Posted by Dave Loomis on December 11, 2005 at 08:59:08:
In Reply to: Re: Sarasponda song posted by carole on August 06, 2003 at 04:59:13:
When I learned this round I was told that it imitated the sound of a flying shuttle loom as the weaver shoots the shuttle back and forth through the warp, and pounds the beater reed back into the cloth to pack it into a solid cloth with no gaps.
Dave