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Little Jack Horner sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I!" Nice Plum!
Nice Plum! Nice Plum! Nice Plum!
DESCRIPTION
Formation;—Single circle formation facing line of direction with hands on hips.
| 1st Line;— | Little | Jack Horner | sat in a | corner, |
| Interpretation;— | Step forward, right. | Step forward, left. | Step forward, right, turn to the left, closing left foot to rightfoot. | Bend knees deeply. |
| 2nd Line;— | Eating a Christmas pie; | |||
| Inter.;— | Upon the word, "eating," children encircleimaginary plate with the left arm and imitate eating with the righthand. | |||
| 3rd Line;— | He put in his thumb, And pulled out aplum, | |||
| Inter.;— | Upon the word, "put," children imitate the actionof putting thumb in pie and pulling out a plum, making the actionvigorous upon the word, "pulled," stretching the arm overhead. Look atplum. | |||
| 4th Line;— | And said, "What a good boy am I!" | |||
| Inter.;— | Proudly pats the chest with the left hand. | |||
| Conclusion;— | Nice Plum! | Nice Plum! | Nice Plum! | Nice Plum! |
| Inter.;— | Lowers plum to mouth, imitating eating, tapping thechest the while. | |||