[see different versions of some of these songs here]

All Around the Kitchen
Bluebird
Boysie
Che Che Kule, Kye Kye Kule
Down in the Valley 2 By 2
Everybody Ought to Know
Follow Me
Freedom
Gold Ring
Hanukkah is here
Hawaiian Rainbows
Head-Shoulders Baby
Hello, Ev’rybody
Hey, Lidee
I Love the Mountains
La Pinata
Lovely Evening

All Around the Kitchen

All around the kitchen,
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
All around the kitchen,
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Now stop right still
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Put your hand on your hip,
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Let your right foot slip
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Then do it like this
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
All around the kitchen,
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
All around the kitchen,
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo

Bluebird

(American Singing Game)
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window,
To find another bird (name other birds)

Boysie

(Trinidad Lullaby)
Rock, a rock, a rock, Boysie,
Boysie can’t sleep; (repeat)
Look uptown, look downtown,
Find Boysie there; Look uphill,
Look downhill, find Boysie there.

Che Che Kule, Kye Kye Kule

(Singing game from Ghana)
Chay chay koo-lay (head)
Chay chay koe-fee-sah (shoulders)
Koe-fee sah-lahn-ga (waist)
Kay-kay shee lahn-ga (knees)
Koom a dye-day (ankles) Hey!

Down in the Valley 2 by 2

Down in the valley two by two
Two by two, two by two
I said down in the valley two by two
Rise children rise!

Everybody Ought to Know

Everybody ought to know (repeat)
Everybody ought to know (repeat)
Everybody ought to know (repeat)
What freedom is!
*What justice is
*What happiness is
*What tolerance is
*What kindness is

Follow Me

Come along, Sing a song,
Follow me; It is easy, you can see.
Every day, In this way,
Just repeat, ‘Til the tune’s complete.

Freedom

Freedom, freedom
Freedom’s comin’ an’ it won’t be long
Freedom, freedom
Freedom’s comin’ an’ it won’t be long

Gold Ring

(Players in circle, with hider in center and guesser outside the circle. Hider pretends to pass ring and does so at some point. If the guesser is correct, they become the hider. Child holding the ring becomes the new guesser.)
Biddy, biddy, hold on, lost my gold ring,
One go to Kingston, come back again.
Biddy, biddy, hold on, lost my gold ring,
One go to Kingston, come back again.

Hanukkah is here

Light the candles, light the candles,
Light the candles, Hanukkah is here
Spin the dreidl, spin the dreidl,
Spin the deidl, Hanukkah is here.
Dance the hora, dance the hora,
Dance the hora, Hanukkah is here.

Hawaiian Rainbows

Hawaiian rainbows, White clouds roll by
You show your colors Against the sky.
Hawaiian rainbows, It seems to me,
Reach from the mountain
Down to the sea.

Head-Shoulders Baby

(African-American game song)
Head-Shoulders Baby, one, two, three;
Head-Shoulders Baby, one, two, three;
Head-Shoulders, Head-Shoulders,
Head-Shoulders Baby, one, two, three;
*Shoulders-Waist…
*Waist-Knees…
*Knees-Ankles…
*Ankles-Knees…
*Knees-Waist…
*Waist-Shoulders
*Shoulders-Head

Hello, Ev’rybody

Hello, ev’rybody, yes, indeed!
Yes indeed! Yes, indeed!
Let’s make music, yes indeed!
Yes, indeed, my darlin’.

Hey, Lidee

Hey, Lidee, Lidee, Lidee,
Hey, Lidee, Lideelo, (repeat)

I Love the Mountains

I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills,
I love the flowers, I love the daffodils;
I love the fireside When all the lights are low.
Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da,
Boom dee-ah-da, Boom-dee-ah-da.

La Pinata

See the bright piñata hanging high above you,
Swing until you find it, swing and break it open.
Break the bright piñata, send the candy flying,
Break the bright piñata, send the candy flying.

Lovely Evening

Oh, how lovely is the evening,
Is the evening, When the bells are sweetly ringing, sweetly ringing;

Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong!