Here we come looping, looping [louping?],
Looping all the night;
I put my right foot in,
I put my right foot out,
I shake it a little, a little,
And I turn myself about.
—Hexham (Miss J. Barker).
Christian was a soldier,
A soldier, a soldier,
Christian was a soldier, and a brave one too.
Right hand in, right hand out,
Shake it in the middle, and turn yourself about.
—Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).
Friskee, friskee, I was and I was
A-drinking of small beer.
Right arms in, right arms out,
Shake yourselves a little, and little,
And turn yourselves about.
—Cornwall (Folk-lore Journal, v. p. 49).