Lyrics
(Folk song)
1. We’re marching ’round the levee, (repeat twice)
As we have done before.
2. Go in and out the window, (repeat twice)
As we have done before.
3. Go forth and face your partner, (repeat twice)
As we have done before.
4. I kneel before my partner (repeat twice)
As we have done before.
5. And now I’ll take my partner (repeat twice)
As we have done before.
Dance / Play Party
Verse 1 – All students standing in a circle, holding hands, walk around the circle.
Verse 2 – Students stand still, still holding hands in a circle, and lean forward on “in” and back on “out.”
Verse 3 – Everyone turn and face partner.
Verse 4 – Everyone kneel.
Verse 5 – Promenade around circle.
See also
- Activities: circle singing games
- Harmony: chords I V
- Melody: dominant triad
- Meter: 2
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmfst
- Source
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody