Ambos A Do

A game song from Puerto Rico that is a variant of a song that probably came to Spain in the eighteenth century from France, known as Un Beau Chateau (A Beautiful Castle) that gradually lost its meaning over time, becoming the nonsense words Ambos A Do.  This version could be used to practice re.

Source: Folkways Recording of Deisy Parilla (age 10) with other children (1977).

Round and Round

My first and second grade students who love to walk in a crouch go crazy for this song that commands, "Down (Mr. or Miss) (So and So), you must go."
Source: Ed. by Locke, Eleanor G.  Sail Away: 155 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play.  p. 14

Mango Walk

Mango Walk is a Jamaican Calypso tune that can be sung as a partner song with Sweet Potatoes.
Source: Silver-Burdett Music Text

Hunt the Slipper

I like to have students play this three-note Jamaican folk song on the recorder.  It's also fun when played as a game.
Source: Ed. by Erdei, Peter.  150 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play p. 5
Game From Child, Maria.  Girl's Own Book, pub. 1834
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