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Thread #83749 Message #1543173
Posted By: Azizi
16-Aug-05 - 12:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Little Sally Walker Other versions
Subject: RE: Origins: Little Sally Walker Other versions
Bob the Postman, thanks for those lyrics.
That song can be divided into the following floating rhymes and verses:
1. "Satisfied" Easy rider, whatsa matter I can't work, and I'm tired And I ain't never, no never, Been satisfied
Been to the river, been baptised That didn't make me satisified Mama couldn't make me Papa couldn't make me I ain't never been satisfied
2. "[Mr] Rabbit {had a mighty bad habit}" Old uncle rabbit got a mighty habit Jumping in my garden, eating all my cabbage My red tomatoes My sweet potatoes
3.If I live to see next fall If I live to see next fall Ain't gonna raise no cabbbage at all [substitute some other crop/work]
4. "Little Sally Walker" Little Sally Walker sitting in a saucer Trying to get the old man to come back home Ride Sally ride, put your hand on your hip Let your back bone slip Shake it to the east, shake it to the west Shake it to the dear one you love the best Little Sally Walker sitting in a saucer Trying to get the old man to come back home
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These rhymes and/or floating verses are used in a number of traditional African American children's & adults' secular folk songs. Courlander wrote that "Satisfied" was also used in African American religious songs.