Lyrics
(Slovakian folk song)
Auntie wither go,
And what carry you?
Ducks and geese and ducks and geese and ducks!
Tra la la, La la la la,
Tra la la, La la la la,
Tra la la, La la la la,
Tra la la, la.
Dance
Formation: Double circle or scattered formation around the room: Partners (Person A & Person B) face each other, holding hands.
- Measure 1: Beat 1 – In each Partner group, Person A step to the left (Person B step to the right), bending knees and lifting arms up. Beat 2 – Person A bring the right foot to meet the left (Person B, left to meet the right), arms down.
- Measures 2,3,4: Repeat measure
- Measures 5-6: Arms up, Person A gallop quickly to the right (Person B to the left).
- Measure 7: All stomp on “ducks!”
- Measures 8-15: Partners hold both hands and “polka” around the room. Optional: gallop instead.
See also
- Country: Slovakia
- Subject: family
- Activities: dances
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Meter: 2
- Scale: major
- Tempo: fast & slow
- Source
- Song with chords in 2 keys (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
