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