Dundee Street Songs, Rhymes and Games: The William Montgomerie Collection,1952. Introduced, Edited and Annotated by Margaret Bennett & Illustrated by Les McConnell. In 1952 when these songs and rhymes were recorded in Hilltown, Dundee there may not have been a street or playground anywhere where the sound of children singing and playing was not part of everyday life. Although there had been Scottish collectors of 'bairn sangs' since the 1820s, it was not until the 1940s that anyone in Scotland audio-recorded the actual sound of playground voices. The voices of these school children captured the vitality of the local dialect, the spontaneity of their language-use outside the classroom, their repertoire of songs, rhymes and games, their musicality, as well as the sounds that echo the speed and accuracy of their hand-eye coordination. The Audio of The William Montgomerie Collection, 1952 can be obtained directly from GRACE NOTE PUBLICATIONS. William Montgomerie (1904-1994) was born and brought up in Glasgow. He became a teacher and moved to Dundee, where he met and married Norah Shargool (1909-1998), an artist with D.C. Thomson. They shared a passion for the Scots language and folklore and began collecting children's rhymes, songs and games in the 1930s. Their first book was published in 1946 and together they produced over a dozen books. William (Bill) was also a renowned poet, song collector and ballad scholar and as he wanted to capture the sound of the voice, in the mid-1940s he began to use a wire-recorder to audio-record singers. After collaborating with Alan Lomax on his 1951 tour of Scotland, Bill bought a tape-recorder and in 1952 recorded children in the Hilltown, Dundee. Though the recordings were made almost seventy years ago they are of remarkable quality and the 47 tracks have lost none of the vitality of the sound of children's voces, singing, chanting, laughing and playing in the street. Folklorist and singer Margaret Bennett got to know the Montgomeries in the mid-1980s when she was on the staff of the School of Scottish Studies. She often visited them, and in 1993 she tape-recorded an interview in which they talked about their lives and their interest in folklore. Norah told Margaret they had hoped to issue a cassette of the recordings so that people could hear the actual sound of the children, but (disappointingly) the publisher decided to record well-known actors for the production. Though Bill had deposited the original tapes in the Archive of the School of Scottish Studies, he gave Margaret a cassette copy of his recordings - a reminder not just of the songs themselves and of Bill's work, but also of the importance of listening to the sound of the voice, the language, and the sheer joy of singing. Now digitised by the School of Scottish Studies, this is the first time any of Montgomerie's recordings have been published. In the book, Margaret gives an insight into a century of audio recording as well as Bill Montgomerie's pioneering role in recording Scottish traditions. There is a transcription 47 audio-track followed by annotated notes on each item and concludes with a detailed bibliography. The book is intended for all ages, and (without a word of jargon) is also a scholarly production suitable for those who are curious to find out more. The illustrations are by Fife-based artist Les McConnell who remembers the playground games of the Fifties, as he brings to life the carefree joy of children playing and singing in the street.

Do you dread the prospect of a long car trip with your kids? Here's a great book that will amuse and entertain children and make the trip easier and more pleasant. "If there is any more entertaining book for juveniles who 'want to know' than Mr. Robert Ford's Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories, we have not yet made its acquaintance. The title is descriptive, as few titles are, of the unusual range of the book, which, be it said, will probably be read with as much zest by 'big folk' as by bairns."-Glasgow Herald. "This man Ford has his heart in the right place. He loves the children, and a man who loves children is on the way to heaven. The volume is described on the title-page as 'A Book for Bairns and Big Folk,' and no better description of it could be invented, for, while it must be interesting to the young people, it cannot fail to touch chords, perhaps long forgotten, in men and women who have left their youth behind them."-Daily Record and Mail. "The volume is a perfect mine for those in search of stories about children. Parents will find within its pages much that will fascinate and amuse them."-Dundee Courier. "Taken as a finished work, it is well done. The most harassed man of middle-age will turn over the pages with delight and have dreams of half-forgotten yore."-Glasgow Evening Citizen. "A very interesting little book, carefully made-a good one for students of folk-lore as well as children."