The Blue Bird
Each time this song is sung you change the color of the bird.
The Blue Bird
Circle Game
Here comes a blue* bird through the window,
Here comes a blue bird through the door;
Here comes a blue bird through the window,
Hey, diddle, hi dum, day.
Take a little dance and a hop in the corner,
Take a little dance and a hop on the floor;
Take a little dance and a hop in the corner,
Hey, diddle, hi dum, day.
Notes
*Change the color of the bird for each repetition of the song.
Game Instructions
The players dance around in a ring. One who was previously chosen by the process of a clapping-out rhyme, is "It". That child goes first outside, then into the center of the circle.
Her business now is to decide who shall succeed her. According to the color of the bird (which changes each round) - red, blue, green, or yellow, etc. – the players who are wearing that color go to the center of the circle. The process goes on, until all have had a chance to be in the middle of the circle.
Take a little hop and a dance with your partner,
Take a little hop and a dance with your partner,
Take a little hop and a dance with your partner,
Hi-diddley-um-dum-dee.
(Repeat)
Here comes a bluebird through my window,
Here comes a bluebird through my window,
Here comes a bluebird through my window,
Hi-diddley-um-dum-dee.
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This song can be found in "Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories," by Robert Ford, Illustrated by Kate T. Hill (Glascow, 1904).
