The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77474 Message #1381562
Posted By: Azizi
18-Jan-05 - 03:18 PM
Thread Name: Songs that help build self-esteem
Subject: ADD: Johnny Cuckoo
Since that the lyrics & directions for "Johnny Cuckoo" got mixed in together in my previous post, I'll write just the lyrics here.
Also see the correction of "two Johnny Cuckoos" when the song is repeated again {each time the song is repeated the number of "Johnny Cuckoos is increased by one}
JOHNNY CUCKOO ante-bellum African American game song
Here comes one Johnny Cuckoo Here comes one Johnny Cuckoo On a cold and stormy night
What did you come for Come for, Come {here} for What did you come for On a cold and stormy night
I come for me {We come for us} A soldier, soldier, solider I come for me {We come for us} A soldier, soldier, solider On a cold and stormy night
[Slight increase in speed, begin, double offbeat clap]
You look too black and dirty, You look too black and dirty Dirty dirty You look too black and dirty On a cold and stormy night
I am {We are} just as good as you are You are. You are. I am {We are} just as good as you are On a cold and stormy night
Now here comes two Johnny Cuckoos On a cold and stormy night