Lyrics
(Folk song)
Oh Jacky* stand still, oh Jacky stand still,
Jacky why are you running away?
But Jacky laughed as away he ran,
Well, make me a prisoner if you can!
Oh Jacky stand still, dear Jacky stand still,
We want you to come and play!
*Substitute other names
Game
Formation: Students stand scattered throughout the room. One student is “It,” facing the other students.
As students sing, they sing the name of “It” instead of “Jackie.” They dance around the room until the fermata. Then they freeze. “It” picks one student who is moving instead of freezing. The students sing the rest of the song while that student becomes the new “It” and former “It” joins the other students.
See also
- Subjects: names / games
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: drmfs
- Source: Music for Living Through the Day, Book One, Silver Burdett, 1956
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
