Singing Games

A collection of traditional Folk Dances & songs,
mainly for children, compiled by Georg Bidstrup

Includes positions, lyrics, instructions & sheet music.

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About This Book

The singing games in this collection were previously published in a small booklet called "Singing Games, Old and New". All of these singing games are of Scandinavian source, principally Danish, and many were recorded by Georg Bidstrup, who as a child growing up in Denmark, started to play them at the age of six. He brought them with him when he came to the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1926 to take charge of the School farm.

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Contents Index
Deduct 100 from the page numbers show to get the original numbers as in the book.
Index - 0003
FOREWORD - 0004
INTRODUCTION - 0005
Explanation of Terms - 0006
Steps - 0007
Danish March - 0008
Lotte Walked - 0009
Seven Maids in a Ring - 0010
Thief, A - 0011
Do You Like Me? - 0012
Old Susanna - 0013
Gustafs Toast - 0014
Shoemaker - 0015
Fire Shines Bright, The - 0016
Page - 0017
Kulla - 0018
Today's the First of May - 0019
Family Game - 0020
Fiddler, The - 0021
Weaving - 0022
Page - 0023
Napoleon - 0024
Meadow is Mowed, The - 0025
When I Was a Youth - 0026
Roselil - 0027
Trallen - 0028
Page - 0029
Good-Day - 0030
Page - 0031
Paul and the Chickens - 0032
Page - 0033
Tantoli - 0034
Page - 0035
Cut the Oats - 0036
Seven Jump - 0037
Little Man in a Fix - 0038
Crested Hen - 0039
Ace of Diamonds - 0040
Hatter, The - 0041
Berlin Contra - 0042
Two Dance - 0043
Contra Dance I Slageke - 0044
Six Dance - 0045
Pofta Six Dance - 0046
Contra Dance II Vendsyssel - 0047
Contra Eight - 0048
Vesterbopolsk - 0049
Feder Mikkel I & II - 0050
Red Cap, The - 0051
Double Quadrille - 0052
Page - 0053
Jodetur - 0054
Swedish Masquerade - 0055
Three Dance - 0056