Social games and group dances; a collection of games and dances suitable for community and social use . nd the room, girlson the right of the boys. One child, the miller,stands in the center of the circle. Circle moves clock-wise around the room. Jolly is the miller who lives by the mill,The wheel goes round with a right good will;One hand in the hopper and the other in the sackThe right steps forward and the left steps back. GameChildren join inside hands with partners and walkquickly and joyously around the circle, swinging thearms, back and forth, and singing the words of thesong. As the wo
Social games and group dances; a collection of games and dances suitable for community and social use . nd the room, girlson the right of the boys. One child, the miller,stands in the center of the circle. Circle moves clock-wise around the room. Jolly is the miller who lives by the mill,The wheel goes round with a right good will;One hand in the hopper and the other in the sackThe right steps forward and the left steps back. GameChildren join inside hands with partners and walkquickly and joyously around the circle, swinging thearms, back and forth, and singing the words of thesong. As the words in the last line are sung, theouter circle steps backward, the inner circle for-ward, and each child takes a new partner. As thechange is made the child in the center tries to get apartner. The game is now repeated with the oddchild in the center. If the miller is not success-ful the first time, he remains in the center until hesecures a partner. 220 SINGING GAMES AND DANCES DID YOU EVER SEE A LASSIE?1=66 mf^-tx-rt^nn-^ii^Ti ^ DidyoQ 67- er Bee a las-sie, a las-sie, a las-sieTDidyoa 4MMJ es 1 1. I ^ :l=:t :3=5t thi$ way and iJiat way. And this way and tJuU way; Did yon P^TTTlj J ^IrT i J i i:^ ^ ^^ P ^* * er - er see a laa - sie do 7%ia way and thaif ^]f: iif fi7t^ DID YOU EVER SEE A LASSIE? 221 This is a favorite game for very little the beginning the play director may give sugges-tions as to the movements to be illustrated by thecenter child, but the children should be encouragedtoi devise their own movements. Formation: Children form a single circle withhands joined, one child standing in the center. The children in the circle move around clockwisesinging the first two lines of the verse. On thewords Do this way and that the child in thecenter illustrates some movement which the othersare to imitate. As the last two lines of the verseare sung the children in the outer circle stand stilland imitate the movements of the leader, who con-tinues with them. Did
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