See Saw Margery Daw - Cultural References

Cultural References

• In the anime Shakugan no Shana, a character called Margery Daw is introduced as the chanter of elegies. Later she is seen singing a verse from the song.
• At the end of "Gallows Pole" (1970) by Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant sings "See Saw Margery Daw" in reference to the swinging movement of a hanged body.
• Marjorie Daw is a short story by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (published in book form in 1873).
• In Ender's Game, Ender is teased by Stilson and a group of bullies; someone chants "See Saw Margery Daw" in addition to calling him a "Third."
• In the British television comedy panel game "Shooting Stars", starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, the character played by Matt Lucas was called George Dawes. George's mother, Marjorie, would occasionally appear in his place, and was also played by Lucas. Lucas later reprised this role for the character Marjorie Dawes, an overbearing and merciless leader of the weight loss group "Fatfighters", in the BBC comedy sketch show Little Britain.
• The rhyme is used to refer to Margo Lane in the Feb 1948 radio drama "Nursery Rhyme", one of the Shadow's cases.