-Athenæum. "Altogether we have here a delightful book."-Evening Times. CONTENTS. Rhymes of the Nursery Counting-out Rhymes Children's Rhyme-Games "Merry-ma-Tanzie" "The Mulberry Bush" "A Dis, a Dis, a Green Grass" "Looby-Looby" "I Dree I Droppit it" "Bab at the Bowster" "The Wadds" "The Wadds and the Wears" "The Widow of Babylon" "London Bridge" "The Jolly Miller" "Willie Wastle" "Oats and Beans and Barley" "Hornie Holes" "The Craw" "Neevie-neevie-nick-nack" "Blind Man's Buff" "Water Wallflower" "The Emperor Napoleon" "A' the Birdies i' the Air" "Through the Needle-e'e, Boys" "King Henry""The Blue Bird" "When I was a Young Thing" "Carry my Lady to London" "A, B, C" "My Theerie and my Thorie" "Glasgow Ships" "Airlie's Green" "Het Rowes and Butter Cakes" "Queen Mary" "Whuppity Scoorie" "Hinkumbooby" "Three Brethren come from Spain" "Here Comes a Poor Sailor from Botany Bay" "Janet Jo" "The Goloshans" Children's Songs and Ballads Cock Robin The Marriage of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren The North Wind Little Bo-Peep The House that Jack Built Simple Simon Old Mother Hubbard Old Mother Goose The Old Woman and her Pig A Frog he would a-wooing go The Carrion Crow My Pretty Maid Can ye Sew Cushions? Hush-a-ba Birdie, Croon Dance to your Daddie Katie Beardie The Miller's Dochter Hap and Row How Dan, Dilly Dow Crowdie Whistle, whistle, Auld Wife The Three Little Pigs Cowe the Nettle early The Wren's Nest Robin Redbreast's Testament Children's Humour and Quaint Sayings Schoolroom Facts and Fancies Children's Stories Blue Beard Jack and the Bean-Stalk The Babes in the Wood Jack the Giant Killer Little Red Riding Hood Cinderella; or, the Little Glass Slipper Puss in Boots Whittington and his Cat Beauty and the Beast The Sleeping Beauty

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Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A Book for Bairns and Big Folk was authored by Scotsman Robert Ford This example of Ford's work is an effort to document and collate the wealth of popular children's nursery rhymes and games. Ford presents the rhymes, stories, and songs in their entirety, often alongside a detailed entry by the author. The book begins with an examination of nursery rhymes, which includes entries for many of the most popular rhymes. Ford's commentary is extensive in this section, as the author attempts to add context and history to these works. From there, he examines counting out rhymes, rhyme games, children's songs, schoolroom facts and children's stories. The section on rhyme games is significant and includes a detailed breakdown of the actions that should be completed alongside each rhyme. Robert Ford is an author who loves children's stories - that much is clear when reading this text. The level of detail Ford provides is impressive as he has clearly carried out significant research into children's rhymes and stories, and presents an almost overwhelming amount of information about the origins of these rhymes. Ford handles the subject matter seriously and with rigour. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A Book for Bairns and Big Folk is a notable collection and analysis of children's rhymes and stories. Author Robert Ford has gone to great lengths in researching his subject, and the result is an enjoyable and surprisingly hefty book about this light-hearted topic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Eeny, meeny, figgledy, fig. Delia, dolia, dominig, Ozy, pozy doma-nozy, Tee, tau, tut, Uggeldy, buggedy, boo! Out goes you. (no. 129) You can stand, And you can sit, But, if you play, You must be it. (no. 577) Counting-out rhymes are used by children between the ages of six and eleven as a special way of choosing it and beginning play. They may be short and simple ("O-U-T spells out/And out goes you") or relatively long and complicated; they may be composed of ordinary words, arrant nonsense, or a mixture of the two. Roger D. Abrahams and Lois Rankin have gathered together a definitive compendium of counting-out rhymes in English reported to 1980. These they discovered in over two hundred sources from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including rhymes from England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Representative texts are given for 582 separate rhymes, with a comprehensive listing of sources and variants for each one, as well as information on each rhyme's provenience, date, and use. Cross-references are provided for variants whose first lines differ from those of the representative texts. Abrahams's introduction discusses the significance of counting-out rhymes in children's play. Children's folklore and speech play have attracted increasing attention in recent years. Counting-Out Rhymes will be a valuable resource for researchers in this field.