Lyrics
(Folk song from Saint Lucia, Caribbean)
Missy-la, massa-la, Missy lost her gold ring, go ‘way,
Missy-la, massa-la, Missy lost her gold ring
I got to find ‘em, find ‘em, find ‘em, find ‘em,
Find ‘em let me see, la la la la,
Find ‘em, find ‘em, find ‘em, find ‘em,
Find ‘em let me see.
Passing Game
Formation: Students stand close together in a circle. Behind them is a large string with a ring on it. One student, “It” stands in the middle.
While singing, students pass the ring on the string from one person to another with as little movement as possible. At the end of the song, the student with the ring keeps holding it. “It” tries to guess who has the ring.
Variation – “It” is blindfolded, and in order to find the person with the ring, the students sing louder as “It” gets closer.
See also
- Country: Saint Lucia
- Subject: passing games
- Rhythm:
/ 
/ ties / syncopation - Scale: major
- Source: Brown Girl in the Ring, Alan Lomax, J. D Elder, and Bess Lomax Hawes, 1997
- Listen to the song / listen to an excerpt
- Printable & Digital Visuals
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
