See Saw Margery Daw

See Saw Margery Daw

"See Saw Margery Daw" is a nursery rhyme.

Versions

A common version is as follows:

:"See Saw Margery Daw":"Johnny shall have a new master":"He shall earn but a penny a day":"Because he can't work any faster"

As with many such rhymes, differing versions exist:

:See Saw, Margery Daw,:Jacky shall have a new master;:And he shall have but a penny a day,:Because he can't work any faster.

:See Saw, Margery Daw,:Sold her bed and lay on straw;:Was not she a dirty slut:To sell her bed and lie in the dirt.

:See Saw, Margery Daw,:The old hen flew over the malt house;:She counted her chickens one by one,:Still she missed the little white one,:And this is it, this is it, this is it.

The second line sometimes varies among Johnny, Jack, or Jackie. The third line also varies but in general refers to the wages earned by Johnny or Jackie.

Margery was a name used in poor rural regions of 18th and 19th century England and Daw meant an untidy person or a slut.

Cultural references

In the anime Shakugan no Shana, a character called Margery Daw is introduced as the chanter of elegies. Later she is seen singing a verse from the song.

It was also used frequently in the Opti-Minds Tournament (Language Literature) Challenge in 2008.

Listing

See Saw Margery Daw is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index, 13028.

External links

* [http://ingeb.org/songs/seesawma.html See Saw Margery Daw] MP3
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3577647 Traditional Children's Songs] at H2G2
* [http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/o/orwell/george/o79e/part29.html George Orwell essay on nonsense rhymes including Margery Daw]


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