'Little boy' can be substituted with 'A big deer', of course." "My mother used to sing this one in English like this (which follows the meter of the song): Sometimes we would also go faster and faster with each repetition. We would keep doing this until we were humming the entire song along with the hand motions. Then we would start again, hum the words for the first and second line while doing the motions and then sing the rest of the song. "We would repeat the song again but we would hum the words for the first line and just do the motions, then sing the rest of the song. I found it and proceeded to get lost in old songs. The reason I came to this website was to look up all the words to Buckeye Jim. Now I feel like the only one out here who knows all those words. At the time I didn't know I was learning so many old folk songs. Evidently I was blessed with a fantastic music program in my grade school. :-) I still sing a lot of those old songs I learned. at 55 years old, I've often wondered when I would get to use that knowledge I gained in the first grade. until no words are sung and entire song is done in hand motions. leave off first and second line, doing motions. leave off the first line and do the motions and sing the 2nd line on. Rubbing hands together as in warming your hands. and a motion with index finger as come here or come in.Ĩ. In beat to music, hands still over chest, singing as if out of breath and somewhat heaving with chest forward.Ħ. Arms crossed over chest, hands clinched in fists.ĥ. or looking out and turning and nodding head from one side to other in beat with music.ģ.
With both hands draw outline of a cabin with forefingers starting with peaked roof and straight down and then fingers in together. I'm not sure that's exactly how I learned it. "For some crazy reason, while searching for song lyrics to some old Burl Ives songs I used to know. I think it's great how many people wrote in about this song, so I'd like to post the letters I have from people. Safely we'll abide.* rabbit fingers against chest other hand petting them. Little rabbit come inside *hand gesture beckoning rabbit in.* 'Fore the hunter shoots me dead* gun hand/hands up pointing around the room* Help me, help me, sir he cried (the way I learned it)* hands flying up and down with help me* Knocking at my door * knock on air door* Saw a rabbit hopping by *two fingers up (rabbit ears) hopping by* \ draw straight down making the sides of the cabin | |* Little cabin in the woods * draw a cabin fingers together in front of face, draw down and outwards making the top of the cabin. The gestures for Little Cabin in the woods are: Krista Cobb sent gestures for this rhyme.
At the time the class learned hand movements with each line." I have never heard it anywhere since that time. Bonnie Tiffer wrote me, "I learned this song in third grade with Miss Agnew at Notre Dame Elementary in San Francisco.
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