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Articles about 'Circle Games'
Jo wrote asking about a Lucy Locket Circle Game: Hi I remember the Rhyme… Lucy Locket Lost her Pocket Kitty Fisher found it Not a Penny was there in it But a ribbon round it. But as a child I can remember playing a game where we recited this with one person walking round her friends seated in a circle on...
Sheila wrote from North Carolina asking about a circle dance song: I sang this in kindergarten 55 years ago. I don’t know the correct spelling of these words, but this is what the refrain sounded like… Mumbo, hot-toe, mata relay, relay Mumbo, hot-toe mata relay relay roan. It was a circle dance with one child in the middle,...
“Pizza Pizza Daddy-O” is a cool circle dance game. Below are the lyrics to one version… many exist and you can add your own lines. The kids stand in a circle and one child goes in the middle. The child in the middle is the one whose name they say in the...
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Richard wrote to me recommending a Danish kids song site… Hi On this web page Rimogremser.dk there are several Danish kids songs with midi files. Thanks for a good a good web-site ;) Best regards Richard Thanks for the recommendation Richard. The site is nice! It has cool line drawings to go with most of the songs and tunes...
LisaMarie wrote to me asking about the Ghanaian song Obwisana. I posted her email below, followed by the lyrics, an English translation, two YouTube videos of the song and finally a link to the score. Here’s LisaMarie’s email… Hi I was hoping you could help. I’m training to be a teacher and for my...
Lorena wrote: Hi, I’m Argentinian, my grandfather was Polish and he would always sing a circle game song in Polish. Now that I’m a Mommy, I’d like to sing it to my daughter. I don’t remember it well. Since my grandfather passed away some years ago, I’m writing to you to see if you can help...
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