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A GROUP OF CHLDREN WALK IN A HORIZONTAL LINE WITH
ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER SAYING:
LEFT, LEFT, LEFT BY-GOLLY, I LEFT,
I LEFT MY WIFE WITH 42 KIDS ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION.
WITH NOTHING BUT GINERBREAD LEFT, LEFT.
FIRST THEY HIRED ME, THEN THEY FIRED ME,
THEN BY-GOLLY, I LEFT.
EACH TIME THE WORD "LEFT" IS SAID EACH PERSON IS ON
THEIR LEFT FOOT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS DONE BY INFORMANT AS A CHLD ABOUT 35 YEARS
AGO IN DETROIT (MICHIGAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 03-20-1972