Children's rhymes (1969); Old Maid Lemonade (1878)

[Mullins, Bill]

Does the line in "Mustang Sally" "ride Sally ride" call back to "rise
Sally rise"??

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> On Feb 9, 2005, at 1:59 AM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
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> > Little Sally Saucer
> > Sitting in the water
> > Rise, Sally, rise
> > Wipe off your eyes Sally.
> >
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> An alternative version from East Texas (I learned it there,
> but, given that variations of this variation appear in black
> pop music, e.g. the couplet, "Put your hands on your hips /
> And let your backbone slip"
> occurs in the 1959 song, "The Booty Green," I think that it
> is/was universal amongst the colored. Since I learned this
> from my mother, who's now 91, I'd guess that this version is
> probably at least a century old.)
>
> Little Sally Walker
> Sitting in a saucer
> Rise, Sally, Rise
> Wipe your weeping eyes
> Put your hands on your hips
> And let your backbone slip
> Shake it to the east
> Shake it to the west
> Shake it to the one
> You love the best
>
> -Wilson Gray
>