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Thread #9627 Message #4227075
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
12-Aug-25 - 08:12 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Hill and Gully Rider-is there such a song?
Subject: RE: Origin: Hill and Gully Rider-is there such a song?
“32. Hill and Gully Riding.[36] a. (Maroon Town.)
Hill an' gully rider, hill an' gully. If you tumble down you broke yo' neck, hill an' gully. Oh, hill an' gully rider, hill an' gully, If you tumble down you broke yo' neck, hill an' gully. If you break yo' neck you go to hell, hill an' gully. If you go to hell de debil glad, hill an' gully. Oh, hill an' gully rider, hill an' gully.
b. (Brown's Town.)
Hill an' gully rider, hill an' gully. If you broke yo' neck yo go to hell. Hill an' gully. Hill an' gully rider, hill an' gully. If you broke yo' neck yo go to hell. Hill an' gully. It's a long, long way; hill an' gully. It's a long, long way to hell. Hill an' gully.
[36] The action of this game resembles that of the last* except the players jump over not under the clasped hands and it hence becomes a vigorous athletic game for men and boys.
Players (male) form a curved line holding hands. As they keep time to the song, one and then another player leaps over and passes under the joined hands without breaking the line.” [Folk Games of Jamaica, Beckwith & Roberts, 1922] * “Thread the Needle” Note: Includes music.