London street games

by Norman Douglas

Here are a few of these chants:[G]—

I had a dolly dressed in green,

I didn’t like her—I gave her to the Queen—

The Queen didn’t like her—she gave her to the cat—

The cat didn’t like her, because she wasn’t fat.

or

Sally go round the moon, Sally,

Sally go round the sun.

Sally go round the ominlebus

On a Sunday afternoon.