Games and Songs of American Children (1884)

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GAMES AND SONGS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN
by William Wells Newell
New York: Harper & Brothers
1884
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There's a lot here. DARE should have cited it for "potsie" (NYC game).
Church/Steeple is here, as is Little Sally Waters.
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Pg. 70: _Little Sally Waters._
(...) In the north of England the heroine's name is _Sally Walker_.
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Pg. 102: _Trials, Trouble and Tribulation._
All participants are blindfolded, and joining hands, march forward,  singing--
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Here we go through the Jewish nation,
Trials, troubles, and tribulation.
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The fun consists in bringing up against a door, or in causing a general
downfall by tripping over some obstacle.
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Pg. 122: _Follow Your Leader._
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Pg. 129: _The Farmer in the Dell._
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Pg. 131: _Right Elbow In._
Put your right elbow in,
Put your right elbow out,
Shake yourselves a little,
And turn yourselves about.
(The test says this is "Ugly Mug" on Boston and "Linkumbooby" in
England--ed.)
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Pg. 138: _The Church and the Steeple._
Here is the church,
Here is the steeple,
Here is the parson,
And all the people.
(The text says the Italian version is "This is the Inferno, and this the
Paradiso"--ed.)
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Pg. 160: _I Spy._
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Pg. 174:
Tickle's, tickle's on the knee;
If you laugh, you don't love me.
--_Philadelphia._
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Pg. 182: _Hockey._
This sport is also called _Shinny_.
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Pg. 184: _Base Ball._
The present scientific game, which we naturally do not intend to describe,
was known in Massachusetts, twenty years ago, as the "New York game."
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Pg. 188: _Hop-Scotch._
In Italy the three last divisions are _Inferno_, _Purgatorio_, and
_Paradiso_. In New York the last is called _Pot_,
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Pg. 202:
Monkey, monkey, bottle of beer,
How many monkeys are there here?
1, 2, 3, you are he(she).
---_Massachusetts to Georgia_,
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School's up, school's down,
School's all around the town.
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
All goof children go to heaven.
--_Massachusetts to Pennsylvania_.
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Monfay's child is fair of face
(...)--_Georgia_.
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Pg. 203:
Engine No. 9
Out goes she.
--_Philadelphia_.
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