Origins
The song can be found in publications including an alternate version in the book, Camp and Camino in Lower California (1910), where it was referred to as "Spider Song". It appears to be a more adult version of the song using “blooming, bloody” instead of itsy bitsy. It was later published in one of its several modern versions in Western Folklore, by the California Folklore Society (1948), Mike and Peggy Seeger's, American Folk Songs for Children (1948), and The Growing Family: A Guide for Parents by Maxwell Slutz Stewart (1955).
Lyrics as described in 1910 as being from the 'classic' "Spider Song":
- “Oh, the blooming, bloody spider went up the water spout,
- The blooming, bloody rain came down and washed the spider out,
- The blooming, bloody sun came out and dried up all the rain,
- And the blooming, bloody spider came up the spout again.”
Read more about this topic: Itsy Bitsy Spider
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