand round, Belinda." "Left hand round, Belinda." "Back to back, Belind." Left hand up, both hands up, back to back
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (Beckwith & Roberts)
KEYWORDS: playparty love campsong
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord)) West Indies(Jamaica)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame 46, "O Belinda" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 130, "Bow Bow Belinda" (notes only)
ADDITIONAL: Martha Warren Beckwith and Helen Roberts, _Folk-Games of Jamaica_ (Poughkeepsie: Vassar College, 1922 ("Digitized by Internet Archive")) #44 pp. 55-56, "Yes, Belinda" (1 text)
Roud #7404
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ten Little Injuns" (tune, according to Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Bow Wow Belinda
File: OpGa046

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