SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES
As recorded by The Jaynetts (1963)

Sally, go round the roses. (Sally, go round the roses.)
Sally, go round the roses. (Sally, go round the pretty roses.)
Roses, they can't hurt you. (Roses they can't hurt you.)
Roses, they can't hurt you. (No, the roses, they can't hurt you.)

Sally, don't you go; don't you go downtown.
Sally, don't you go; don't you go downtown.
Saddest thing in the whole wide world
Is to see your baby with another girl.

Sally, go round, (Oh, Sally, don't you go.)
Round and around. (Don't you go downtown.)
Sally, go round, (No, don't you go downtown.)
Round and around. (Yeah.)
'Cause the saddest thing in the whole wide world
Is to see your baby with another girl.

Sally, go round the roses. (Sally, go round the roses.)
Sally, go round the roses. (Sally, go round the pretty roses.)
They won't tell your secret. (They won't tell your secret.)
They won't tell your secret. (No, the roses won't tell your secret.)

Sally, baby, cry; let your hair hang down.
Sally, baby, cry; let your hair hang down.
Sit and cry where the roses grow.
You can sit and cry now the soul will know.(?)

Sally, go round, (Oh, Sally, baby, cry.)
Round and around. (Let your hair hang down.)
Sally, go round, (Yes, let your hair hang down.)
Round and around. (Yeah.)
Because the saddest thing in the whole wide world
Is to see your baby with another girl.

Sally, go round the roses. (Sally, go round the roses.)
Sally, go round the roses. (Sally, go round....) FADE

[In the call-and-response sections, the response, indicated by parentheses, is sung by a solo voice while everything else is sung by a group. The responses sometimes overlap the calls a bit.]