FTX-181 - IPPETTY SIPPETTY

SCOTS PLAYGROUND GAMES

Actuality recordings made in Scotland 1952-60 in four urban areas: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Paisley and Edinburgh. They provide some of the most powerful versification in rhythm and rhyme ever heard in Britain: Counting-out, ball- bouncing, skipping, clapping, "gate" and choosing games, as well as solo songs, including some descriptions of skipping techniques. Featured are film stars, Cowboys, Charlie Chaplin, Chinamen, Italians, Jews and, of course, Scotsmen including Harry Lauder and Rabbie Burns.

Rec by Alan Lomax, ABERDEEN 1952:-

1. Counting-out: IPPETTY-SIPPETTY - 0'15"

2. EETLE-OTTLE, BLACK-BOTTLE - 0'15"

3. MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER - 0'52"

4. Ball-bouncing: P-K - PENNY PACKET - 0'18"

5. Mrs MOP HAD A SHOP - 0'09"

6. CHICKA TONY WENT TO LONDON - 0'11"

7. Skipping: MY LITTLE HOUSE - 0'25"

8. COWBOY JOE FROM MEXICO - 0'16"

9. JELLY ON THE PLATE - 0'47"

10. ALL THE BOYS IN LONDON (ILLY ALLY-O) - 0'40"

11. AN ANGEL SAID TO ME: WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF TEA? - 0'34"

12. Ball-bouncing: ONE - TWO - THREE - A-LEARY - 0'13"

 13. Skipping: HARRY LAUDER SHAVED HIS FATHER - 0'23"

14. ROBERT BURNS WAS BORN IN AYR - 0'23"

15. I KNOW A TEDDY BEAR - 0'37"

16. Songs: NOW THE WAR IS OVER AND MUSSOLINI'S DEAD - 0'33"

17. Solo: I'M GAUN AWA' IN THE TRAIN - 0'42"

18. MY GIRL'S A CORKER - 1'51"

rec by Damian Webb 1960, St James School, PAISLEY:-

19. Choosing Game: BEE BAW BABBITY - 1'04"

20. I'M CALLED SAMSON (SALOME) - 0'41"

21. MARY WENT TO SCHOOL (THIS IS THE WAY SHE WENT) - 1'08"

22. Ball-bouncing: I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING - 0'52"

Rec by Damian Webb 1960: Moss Park School GLASGOW:-

23. Ball-bouncing: I HAD A LITTLE MONKEY - 0'29"

24. A BIG SHIP WAS LEAVING BOMBAY - 1'06"

25. Choosing Games: WE ARE THREE WEE GALLUS GIRLS - 0'59"

26. SKIP TO MY LOU - 0'57"

27. I LOST MY LOVE IN THE CAIRNEY - 1'10"

Rec by Damian Webb 1960: St Mary's School EDINBURGH:-

28. Counting-out: EENY MEENY MACKA RACKA - 0'22"

29. Skipping: AWAY DOWN EAST (ALABAMA) - 0'40"

30. Clapping: HAVE YOU EVER IN YOUR LONG-LEGGED LIFE - 1'10"

Rec by Alan Lomax 1952: Norton Park School EDINBURGH:-

31. Solo: I ONCE HAD A BOY, A BONNY SAILOR BOY - 0'46"

32. WHEN I WAS SINGLE (O WHAT A LIFE) - 0'44"

33. DOWN IN THE VALLEY - 0'26"

34. MY NAME IS SWEET JENNY - 0'35"

35. I'M A LITTLE ORPHAN GIRL - 0'41"

36. BROKEN-HEARTED I WANDERED - 0'40"

37. BUMP - BUMP - HERE COMES A TAXI-CAB - 0.08

38. Double-rope Skipping "French, Dutch & German" - 0'09"

39. Solo: UP AND DOWN - ALL THE WAY TO LONDON TOWN - 0'12"

40. "Porridgie" Skipping - 0'49"

41. Solo: BLUEBELLS, DUMMY DUMMY SHELLS (descr before) - 0'29"

42. MA FAITHER BOUGHT A NEW TOP COAT - 0'17"

43. I PAULA TEE PAULA TASKA (descr after) - 0'31"

44. CHINESE GOVERNMENT - BLACK MAN'S DAUGHTER (descr after) - 0'45"

45. I LIVE IN CHINKIE CHINA - 0'29"

46. WHEN I WAS ONE - I ATE A BUN (CHINAMAN'S SHIP) - 1'44"

47. Chant: AS I WAS WALKING ALONG A CHINESE ROAD - 0'10"

48. CHINAMAN - GO AWAY A-FLIRTING - 0'23"

49, Skipping: BLUEBELLS - DUMMY DUMMY SHELLS - 0'30"

50. I WISH TONIGHT WAS SATURDAY NIGHT - 0'23"

51. WHAT CAN YOU DO, PUNCHINELLA ? - 0'29"

52. DOWN TO THE BAKER'S SHOP - HOP HOP HOP 0'21"

53. HERE COMES Mrs. MACARONI - 0'33"

54. Ball-bouncing: PLAINIE CLAPPIE - 0'39"

55. Game Song: I MARRIED ME A WIFE - 1'19"

56. AWAY DOWN EAST (ALABAMA) - 0'22"

57. Duet: O ME GOSS, ME GOSS, ME GOLLY - 0'37"

58. HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH - 0'55"

59. HERE COMES A BLUEBIRD THROUGH MY WINDOW - 0'47"

60. Choosing Games: THE WIND, THE WIND (GOLDEN CITY) - 1'09"

61. THERE CAME THREE JEWS - 1'32"

62. UP AGAINST THE WALL FOR THE LONDON BALL - 1'00"

63. IN AND OUT THE DUSTING BLUEBELLS (& cry "London") - 0'59"

64. Choosing: IN AND OUT THE WINDOW - 0'30"

65. "Gate" Game: HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON? - 0'32"

66. Choosing: WATER, WATER, WALLFLOWER - 0'45"

Recorded 1952-60. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1978.