I'mma leave the easy ones that come from Black American spirituals for other folks to list-unless time passes and nobody else list them.

So what's the first song I'm puttin on this thead gonna be?

Well, there's a Bob Dylan song called:

"You Aint Going Nowhere"

@displaysong.cfm?SongID=8006

I mention that song because it has the same exact title as a children's foot stomping cheer a girl name Shadaya showed me in Pittsburgh, Penn back in 2002. I don't think the foot stomping cheer and the Bob Dylan song have anything to do with each other except for the fact that they have basically the same name.

Here's the words to the children's foot stomping cheer:


YOU AINT GOIN NO WHERE

Entire
Group:
You ain't goin no where,
no where.
You ain't goin no where.
You ain't goin no where,
no where.
You ain't goin no where.

Group
{minus the soloist named}:
Hey, Shadeya,
In-tro-duce yourself

Shadeya
{name or nickname of the first soloist}:
Too shy

Group
{minus the soloist named}:
Hey, Shadeya,
In-tro-duce yourself

Shadeya:
I'll try
My name's Shadeya.
I cheer for Garfield.
My sign is Libra.
And when I'm up

Group
{minus soloist named}:
When she's up.

Shadeya:
I'm hot stuff.

Group
{minus soloist named}:
She's hot stuff.

Shadeya:
And when I'm down.

Group:
And when she's down.

Shadeya:
Don't mess around.

Group:
Don't mess around

Shadeya:
Don't make me scream.
cause you will be _knocked _out.
-Shadeya Tyler {African American girl age 10 years; Garfield area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2002; collected by Azizi Powell, 2002

Performance instructions:
{Chant while doing a synchronized foot stomping routine that includes standing basically in place while producing bass soundihg foot stomps, alternating with [individual] handclaps, and body pats [pattin juba]. {__} means to pause a beat. Repeat the entire cheer from the beginning with the next soloist who says her name or nickname, the name of the sport or community team she cheers for {presumably she's a cheerleader for} and her astrological sign. Continue this pattern until every one in the group has had one turn as the soloist.}

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