Here's a children's song from early 20th century [or earlier] African American culture:

Mary wore a red dress, red dress, red dress.
Mary wore a red dress
all day long.

Mary was a red bird, red bird, red bird.
Mary was a red bird
all day long.

-snip-

I taught this song to pre-school/early elementary school children as a circle [ring] game with one person in the middle. When the person was a boy, we changed the name to "Johnny". The item of clothing was changed to "shirt" and the color mentioned was changed to whatever color shirt the child had on*. The child in the middle of the ring is supposed to imitate the movement of a bird [flapping their arms] while the rest of the circle holds hands and walks around the circle counterclockwise.

When I taught this song to pre-school children, I or an adult teacher or aide went into the ring of the circle with the child and showed them how to flap their arms like a bird. At the 2nd line of the 2nd verse "Mary was a red bird", the adult would also help the child twirl around, with her or his eyes closed and one hand extended with finger pointed. This was done as a means of selecting the next child to go into the ring. That child who was the one pointed to on the last word of the song was the next "Mary" or "Johnny".

*This game song may not be used in schools where children wear the same color uniforms. But in addition to teaching color recognition, among the other skills this game teaches are following instructions, taking turns, and group cooperation.