Sally Go Round the Sun

Circle Game

Sally go round the sun,
Sally go round the moon,
Sally go round the chimney pots
On a Saturday afternoon.

Sally Go Round the Sun

Circle Game

Sally go round the sun,
Sally go round the moon,
Sally go round the chimney pots
On a Saturday afternoon.

Game Instructions

Kids go around in a circle singing this song. When they sing it a second time they go in the opposite direction. They can keep singing it and reversing their direction.

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Thanks and Acknowledgements

A version of this song can be found in "Journal of American folklore, Volume 31" collected from Toronto 1909. In that version the last line is "Every afternoon".

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