Rushes and Reeds Are Bending

DESCRIPTION: "Rushes and reeds are bending, Rushes and reeds are bowing, My mother sits a-mending, My father goes a-plowing, In and out and all about, And curtsey as we go."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1900 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty mother father clothes farming
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 35, "(Rushes and reeds are bending)" (1 text)
File: SuSm035

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