FTX-190 - HERE WE GO LOOBY LOO

PLAYGROUND GAMES FROM SCOTLAND

45 Children's Games from playgrounds in Dumfries, Glasgow, Paisley, Edinburgh and Dingwall. These are mainly Ring Games with singing and actions, but also includes some skipping and ball-bouncing rhymes. The recordings were made by Damian Webb between 1960 and 1976. Since the fifties, Father Damian took every opportunity, alongside his work as a Catholic priest, to document children at play in Britain, Europe & Africa.

SINGING GAMES #1-4 St. Andrew's School, Dumfries, 1960:-

1. HERE WE GO LOOBY LOO - 2'14"

2. OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY GROW - 0'42"

3. WHEN I WAS A LADY - 2'28"

4. PUNCHINELLA - 2'01"

#5-6 St Andrews Juniors, Dumfries, 1960:-

5. THERE WAS A LOVELY PRINCESS (Sleeping Beauty) - 1'42"

6. JOHNNY MILLER'S GONE TO SEA - 0'32"

#7-10: Noblehill Junior School, Dumfries, 1960

7. DOWN IN THE JUNGLE - 0'20"

8. DOWN IN THE MEADOW (1) - 0'42"

9. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB - 0'17"

10. I'M A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL - 1'22"

#11-12: St. Mary's Junior School, Edinburgh, 1961

11. I'M A LITTLE SANDY GIRL - 0'49"

12. I AM A PRETTY LITTLE DUTCH GIRL - 0'52"

#13-18: Moss Park Junior School, Glasgow, 1961

13. THREE WEE SANDY GIRLS - 1'24"

14. WE ARE THREE WEE GALLUS GIRLS - 0'30"

15. OLD ROGER IS DEAD - 1'11"

16. MY GIRL'S A CORKER - 0'52"

17. DOWN IN THE MEADOW (2) - 1'34"

18. I LOST MY LOVE IN THE CARNEY - 1'41"

#19-24: St. James's Girl School, Paisley, 1961

19. I LOST MY LOVE IN THE TERNEY - 0'40"

20. WHO GOES ROUND MY HOUSE AT NIGHT? - 0'15"

21. I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE - 0'21"

22. YOU CANNA FASH YOUR GRANNY OFF A BUS - 0'18"

23. HOT PEAS AND BARLEY-O - 0'30"

24. BEE-BAW-BABBITY - 1'06"

#25-26: Benedictine Junior School, Dumfries, 1962

25. THE BIG SHIP SAILS THROUGH THE ILLEY-ALLEY-O - 1'04"

26. I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE - 1'36"

SKIPPING: #27-30 Noblehill Junior School. Dumfries, 1960

27. TEACHER, TEACHER, LET ME IN (for warming up) - 0'19"

28. CINDERELLA AT THE BALL - 0'44"

29. MY WEE SHOE ALL DRESSED IN BLUE - 0'15"

30. ON THE MOUNTAIN STANDS A LADY - 0'28"

#31-34: St. Mary's Junior School, Edinburgh, 1961

31. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - 0'42"

32 AWAY DOWN EAST, AWAY DOWN WEST - 0'41"

33. PASSING SERGEANT MUST SALUTE - 0'24"

34. KNEES UP, MOTHER BROWN - 0'48"

#35-39: Moss Park Junior School, Glasgow, 1961

35. OLIVER TWIST - 0'41"

36. I'VE A LADDIE IN AMERICA - 0'52"

37. THERE CAME A GIRL FROM FRANCE - 0'41"

38. UNCLE BILL WAS VERY ILL - 0'45"

39. UP AND DOWN THE HOUSE - 0'27"

#40-42: St. James's Girls School, 1961

40. GERMAN BOYS ARE AWFULLY FUNNY - 0'17"

41. JEANIE BEARDIE HAD A WAIN - 0'28"

42. MY OLD MAN'S A DYER - 0'56"

BALL BOUNCING: #43-45: Dingwall Juniors (11 year olds), Ross-shire, 1976

43.. CASEY THE COWBOY - 0'44"

44. DOWN IN THE VALLEY (3) - 0'32"

45. ILLY-ILLY-ALLY-O, LISTEN TO THE RAD-I-O - 1'45"

Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1982.