Lyrics
(Folk song from the Virgin Islands)
Circle 1: In a fine castle, Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 2: We want one of them, Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 1: Which one do you want? Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 2: We want {student name}. Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 1: What will you give us? Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 2: We’ll give a rotten egg. Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 1: That won’t suit us. Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 2: We’ll give a golden ring. Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 1: That will suit us. Do you hear, my sissie-o? (repeat)
Circle 1: Farewell {student name}. Go and take your golden ring. (repeat)
Game
Formation: Students stand holding hands in 2 circles.
Circle 1 sings verse 1. Circle 2 responds. For {student name}, Circle 2 names a student in Circle 1. On the last verse, that student joins Circle 2. Continue the game until everyone in Circle 1 has joined Circle 2. (See below for so-mi version.)
Recorder Notes G, A, B, C, D’
See also
- Country: Virgin Islands
- Activities: circle singing games
- Form: call and response
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Melody: so-mi / solo singing / G,A,B,C,D’
- Meter: 4
- Scales: pentachord / bitonic (see below)
- Tones: drmfs / ms (see below)
- Source: The Singing Game, Iona & Peter Opie, Oxford University Press, 1985
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