Jim-Along Josie

 

Listen to the Lawrence Children's Choir

 

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A video example of the clapping game

 

 


Program Notes:

 

Before TV and video games, kids (especially those who were not allowed to dance!) used to have play parties where they would play games than involved rhythmic, patterned movement (but that is not dancing!) to songs such as "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush," "Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow" and "London Bridge." This is the chorus of one of those fiddle-tune songs complete with a clapping game in the middle of it. But it is not dancing. i promise.

 

Notes on preparation and performance:

 

You can do the clapping game many ways. A small group can come down front for each round and then run back up to their places, the whole group can do it, you can clap on every eighth note or on every quarter note. Be creative, have fun!

 

 

score button

 

Text

 

Traditional American Folk Song

 

Hey, Jim-along, Jim-along Josie,

Hey, Jim-along, Jim-along Joe!

 

Walk along, talk along, jim-along Josie,

Walk along, talk along, jim-along Joe!