Left Right Shark Song

Swimming Ché Ché Curé

Go Bananas Badger
Countdown Mongolia
En Lille Shake Your Booty
El Pollo Här Kommer Vi

BOOK
Sugar Sugar Lu La La
The Rocket Blip Blip
Rainstorm Friend and Foe

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Boogaloo 1, 2, 3
Tirala/Pirri Pim The Car

THE LITTLE

ENERGIZERS
Pereketé This Is A...
Button Factory Harry
Get Loose, Get Funky Samurai Intergalactico
Yogi Bear Päron-topp
Purple Stew Skimmery Dinky Do
Oukra Oukra Hysj Ka Sa Ho
Pizzabagaren Thai Chicken
Singing In The Rain Milk Song
Boom Chick-A-Boom Familia Sapo
Pony Song Tallarin
Brown Squirel
Labadoo Song
Lion Hunt
Silly Willie
Love Train
Beaver
Tony Chestnut
Fred the Moose
Hokey Pokey
Sally
Muffin Man

Spring 2005
Left Right Go Bananas
Stand in a circle with your arms on each others shoulders. Move your Bananas of the world unite!
feet as you say the words. Go faster and faster and louder and louder. Go Bananas, go go bananas dance around a bit
Go Bananas, go go bananas
Left, left, right, right Peel it to the left left arm down and out
Together, apart and peel it to the right right arm down and out
And side, side, side Peel it down the front both arms out in front and down
and ugh take a bite pelvic thrust for every ugh
Ugh ugh take a bite
Ugh take a bite
Swimming
Ugh ugh take a bite
Swimming swimming arms like you are swimming
You can do this over and over
In my swimming pool fingers make a square shape of a pool
jumping forward on every ugh until
When days are hot wipe sweat from your forehead
the circle is really small.
When days are cold wrap arms around you and shiver
In my swimming pool fingers make a square shape of a pool
Breast stroke arms like breast stroke Countdown
Side stroke arms like side stroke
Fancy diving too do a fancy dive 12345678 Shake your left hand 8 times
Oh don’t you wish you never had anything else too do 12345678 Shake your right hand 8 times
shake your head ‘no’ 12345678 Shake your left leg 8 times
But! 12345678 Shake your right leg 8 times
1 2 3 4 x4 Shake your left/right arm/leg 4 times each
Sing over and over again with the first line silent and then then first and 1 2 x4 Shake your left/right arm/leg 2 times each
second line silent etc... until you are doing the whole song in actions and 1 x4 Shake your left/right arm/leg once each
scream BUT! Do your favorite cool karate pose at the end.
Tallarin
One person starts in the middle and the song is repeated until everyone is in
the middle.
Yo tengo un tallrin you do a full turn in the air
Un tallarin do another full turn to the opposite side More
Que se mueve por aqui brush something off your right hip
Que se mueve por alla brush something off your left hip Energizers
Todo pegajoso you clap your hands in the air three times
Con un poco de sal shake salt into pot three times coming soon
Tres gotas de aceite hold up the number 3 with your fingers
Y te lo comes tu point at someone in the outer circle to a book
Y sales a bailar bring the person to the middle
near you.
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Thai Chicken

Kai yang tok paoh act like a chicken Chicken ’s grilling

Kai yang tok paoh Chicken ’s grilling
Man ja took mai siab (arggg) hold a pole between your legs & bend over at ‘argg’ It ‘s going to be speared (arggg)
Man ja took mai siab (arggg) hold pole again but other hand forward It ‘s going to be speared (arggg)
Siab tood sai move pole back & forth between legs, left hand forward Speared from the left, speared from the right
Siab tood kua move pole back & forth between legs, right hand forward It’s really hot
Ron jing jing look like you are hot & sweaty It’s really hot
Ron jing jing It’s really hot
Ron jing jing
Familia Sapo

