Stot, Stot, Ba', Ba'

DESCRIPTION: "Stot, stot, ba', ba', Twenty lasses in a raw, No' a lad amang them a'." Or, "Game, game, ba', ba', Twenty lasses in a row, Not a boy among them all."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling)
KEYWORDS: nonballad | ball bouncing
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland) Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 31, "(Game, game, ba', ba')" (1 text)
Roud #20686
NOTES [32 words]: "Stotting" was a type of ball game known in Scotland; "to stot," in addition to referring to playing this game, being a verb for a peculiar bouncing walk typical of one not entirely sober. - RBW
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