The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-06-13

mated IN England before the Retorma- |
ton:
Onery, twoery, hickory Ann,
Ellison, follason, Nicholas john
Queevy, quayy, Virgin Mary,
singalum, sangalum, buck,
Still another is the one in very short
kind of meter, which is, perhaps, even
better known:
.... Eny, meny, mony my,
Tusca, LENA, bona, stry,
Kay bell, broken WE'LL
We, wo, week
Mr.. William Wells Newell, has done
good service to the cause of juvenile |
literature by writing handsome book of
nearly $50 pages about the "Games and
Songs of American Children" which
has just been published in New York by
Harper & Brothers. Under the head of
Glove Games" he gives ten specimens.
Among the nine which he classifes as
Histories" is one called Little Sallie
Waters" in whose honor a dance has
been named which is now in vogue
The rhyme runs thus: a
Little sallie Waters,
Sitting in the sun,
Crying and weeping
For young man.
Rise, Sally rise,
Dry your weeping eyes,
Fly to the East,
Fly to the West, ..v.....
Fly to the one you love best,
Goats, peas, beans and barley grows"
and Here | bake and here brew" APP
pear among the ten rhymes of playing
az Work" There are a dozen at "Hu-
NOR and Satire, of which, perhaps,
"The Three Welshmen" is the most ia
miliar Among the Flower Oracles,
etc" are Counting Apple Seeds" and
"Rose in the Garden" There are five
under the heading of Bird and Beast"
of which the Bloody Tom" play of the
shepherd and the wolf will be remember
ed by many grown people. Of the nine
rhymes of Human Life" the March
ing to Quebec" of revolutionary origin,
is mentioned as a rare instance of chill
dren's rhyme in allusion to a military
event. 1t runs thus:
As we were marching to Quebec,
The drums were loudly beating,
The Americans have won the day;
The British are retreating
March march! march march
Among the pleasures of Notion" we
find the old
Ring a ring a rosie
Pot full of posie,
All the girls in our town
Ring for little Josie
And also the "Peas porridge hot :" which
is accompanied by a peculiar clapping
of hands that cannot be described. hut
which cannot be forgotten when once
learned. In "Mirth and Jest we come
upon the 'The church and steeple' and
Bestle and wedge" aud here we also
ought to find "Snap the whip" but do
not The guessing games" of "Odd or
even" Hui gul," Right or left"
Comes, it comes" and "Hold fast my
gold ring" or Button, Button, who's
got the buttons? are among the simplest
and among the most entertaining of all
that children play. There are seven
teen Games of chase" including "How
many miles to Babylon" Tag, ""I spy,
"Blind mans buff" Prisoners base :"
or Goal" pronounced "Goolo) and
Stealing grapes" There was another
running game called "Thornoway, much
like Coal" of which no mention il
made here. 1t has probably gone entire
ly out of use. There are ten games
mentioned as being for very little girls,
and twenty-one that arc mostly PLAYED
with a ball, though marbles, hop scotch
and mumblety peg seem to occupy a
place by themselves.
In all there are l60 games and rhymes
in this book, and many of them are il
Illustrated with historical notes and vari-
Gus local readings, They come original
ly from the continent of Europe, more
largely from England, and to some OK.
tent from the different American col
onies. A few also are of recent origin.
and these are all American. They near.
ly all show the Gear marks" of having
been composed and invented by
the children themselves, and to that
fact, and their consequent adaptation
to the exact tastes of children, their
immortality is no doubt due.
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