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
- Activities: movement
- Form: ABA
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
- Scale: Mixolydian
- Similar Songs: Charlie’s Neat / Weevily Wheat
- Song with chords in 2 keys with Solfege (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
