SINGING GAMES

Forfeits
Many of the things described in the previous section of this chapter may be used as forfeits. Forfeits are used in many games as a penalty for failure, and may be an occasion for much merrimen...

Did You Ever See A Lassie?
_10 to 60 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ This is a game for very little children, and with a little suggestion as to the exercises or movements to be illustrated by the "lassie," may be the sourc...

Draw A Bucket Of Water
_4 to 60 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ This game is played in groups of four, generally by girls. Two players face each other, clasping hands at full arm's length. The other two face each other ...

Farmer In The Dell
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ The farmer in the dell, The farmer in the dell, Heigh-o! the cherry-oh! The farmer in the dell. The farmer takes a wife, ...

Hunting
_10 to 60 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ This game is especially enjoyed by little boys, for whom there is a comparatively small number of appropriate singing games. The players all s...

Itiskit Itasket
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ This is a form of Drop the Handkerchief, differing somewhat in play, and also in that a verse is sung with the game. All of the players but one stand in...

Keep Moving
_5 to 60 players._ _Indoors; out of doors; schoolroom._ One player is chosen as leader. He repeats or sings the following formula, at the same time going through the motions indicated. The other players must...

King Of France The
_10 to 60 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._ The King of France with forty thousand men Marched up the hill and then marched down again. The players stand in two rows or groups facing...

Kitty White
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ This is an admirable game for very little children. Their dramatic tendency should be given full rein in impersonating the soft movements of the kitty and...

Leaves Are Green
_4 to 60 players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ This is a game for small children. The players join hands and form a ring. They dance around in a circle in time to the music, singing to the air of "Mulberry bush...

Let The Feet Go Tramp
_10 to 60 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._ Let the feet go tramp! tramp! tramp! Let the hands go clap! clap! clap! Let the finger beckon thee. Come, dear friend, and skip with ...

London Bridge
_6 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady! Build it up with iron...

Looby Loo
_5 to 60 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ Here we dance, looby, looby, looby. Here we dance, looby, looby, light. Here we dance, looby, looby, looby, loo, Every Saturday night....

Muffin Man
_6 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ The players stand in a circle, with one or more in the center. The circle dances around and sings the first two lines of the following verse. They then sta...

Mulberry Bush
_6 to 60 players or more._ _Indoors; out of doors._ Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, Here we go round the mulberry bush, So early in the morning!...

Nuts In May
_6 to 60 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ (Sung to the air of "Mulberry Bush") Here we come gathering nuts in May, Nuts in May, nuts in May. Here we come gathering nuts in May, ...

Oats Peas Beans
_6 to 60 players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ Oats, peas, beans, and barley grows, Oats, peas, beans, and barley grows. Nor you nor I nor nobody knows How oats, peas, beans, and barley grows...

Round And Round The Village
_6 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ Go round and round the village, Go round and round the village, Go round and round the village, Go as we have done before. Go in an...