Category: visuals
Doggie Doggie Where’s Your Bone?
Lyrics (Folk song) Doggie doggieWhere’s your bone?Somebody stole it from your home. Game One student plays the “Doggie” and sits in a chair facing away from the rest of the students. As the students sing the song (it might help ...
Old Blue / Old Dog Blue
Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) I had an old dogAnd his name was BlueAnd I’ll bet ya five dollarsHe’s a good boy too. Recorder Notes D, F#, G, A, B, C Info This version is a variation of Jim Jackson’s ...
Long & Short Sounds
Songs Across the Rocky Mountain All Through the Night (long) Barnacle Bill Captain Go Sidetrack Your Train Cold Old House Doggie, Doggie Where’s… Every Night When the Sun Goes In Ezekiel Saw the Wheel Freight Train Blues Good News Goodbye Julie ...
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O
Lyrics (Folk song) Annie has a boyfriend* – Pizza, pizza, Daddy-OHow do you know it? – Pizza…‘Cause she told me…Let’s rope it…Let’s duck it…Let’s swim it…Let’s twist it…Let’s end it… *Option: Change lyric to “secret.” Call & Response Formation: Students ...
Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Version 1 Lyrics (Traditional chant) Diddle diddle dumpling my son JohnWent to bed with his stockings (trousers) onOne shoe off and one shoe onDiddle diddle dumpling my son John See also Subject: clothes Types: chant / nursery rhyme Form: ABC (see ...
Alabama Gal (Come Through ‘na Hurry)
Lyrics (American folk song) Come through ‘n a hurry (repeat twice)Alabama Gal I don’t know how, how… I’ll show you how, how… Ain’t I rock candy… Dance Formation: Students form two lines facing each other. Verse 1: Head couple join ...
Bickle Bockle
Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Bickle bockle blue bottleFishes in the seaIf you want a partnerJust choose me. Game Put an odd number of students in an specified space (I put them inside a circle on the floor). Students walk ...
Closet Key
Lyrics (Folk song) I have lost the closet keyIn my lady’s garden (echo) Games Version 1 – Formation: One student sits in the center (garden) of the circle; the other students sitting in the circle hold onto a large circle of ...
Acka Backa
Lyrics (Folk song) Acka backa soda crackerAcka backa booAcka backa soda crackerOut goes you Circle Games Version 1 Students sit in a circle and pat the beat while a student who is “it” walks around the circle lightly taps heads ...
BINGO
Lyrics (Folk song) There was a farmer had a dogAnd Bingo was his name-oB-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-OAnd Bingo was his name-o Circle Game Formation: Students standing in a circle around one student (“It”). For the first 4 measures, students hold hands ...