SINGING GAMES FOR CHILDREN
MOON AND STARS—BOLOGNA MAN—ORCHESTRA—JACK BE NIMBLE—OATS, PEAS, BEANS— FARMER IN THE DELL—LONDON BRIDGE, ETC.
ORCHESTRA
This is a very noisy game. The conductor names his players for instruments, and tells them in pantomime how to play. He then orders them to tune up. They do so, producing a terrible discord. Then the baton is waved by the conductor, and the musicians imitate the sounds of their instruments, while also imitating the movements assigned them by the conductor. The result is very funny.
CHARLEY OVER THE WATER
A player becomes "Charlie." He stands in the center; the others form a circle about him, and dance, repeating the rhyme:
"Charlie over the water,
Charlie over the sea,
Charlie caught a black-bird,
He can't catch me."
When the verse is ended, all the players try to stop before Charlie can tag them. If they succeed in doing this, Charlie remains in the ring and the verse is repeated, etc. The tagged one takes his place and he enters the ring.
JACK BE NIMBLE
"Jack, be nimble,
Jack, be quick,
Jack jumped over the candlestick."