Talk:Little Sally Waters

"Little Sally Waters" comes from the song “The Babies On Our Block” by Edward Harrigan and Dave Braham, which was introduced in January, 1879 in the Broadway hit musical The Mulligan Guard Ball. The chorus includes the words to the old play party “Little Sally Waters.” Under the title “Little Sally Waters,” it is figure 5 of the “Mulligan Guard Ball Quadrille,” published in New York by D. Muller in 1879. A special polka variant called the Ruchter was danced to this melody, and this dance was also sometimes called either “Little Sally Waters” or “Babies on Our Block.” A variant in 6/8 time was recorded by Michigan fiddler Les Raber.