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Thread #40845   Message #3176363
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
25-Jun-11 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: ADD: jamaican folk music
Subject: RE: ADD: jamaican folk music
Lyr. Add: LITTLE BLUE-BELL
Game song.

Outside Blue-bell, thro' de window,
Outside Blue-bell, thro' de window
Outside Blue-bell, thro' de window,
Tra la la la la.

Den you take a little girl an' pat her on de shoulder,
Take a little girl an' pat her on de shoulder,
Take a little girl and pat her on de shoulder,
Tra La la la la.

Outside Blue-bell thro' de window
Outside Blue-bell thro' de window
Inside Blue-bell thro' de window
Tra la la la la.
(Cho.)

Outside Blue-bell thro' de window
Inside Blue-bell thro' de window
Welcome Blue-bell thro' de window
Tra la la la la.
(Cho.)

You ride Blue-bell thro' de window
You poke Blue-bell in de shoulder
You poke Blue-bell in de shoulder
Tra la la la la.
(Cho.)

Jamaican version of the familiar game song.
Two players run in and out of the ring during the singing of the first stanza. They choose partners, stand beside them, bow, dip and kneel, according to the lyrics.

With musical score, pp. 112-113.
Jim Morse, Coll., 1958, Folk Songs of the Caribbean, Bantam Books.