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Handclapping Rhyme – Stella Ella Ola and Quack Dilly Oso with a YouTube Video

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Uly sent me a handclapping rhyme called “Quack Dilly Oso” which she said many people actually know as “Stella Ella Ola”. Here are the words to “Quack Dilly Oso” that Uly sent me:

Quack Dilly Oso

Quack dilly oso, quack quack qua-ack,
Saaaanyorita*, rita rita rita, velo!
Velo! Velo, velo, velo, velo! One two three FOUR.

*Uly wrote, “I know the word is senorita, but we never said it that way.”

Here are the instructions Uly sent me to go with the rhyme:

To Play with 2 People: One has their hands on top and the other on the bottom. If you do it right, the person who started on top is the one who ends on top. You just go up and down until the end. On four, the person on top tries to slap the hands of the person on the bottom, and if they succeed, they win.

To Play with More People: You stand in a circle, right hand on top of the left hand of the person to your right and you go around clockwise clapping the hand of the person on your left with your right hand.

Uly wrote, “My sister and I singlehandedly brought this game to the town of Wavre when we were children!”

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Here’s the rhyme called “Stella Ella Ola” followed by a YouTube showing how it’s played:

Stella Ella Ola

Stella ella ola, clap clap clap,
Say yes, chicko chicko, chicko chicko chap,
Yes, chicko chicko, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello,
Say one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!

In the version in the video, if the person’s hand is slapped after “nine”, they’re out, if they can move their hand out of the way just before being slapped, the other person is out. (Other people are welcome to comment below on their rules for being “out”.)