Water Wallflower
“W ATER Wallflower .”—All should know this game, which is more commonly played by very small misses.
Forming a ring, all join hands and dance, or move slowly round, singing:—
Water, water wildflower, growing up so high,
We are all maidens, and we must all die,
Excepting [Nellie Newton], the youngest of us all,
She can dance and she can sing, and she can knock us all down. Here all clap hands, with the exception of the one named, who stands looking abashed, while the others sing:—
Fie, fie, fie, for shame,
Turn your back to the wall again. At the command, she who has been named turns, so that she faces outwards now, with her back to the centre of the ring; though she still clasps hands with those on either side, and continues in the movement, singing with the others. When all in like manner have been chapped out, and are facing the open, the game is finished.
Forming a ring, all join hands and dance, or move slowly round, singing:—
Water, water wildflower, growing up so high,
We are all maidens, and we must all die,
Excepting [Nellie Newton], the youngest of us all,
She can dance and she can sing, and she can knock us all down. Here all clap hands, with the exception of the one named, who stands looking abashed, while the others sing:—
Fie, fie, fie, for shame,
Turn your back to the wall again. At the command, she who has been named turns, so that she faces outwards now, with her back to the centre of the ring; though she still clasps hands with those on either side, and continues in the movement, singing with the others. When all in like manner have been chapped out, and are facing the open, the game is finished.
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