ComicBookReligion.com logo

 

Little Sally Waters

 
Little Sally Waters
 

Religion: not determined yet

Name: Little Sally Waters

Other Names: Sally Waters; Sallie Waters; Little Sallie Waters; Little Sally Walker; Little Sally Ann; Sally Water; Little Sally Saucer

Classification: supporting character supporting character   non-feature lead character non-feature lead character  

Publisher(s): Harper & Publishers

First Appearance: Games and Songs of American Children (1884): "Little Sally Waters"

Creators: William Wells Newell

Number of Appearances: 3

   TV, Film Appearances: 1

   Prose/Text Book/Story Appearances: 1

   Play/Musical Appearances: 1

Gender: female

Note: sat in sun, crying for a young man to love

Little Sally Waters,
Sitting in the sun,
Crying and weeping,
For a young man.
Rise, Sally, rise,
Dry your weeping eyes,
Fly to the east,
Fly to the west,
Fly to the one you love the best.

Little Sally Waters Little Sally Waters Little Sally Waters Little Sally Waters


This character is in the following 8 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Arcadia (1886)
Babes in Toyland
Games and Songs of American Children
Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters: The Chesterfield Broadcasts (27 June 2003): "Little Sally Waters" (lead character)
Spirit in the Dark (24 Aug. 1970): "Spirit in the Dark"
Wide Awake (vol. 19) #1 (June 1884): "In No-Man's Land - VII. How Little Sallie Waters Nearly Cried Her Eyes Out" (lead character)


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0139504/
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babes_in_Toyland_(operetta)
  - http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/09/little-sally-walker.html
  - http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/traditional-games-2/traditional-games-2%20-%200260.htm#.UY-ZvYKOXrM
  - http://www.indianchild.com/history_origins_nursery_ryhmes.htm