Mattie Garder, Mary Gardner, Jesse Lee Pratcher - "Green Sally Up"

In the CD notes for "Green Sally Up", Alan Lomax wrote that this is "a black children's singing game performed by a group of women in Como, Miss. The slaves have passed on to a modern generation of children a whole literature of children's songs which resemble the familiar English Ring Around the Rosie, but which were gayer and more syncopated."

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On the "Songs of The South" CD "Green Sally Up" is sung with a slow tempo. The same verses are repeated again and again. Handclapping and footstomping are the only musical accompaniment for this song. The American DJ, singer-songwriter, and musician Moby (Richard Melville Hall) used a clip from that Sounds of The South CD in the recording which he named "Flowers".

Click http://www.cocojams.com/content/text-analysis-green-sally to read my opinions regarding the meanings of the term "green Sally" as well as possible sources for this game song.

Also click http://www.cocojams.com/content/childrens-rhymes-cheers for the information about and the lyrics to "Green Color Up", a game song that I composed that is based on "Green Sally Up".