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Thread #15074 Message #3460119
Posted By: GUEST,Trish
01-Jan-13 - 03:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: The Big Ship Sails
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Big Ship Sails
I alway knew the Dusty Bluebells as children's game and went as follows:
Also known as In and out of the Scottish bluebells or Dusky bluebells.
Everyone stands in a circle, holding hands and raising their arms to make a series of arches. One person is IT and skips in and out of the arches. At the same time, the circle sings:
In and out of the dusty bluebells, In and out of the dusty bluebells, In and out of the dusty bluebells, I am your master
Then, the person who is IT stops behind a member of the circle and the circle sings:
Give a little pit-a-pat on her shoulder, Give a little pit-a-pat on her shoulder, Give a little pit-a-pat on her shoulder, I am your master
Whoever has been patted on the shoulder stands behind IT and holds onto their waist.
They then skip in and out of the arches together while the circle sings, with the person behind holding on to the leader's waist.
The chain gets longer and longer until there are not enough people to form the circle.