Lyrics
(Folk song)
1. What can you do, Punchinello, funny fellow?
What can you do, Punchinello, funny you?
2. We can do it, too, Punchinello, funny fellow,
We can do it, too, Punchinello, funny you!
3. You choose one of us, Punchinello, funny fellow,
You choose one of us, Punchinello, funny you!
Game
Formation – Students stand in a circle with one student (“It”) standing in the middle.
Verse 1 = Student in the middle make a motion on the steady beat.
Verse 2 = Students in the circle copy the motion.
Verse 3 = Middle student chooses another student to become the next “It”.
See also
- Activities: motions
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
- Source: The Singing Game, Iona & Peter Opie, Oxford University Press, 1985
- Similar song in French: Polichinelle
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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