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Did You Ever See a Lassie?

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39: 336: 20: 195:. Players form a circle and dance around one player. When they reach the end of the verse they stop, the single in the middle performs an action (such as Highland dancing), which everyone then imitates, before starting the verse again, often changing the single player to a boy, or a boy can join the center player - thus creating an extra verse in the song ("Did you ever see a laddie..."). 46: 27: 216:, and played over a succession of pictures of women in uncomfortable-looking clothing, was followed by the tag-line, "Isn't it nice to live in a time when women aren't being pushed around so much anymore?" 296: 153:
until the mid-twentieth century. However, it can be surmised that the words to the song may have come from Scottish immigrants or Scottish-Americans because of the aforementioned terms.
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The use of the terms "lassie" and "laddie" mean that this song is often attributed to possible origins in
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Ye min' langsyne?: A pot-pourri of games, rhymes, and ploys of Scottish childhood
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in the last decade of the nineteenth century and was not found in
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The song, as sung by children, was used in a 1990 commercial for
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The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk
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Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium
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199:References in popular culture and children's media 203:The song is featured in the 1963 motion picture 258:Copland, Aaron & Slatkin, Leonard (2011). 160:", it is generally sung to the same tune as " 8: 229:", and was titled "Hail to the Bus Driver". 278: 276: 18: 238: 77:Modern versions of the lyrics include: 219:The song is featured in an episode of 7: 249:, p.261-262. The Macmillan Company. 191:The song is often accompanied by a 175:It was first published in 1909, in 388:Nursery rhymes of uncertain origin 14: 325:(London: Routledge, 1975), p. 23. 245:Bancroft, Jessie Hubbell (1922). 172:in the late seventeenth century. 334: 286:(Dover, 5th edn., 2000), p. 399. 1: 368:Traditional children's songs 342:Children's literature portal 61:" is a traditional Scottish 23:"Did You Ever See a Lassie" 297:"Did You Ever See A Lassie" 260:What to Listen for in Music 42:"Ach! du lieber Augustin". 419: 109:Did you ever see a laddie, 81:Did you ever see a lassie, 59:Did You Ever See a Lassie? 403:American children's songs 129:Did you ever see a laddie 126:Go this way and that way. 123:Go this way and that way, 115:Did you ever see a laddie 101:Did you ever see a lassie 98:Go this way and that way. 95:Go this way and that way, 87:Did you ever see a lassie 363:English children's songs 158:The More We Get Together 373:American nursery rhymes 181:Jessie Hubbell Bancroft 378:English nursery rhymes 54: 35: 198: 164:", a song written in 162:Oh du lieber Augustin 132:Go this way and that? 118:Go this way and that? 104:Go this way and that? 90:Go this way and that? 41: 22: 393:Year of song unknown 67:Roud Folk Song Index 358:Scottish folk songs 193:circle singing game 112:A laddie, a laddie? 84:A lassie, a lassie? 398:Songwriter unknown 55: 36: 268:978-0-451-53176-6 410: 344: 339: 338: 337: 326: 321:A. S. Fraserae, 319: 313: 312: 310: 308: 293: 287: 280: 271: 256: 250: 243: 206:Ladybug, Ladybug 69:number of 5040. 53: 52: 51: 49: 34: 33: 32: 30: 418: 417: 413: 412: 411: 409: 408: 407: 348: 347: 340: 335: 333: 330: 329: 320: 316: 306: 304: 303:on 4 March 2016 295: 294: 290: 281: 274: 257: 253: 244: 240: 235: 201: 189: 139: 75: 47: 45: 44: 43: 28: 26: 25: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 416: 414: 406: 405: 400: 395: 390: 385: 380: 375: 370: 365: 360: 350: 349: 346: 345: 328: 327: 314: 288: 272: 251: 237: 236: 234: 231: 200: 197: 188: 185: 138: 135: 134: 133: 130: 127: 124: 120: 119: 116: 113: 110: 106: 105: 102: 99: 96: 92: 91: 88: 85: 82: 74: 71: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 415: 404: 401: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 383:Singing games 381: 379: 376: 374: 371: 369: 366: 364: 361: 359: 356: 355: 353: 343: 332: 324: 318: 315: 302: 298: 292: 289: 285: 279: 277: 273: 269: 265: 261: 255: 252: 248: 242: 239: 232: 230: 228: 227:The Otto Show 224: 223: 217: 215: 210: 208: 207: 196: 194: 186: 184: 182: 178: 173: 171: 167: 163: 159: 154: 152: 151:Great Britain 148: 147:United States 144: 136: 131: 128: 125: 122: 121: 117: 114: 111: 108: 107: 103: 100: 97: 94: 93: 89: 86: 83: 80: 79: 78: 72: 70: 68: 64: 60: 50: 40: 31: 21: 16:Nursery rhyme 322: 317: 305:. Retrieved 301:the original 291: 283: 282:J. J. Fuld, 259: 254: 246: 241: 222:The Simpsons 220: 218: 211: 204: 202: 190: 176: 174: 156:Along with " 155: 140: 76: 58: 56: 352:Categories 233:References 214:Maidenform 187:As a game 63:folk song 143:Scotland 166:Germany 137:Origins 65:with a 307:17 May 266:  170:Vienna 73:Lyrics 309:2012 264:ISBN 262:, . 48:Play 29:Play 225:, " 179:by 168:or 354:: 275:^ 183:. 311:. 270:. 57:"

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folk song
Roud Folk Song Index
Scotland
United States
Great Britain
The More We Get Together
Oh du lieber Augustin
Germany
Vienna
Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
circle singing game
Ladybug, Ladybug
Maidenform
The Simpsons
The Otto Show
ISBN
978-0-451-53176-6


"Did You Ever See A Lassie"
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Scottish folk songs
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