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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;—LittleJack Hornersat in acorner,
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.