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

[Wilson Gray]

I certainly thought so at the time. It seemed too obvious not to be.
When you hear, "Ride, Sally, ride," you can't avoid remembering "Rise,
Sally, rise."

-Wilson

On Feb 9, 2005, at 5:41 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

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> 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.)
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>> 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
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>> -Wilson Gray
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