Lyrics
(Folk song from Germany)
Hallo du, nimm diesen meinen Schuh, nimm den Schuh,
gib ihn weiter und gib acht, wie ich es tu’!
English Translation - Hello you take this shoe
Hello you, take this shoe of mine, take the shoe,
pass it on and pay attention as I do!
Shoe Passing Game
Formation: All students sit in a circle, each with one shoe within reach.
- “Hallo” = Pick up the shoe
- “du” = Pass the shoe to the right so it lands in front of the person to the right.
- Keep passing on the first beat of each measure until…
- “acht” = On the first beat of the 7th measure, instead of letting go of the shoe, each student holds onto it and taps it back in front of them. On the last note…
- “tu” = Let go of the shoe in front of the person to the right.
See also
- Country: Germany
- Activity: passing game
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Meter: 2
- Scale: major
- Source: Come Together Songs – Band II, Hagara Feinbier, Neue Erde GmbH; Neuauflage, 2004
- video
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
