Lyrics
(Folk song)
Here we go by jing-ga-ring,
by jing-ga-ring, by jing-ga-ring
Here we go by Jing-ga-ring,
Around the merry-ma-tanzy.
___ is her/his name,
Is her/his name, is her/his name
___ is her/his name,
Around the merry-ma-tanzy.
Circle Game
Formation – Students stand in a circle with one student in the middle (“It”).
While singing verses 1 and 2, students join hands and walk in the circle. At the end of verse 2, they stop. The student who the inside student is facing becomes the new person in the middle. (Option: the student in the middle holds arm out and points straight ahead – that will help decide which student becomes the next “It.”)
See also
- Subject: names
- Activities: circle singing games
- Meter: 6/8
- Harmony: ostinati / Orff arrangements / chords I & V
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmslt
- Source: Kerr’s Guild of Play, 1912
- Same tune – Mulberry Bush
- more verses
- Printable & Digital Visuals
- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas + Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
