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| Note.— | (1) | The simplicity of time and no dotted notes, also change of key for 2⁄4 music. |
| (2) | The game unites common and triple time very successfully. | |
| (3) | Notwithstanding the injunction it is best not to wind up too tight. |
—Essex (Miss Dendy).
In the Essex game all the players join hands and form a long line. They should stand in sizes, the tallest should be the first, and should stand quite still. All the rest walk round this tallest one, singing—
Wind up the bush faggot, and wind it up tight,
Wind it all day and again at night,
to the first part of the tune given—that in three-eight time. This is to be repeated until all the players are wound round the centre or tallest player, in a tight coil. Then they all sing—
Stir up the dumplings, the pot boils over,
to the second part of the tune in 2-4 time. This is repeated, all jumping simultaneously to the changed time, until there is a general scrimmage, with shrieking and laughter, and a break up. The players should look somewhat like a watch spring.
