Category: folk song / traditional
Charlie Over the Ocean
Lyrics (Folk song) Charlie over the ocean, (echo)Charlie over the sea, (echo)Charlie catch a big fish (echo)Can’t catch me. (echo) Game Leader (“It”) walks quickly around the circle while singing. On the last word, “It” taps a student. That person ...
Chicken on the Fence Post
Lyrics (Folk song) Chicken on the fence post, can’t dance Josie,Chicken on the fence post, can’t dance Josie,Chicken on the fence post, can’t dance Josie,Hello, Susan Brown. See also Subject: chickens Form: call & response Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I IV ...
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Lyrics (Folk song) Baa baa black sheepHave you any wool?Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.One for my master, one for my dameOne for the little boy who lives down the lane.Baa baa black sheepHave you any wool?Yes sir, yes ...
Bluebird
Lyrics (Folk song) Blue bird, blue bird through my window (repeat twice)Oh, Johnny aren’t you tired? Take a little girl [boy] and tap her [him] on the shoulder, (repeat twice)Oh, Johnny aren’t you tired? Circle Game Formation: Students stand in a ...
Cobbler Cobbler
Version 1 – Chant (Traditional chant) Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe.Get it done by half past two.Stitch it up and stitch it down.I will pay you when it’s done. Lyrics (Folk tune from the West Indies, Traditional lyrics) Cobbler, cobbler, ...
Wolf (We are Dancing in the Forest)
Lyrics (Folk song) We are dancing in the forestAnd the wolf is far away.Who knows what will happen to usIf he finds us at our play? Game Formation: One student is “wolf” (“It”) and stands facing the corner. The rest ...
Lucy Locket
Lyrics (Folk song) Lucy Locket lost her pocket,Kitty Fisher found it,Not a penny was there in it,Just a ribbon ’round it. Loud / Soft Game Send one student out of the room. Teacher hides a “pocketbook” in the room (not too ...
Wee Willie Winkie
Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Wee Willie Winkie, run through the town,Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown.Rapping at the windows, Crying through the locks,“Are the children in their beds? It is eighth o’clock!” Game All students stand in a circle, ...
Dreidel Song
Lyrics (Melody by Mike Gebart & S.E. Goldfarb, Lyrics by Samuel S. Grossman) 1. I had a little dreidel, I made it out of clayAnd when it’s dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play.Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made ...
This Old Man
Lyrics (Folk song) This old man, he played one,He played “knick knack” on my drum,With a “knick knack” paddy whack, give the dog a bone.This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played two,He played “knick knack” on ...