
Lyrics
(Bohemian folk song – Czech)
From the feast there came a farmer,
On his back a bag of bran,
And the bad boys shouted at him,
“Let those pigeons out old man,
Let those pigeons out old man,
Let those pigeons out old man!”
And the bad boys shouted at him,
“Let those pigeons out old man!”
Dance
Students in sets of 3, hold hands and stand next to each other. All groups of three form one large circle with a space in between each group of 3.
Measures 1-8 = Walk forward 16 steps.
Measures 9-12 = Person #2 of each 3-person group right arm swing twice with Person #3 (on the right side) = 8 skipping steps.
Measures 13-16 = Person #2 left arm swing twice with Person #1 (on the left side) = 8 skipping steps.
See also
- Country: Czech Republic
- Subject: farming
- Activities: dances
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Meter: 2
- Scale: hexachord
- Tones: drmfsl
- Source: Folk dances of Bohemia and Moravia for school, playground and social center / by Anna Spacek and Neva L. Boyd, 1917
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

