Lyrics - Icelandic
(Folk song from Iceland)
Vindum, vindum, vefjum band,
vefjum fallegt húfuband,
fyrir Önnu höfuð hneigja,
fyrir Önnu hné sÃn beygja.
Svo skal Anna snúa sér.
English Translation - Wind, wind, weave a string
Wind, wind, weave a string,
weave a beautiful hat,
for Anna* bow your head,
for Anna* bend your knees.
Then Anna will turn around.
*These are two versions of the same name.
Circle Singing Game
Formation: Students stand in a circle around one student. (Sing that student’s name instead of “Anna.”)
Students walk around the circle while singing. Then they stop circling and bow their heads, then bend their knees. At the end, the student in the middle turns around.
See also
- Country: Iceland
- Subject: names
- Activities: circle singing games
- Harmony: canons / Orff arrangements / chords I, IV, V
- Melody: descending major pentascale / melodic contour / low do & high do / so
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
- Scale: hexachord
- Tones: drmfsl
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