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Thread #49672 Message #750684
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
18-Jul-02 - 05:48 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ring around the Rosy / Rosey
Subject: RE: Ring Around The Rosey's History??
"Ring around a Rosy- a reference to rosary beads ??
A version from Lomax and Lomax, 1939 Southern States Collecting Trip, from Wiergate, Texas:
Ring around a rosey, pocket full o' posies, Light bread, Sweet bread, Squat! Guess who she told me, tralalalala, Mister Red was her lover, tralalalala, If you love him, hug him! If you hate him, stomp!