Over the River Charlie

Lyrics

(Folk song)

Refrain
Over the river to feed my sheep,
Over the river Charlie,
Over the river to feed my sheep,
Feed buckwheat and barley.

1. Charlie, he’s a lovely lad,
Charlie, he’s a dandy.
Every time he goes to the store,
He gets those girls some candy.

Refrain

2. I want no more of your weevily wheat,
I want no more of your barley,
I want no more of your weevily wheat
To make a cake for Charlie. Refrain

Dance

Formation: Students stand in two long lines facing each other. The two people at the end of each line are the Head Couple.

Refrain:
Ms. 1-4 = Head couple sashay down between the two lines.
Ms. 5-8 = Head couple sashay up to where they started.

Verse 1:
Ms. 9-12 = Head couple right arm swing 1.5 times around
Ms. 13-16 = Head couple left arm swing one student from the opposite line.

Refrain: Repeat Ms. 9-16 with next people in the lines.

Head couple continues in the same way until all students have had a turn to swing the head couple. Then, the Head couple stands at the end of each line and a new Head couple begins the sequence.

See also

  • Song with chords in 2 keys with Solfege (PDF)
  • MIDI file
  • Listen to the song

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