Water Water Wallflower
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
27 November 1976
Track ID
71040
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1976.257.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
Water, water, wallflower, hanging on the wa,
We are all maidens and we must all die
'Cepting Patty Smith, the youngest o them a',
She can dance an she can sing an she can turn a saucer.
Fie, fie, fie for shame,
Turn yer back an walk in.
Alec Smith explains that the children would stand in a ring and the chosen girl would walk round, walk in backwards and walk out again.
Item Notes
Transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 1 verse.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, pp. 150-151
'The Singing Game' (Opie, 1985) pp. 244-247
Non Scottish Recording Location
Australia
Non Scottish Recording Location
Astràilia
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good