Lyrics
(Folk song)
Refrain
Here we go looby loo,
Here we go looby light,
Here we go looby loo,
All on a Saturday night.
You put your right hand* in,
You put your right hand out,
You give your hand a shake shake shake
And turn yourself about.
*Substitute “right hand” for other body parts.
Movement
Formation: Students stand in a circle holding hands.
- First 4 measures – Circle right.
- First 4 measures – Circle left.
- Put right hand in circle.
- Right hand out of circle.
- Shake hand.
- Turn around.
See also
- Activities: movement / dance steps
- Form: ABA
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Melody: tonic triad / descending major pentascale
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: hexachord
- Tones: drmfsl
- more verses
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
