Children's singing games, with the tunes to which they are sung (1900)
Gomme, Alice Bertha · London, Nutt · leaf 67
and Fitzstephen, in his well-known account of London,mentions that when the Tower was built the mortar was tempered withthe blood of beasts. It is also interesting to note that the first line of thegame rhyme appears in the animated description of the battle of LondonBridge described in Laings… … ^-rjy.k ^y,>^ > ---—* ^^-^▼^-^^ rT^^^ fr^.^^^^^^ t^^^h ■^ NOTES Sally Water This most popular and widely known game belongs to the group ofmarriage games having the elements of individual love and courtship, andthe performance of a ceremony ratifying the choice made before a party ofassembled…
Games · Children's songs
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