One Two Three A-Leerie/The Big Ship Sails
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1959.110.A10; SA1959.110.A11
Original Tape ID
Summary
Rhymes used for a ball game in which a ball was bounced under the left and right legs alternately:
One, two, three a-leerie,
Four, five, six a-leerie,
Seven, eight, nine a-leerie,
Ten a-leerie, postman.
Open the gates and let me in, sir,
I am soaking to the skin, sir,
Open the gates and let me in, sir,
Early in the morning.
There's a good ship sailing called the Lusitania,
The Lusitania, the Lusitania,
There's a good ship sailing called the Lusitania,
On the twelfth day of November.
There was also another part with "The good ship sailing on the eely-ally-o".
Item Notes
3 verses of 4 lines.
For 'One Two Three A-Leerie' (Roud Folk Song Index no. 18310), see:
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) p. 25
'Golden City' (J. T. Ritchie, 1965) p. 80
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) pp. 42-45
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) pp. 55-56
'Children's Games with Things' (P. & I. Opie, 1997) pp. 128-136
For 'Eely-Ally-O' and 'Lusitania' (Roud 4827), see:
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) pp. 78
'Murder Murder Polis' (M. Sinclair, 1986) p. 43
'The Singing Game' (P. & I. Opie, 1985) pp. 50-54
'Golden City' (J. T. Ritchie, 1965) pp. 153-154, 176
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) pp. 106-107
Recording Location
County - Lanarkshire
Parish - Glasgow
Village/Place - Glasgow
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good