Lyrics
(Folk song)
Bow bow bow Belinda,
Bow bow bow Belinda,
Bow bow bow Belinda,
You’re the one my darling.
Dance
Formation: Two lines (Line A & Line B) of partners facing each other. Head couple is at one end and Foot couple is at the other end. (While Head and Foot couple move, other students clap.)
- 8 beats = Head A and Foot B meet in the middle between the lines (slight nod of head on beat 4), return to original places.
- 8 beats = Head B and Foot A do the same.
(Repeat song)
- 8 beats =Â Head A and Foot B meet in the middle between the lines, right arm swing, return to original places.
- 8 beats = Head B and Foot A do the same.
(Repeat song)
- 8 beats =Â Head A and Foot B meet in the middle between the lines, left arm swing, return to original places.
- 8 beats = Head B and Foot A do the same.
(Repeat song)
- 8 beats =Â Head A and Foot B meet in the middle between the lines, circle with both arms, return to original places.
- 8 beats = Head B and Foot A do the same.
(Repeat song)
- 8 beats =Â Head A and Foot B pass each other in the middle between the lines and go to the spot the other one was occupying.
- 8 beats = Head B and Foot A do the same.
(Repeat song)
- Each person promenade with partner walk toward the head. At the head of the lines, turn, go toward the foot, turn again and return to original places.
(Repeat song)
- Each person take hands with partner, hold arms up like arches. Head couple goes under all arches to reach the foot. Play continues with new Head & Foot couples.
(source)
Recorder Notes D, F#, G, A, B, C, D’
See also
- Activities: dances
- Harmony: partner songs / Orff arrangements /Â chords I V
- Melody: tonic triad / dominant triad / major pentascale /  DF#GABCD’
- Rhythm: dotted eighth note & sixteenth note
- Source: Handy Play Party Book, Lynn Rohrbough, Co-operative Recreational Service, 1940
YouTube
- Song with chords in 2 keys, Partner Song with Skip to My Lou, Orff Arrangement (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
