There are many variations on the rhyme (interesting or unbelievable thatthey all should have devloped since the 1880's.) Here are a few: It's basically a ringdance, where all the kids get to "dance and shake their bones," and falldown at the end. So much for all the theoriesclaiming that the song refers to the Black Plague. In the repertoire ever since.Īshes, ashes, all fall downFrom a children's rhyme, which, according to The Annotated Mother Goose, is not really all that old, dating backto Kate Greenaway's 1881 Mother Goose. "Throwing Stones" Written in Cora, Wyoming, August -December, 1982įirst performed Septemat the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. Singing black goes south and white comes north.īut his pants are down, his cover's blown. Or that shinin' ball we used to call our home. History's page will thus be carved in stone. It strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets, There's a fear down here we can't forget. Picture a bright blue ball, just spinning, spinnin free,Ī peaceful place or so it looks from space, Words by John Perry Barlow music by Bob Weirīarlow has posted the lyrics to his songs.Ĭopyright Ice Nine Publishing used by permission The Annotated "Throwing Stones" "Singing 'someone got to turn the page'" The Annotated "Throwing Stones"An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
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