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"Sally Go 'Round the Roses"
Song
B-side"(Instrumental)"

"Sally Go 'Round The Roses" is the name of a song by The Jaynetts who had a big hit with it in 1963 when it was released as a single. The song went to #2 on the Billboard Charts on September 28, 1963. This beautiful, haunting song has spawned several theories about its true meaning. Rumors have circulated for years that deals with the mental breakdown of a young girl who saw her man with another girl, that it deals with a closeted lesbian affair,[1] or that it could even be about a religious experience. None of these rumors is true; it is merely a jump-rope rhyme set to a funky beat, with a few extra lyrics added to fit the screaming organ and the incessant beat.[2]

Cover versions

The song was also recorded by Tim Buckley, Pentangle, Henry Kaiser, and Donna Summer.

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