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Down Down Baby" (also known as "Roller Coaster" [1] [2]) is a clapping game played by children in English-speaking countries. In the game, two or more children stand in a circle, and clap hands in tune to a rhyming song. It has been used in various songs and media productions since the mid 20th century. [3]
Melody Play ⓘ "Mary Mack" ("Miss Mary Mack") is a clapping game of unknown origin. It is first attested in the book The Counting Out Rhymes of Children by Henry Carrington Bolton (1888), whose version was collected in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
A clapping game (or hand game) is a type of usually cooperative (i.e., non-competitive) game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping as a rhythmic accompaniment to a singing game or reciting of a rhyme, often nursery rhymes. Clapping games are found throughout the world and similar games may be known throughout large ...
"Stella Ella Ola" (Stella Stella Ola), also known as "Quack Dilly Oso", is a clapping game where players stand or sit in a circle placing one hand over their neighbour's closer hand and sing the song. On every beat, a person claps their higher hand onto the touching person's palm.
Variation 12 (Long Island, NY, 1970s - a clapping game) I am a pretty little Dutch girl, As pretty as pretty can be, And all the boys around my block go crazy over me. My boyfriend's name is Larry He comes from Cincinnati With his forty-two toes and a pickle in his nose And this is what he said to me: "I L-O-V-E love you I K-I-S-S kiss you
Hand moves include thigh slapping, crossing the wrists, fist pounding, hand clapping, and hitchhike moves. In 1957, when filmmaker Ken Russell was a freelance photographer, he recorded the teenagers of Soho , London, hand-jiving in the basement of The Cat's Whisker coffee bar, where the hand-jive had been invented by Leon Bell of Leon Bell and ...
Beat #2: Alternating hands, rapidly tap the top of the cup with the fingertip three times (In some variations, the table on either side of the cup is tapped) Beat #3: Clap once Pick up the cup with the right hand and move it to the right; Beat #4: Put the cup down onto the table (still upside down) with a firm percussive motion; Beat #1: Clap once
Brother, come and dance with me, both my hands I offer thee: right foot first, left foot then, round about and back again. With your hands you clap, clap, clap! With your foot you tap, tap, tap! Right foot first, ... With your head you nick, nick, nick! With your fingers click, click, click! Right foot first, ... Well, you did that very well,