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Street Games and Play Parties

Deborah Jeter
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    Where did you come from, Where did you go?
    Where did you come from, Cotton-eyed Joe?

    Come for to see you, come for to sing.
    Come for to show you my diamond ring.

    These are verses that my classes and I wrote:

    I'll bring you candy to make you smile.
    I'll be gone in a little while.

    Don't be lazy, don't be shy.
    Come on out and say Goodbye.

    The melody goes like this:
    Mi,     Mi Mi Re    Do    Mi    Mi Mi Low So,
    ta-ah, ta, ta, ta-ah, ta-ah, ta-ah, ta, ta ta-ah-ah

    Mi     Mi Mi Re    Do       Low La, So, La, Do.
    ta-ah, ta, ta, ta-ah, ta-ah, ta, ta, ta-a, ta-ah-ah

  • Let's Slice the Ice Even though this book appears to be out of print, the folks at Amazon Bookstore say they will help you locate it. If you are going to any conventions in the future, then you might want to check the stands set up for the various bookstores. The publisher is:
    MMB Music, Inc.
    10370 Page Industrial Blvd.
    St. Louis, Missouri 63132

    If you should find this book, it is a dandy. It has a wonderful collection of black children's ring games and chants. A sampling is below:

      Miss Sue, X (clap) X (clap), Miss Sue, X X, Miss Sue from Alabama. Hey you! X X Scooby do, X X Your mama's got the measles, your papa's got the flu,
      magic measles, magic flu, Take an a, b, c, d, e, f, g, Take an h, i, j, k, l-m-n-o-p, take a smooth shot, take a smooth shot, now FREEZE.

    Here's another oldie but goodie, in case some of you may not have it. I learned this circle game when I worked in the Houston area and I taught at a school named Harlem. There were many poor black children there which were going to school with some children of the ultra wealthy who were bussed to the school as a pilot project.

    A child is chosen to be in the center of a ring. The children in the circle begin singing verse 1.

    VERSE ONE:

    Do Fa Fa Fa Fa Do Do Re Re Do Do La,Do
    ta syn co pa ta tippi tippi tippi ta-ah
    Oh, what can you do? Special numberforty-two?
    Fa Fa Fa Fa Do Do Re Re Mi Mi Fa
    syn co pa ta tippi tippi tippi ta
    What can you do? Specialnumberfortytwo?

    The child in the center begins a movement as he or she sings VERSE TWO:

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    24.   August 6, 2002 11:10 AM
    In response to message posted by ecsmmm:

    Couldn't possibly tell you that, Donald. I have a copy of it too and my guess would be ...

    -- posted by Deborah_Jeter
    23.   May 28, 2002 10:43 PM
    In response to message posted by DonaldG:

    I have a copy of American Folk Songs for Children, by Ruth Crawford Seeger. I'm wonder ...

    -- posted by ecsmmm
    22.   January 16, 1999 3:42 PM
    I'm so sorry for the misinformation but the publisher for the Bucket of Water partner game that I was speaking of, some months back is not MacMillan but rather Silver Burdett. Geesh! I don't know what ...

    -- posted by Deborah_Jeter
    21.   May 13, 1998 10:04 PM
    Dear Magdalena,

    That's pretty neat about your having originated the BOBBY ARE YOU READY game. It provides for a nice little argument in favor of teacher generated material versus the purist (zen?) ...

    -- posted by DavidS_9
    20.   May 13, 1998 4:51 PM
    Magdalena, that is so cool! Thanks for sharing with us about the origin of how this particular singing game came to be known as Bobby, are you ready? I love this discussion! I hope some more ...

    -- posted by Deborah_Jeter



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