Milk Song L: Estaba la familia sapo march forward

Ev: Estaba la familia sapo march forward
Don’t give me no pop, no pop L: Estaba el papa sapo march back
Don’t give me no tea, no tea Ev: Estaba el papa sapo march back
Just give me some milk Asuku Suku Suku Suku Suku Suku
Moo moo moo One person puts their hands Asuku Suku Suku Suku Suku Saaa
together with thumbs down and the other ‘milks’ the thumbs
Just give me some milk The leader sings first and everyone else copies. It is repeated substituting
Moo moo moo Same as before but switch rolls “papa sapo” with a new family member each time:
Give me a long M - Mmmmmmmmmmm mama sapo walk like a mother frog
Give me a short M - M hermano sapo walk like a teenage boy frog
hermana sapo walk like a ‘blond bimbo’ frog
Stand in pairs when doing this song. Repeat the song with each letter bebe sapo walk like a baby frog
and at the end a long and short milk. abuelo sapo walk like a grandfather frog

En Lille

En lille, en lille, en lille and med vinge flap one arm like a wing
En lille, en lille, en lille and med vinger flap both arms like wings
En lille, en lille, en lille and med fot flap arms and one leg
En lille, en lille, en lille and med fötter flap both arms and legs
En lille, en lille, en lille and med rompe flap arms and legs and shake your tail
En lille, en lille, en lille and men mund make a beak with your hands

En micro…. same actions but tiny

En kaempe… same actions but really big

El Pollo

El pollo (pronounced poyo)

El pollo
El pollo con una pata jump on one foot
El pollo con las dos patas jump on both feet
El pollo con las alitas flap your “wings”
El pollo con la colina turn around and shake your “tail”
Y ahora le toca a ti select the next person
Sugar Sugar
Hej Clara, you’re a really cool cat
You got a lot of this and a lot of that point to two things
So don’t be afraid of the boogyman
Just stand up and sugar as fast as you can.
Sugar up sugar sugar sugar sugar point up
Sugar down sugar sugar sugar sugar point down
To the side sugar sugar sugar sugar point to the side and tickle the person next to you
Other side sugar sugar sugar sugar other side
Go on to the next person or do it delegation wise
Rainstorm
Stand in a circle and one person starts. First you rub your
The Rocket hands slowly and then the person next to you rubs thier hands
and then the next person and so on. When everyone is rubbing
Stand in a circle. Clap your hands from left to right going slowly you start rubbing fast and that gets passed around the
faster and faster. After a while you start stamping your feet circle. Then go on to snapping fingers followed by clapping
also faster and faster. When you can’t go any faster every- hands. When everyone is clapping and stamping their feet the
one runs to the middle and jumps up screaming. storm is at its worst and it starts calming down in the reverse
order until you are the last one rubbing your hands slowly.
Päron-topp
Jag säger GLASS GLASS GLASS lick icecream cone
Jag säger GOTT GOTT GOTT pat your stomach
Jag säger GLASS make cone again Hysj Ka Sa Ho
Jag säger GOTT pat stomach again
Jag säger PÄRON-TOPP form a pear with hands and then the ’tip’ L: Hysj ka sa ho?
by making an upsidedown V with hands B or G: Hysj ka sa ho?
L: Ho masa masa masa!
B or G: Ho masa masa masa!
L: Han Karl han skal svinge sverdet!
Swing an imaginary sword
B or G: Han Karl han skal svinge sverdet!
Swing an imaginary sword
Skimmery Dinky Do L: Han ska ikkje vaska opp.
B or G: Han ska ikkje vaska opp.
Skimmery dinky dinky dink wave with left hand while right hand on left elbow
Skimmery dinky do wave with right hand while left hand on right elbow Form two teams, girls vs. boys. The person leading
I love you point to eyes, heart and then a friend the game says the lines to one of the teams and
I love you in the morning arms form a low sun they repeat it. Then the other team gets a turn.
and in the afternoon the sun rises up high They take turns trying to do it louder than the
I love you in the evening the sun sets again other team.
and underneath the moon arms form the moon
Skimmery dinky dinky dink wave with left hand while right hand on left elbow
Skimmery dinky do wave with right hand while left hand on right elbow
I love you point to eyes, heart and then a friend
The Car Harry

Sit in a circle and one person starts. Sound like a car and steer towards X: Hi Harry
the next person who then sends it along the same way. To turn the Y: Yes Harry
other way make a braking sound and steer in the other direction. A X: Tell Harry
honking noise means you skip one person. If the person says snow Y: Hi Harry
chains then the next person has to say dunka dunka. Z: Yes Harry
etc...
This Is A...
If you say it wrong you get a spot painted on your forehead and the
The “blue” gets passed around the circle. You can vary this game by next time 2 spots etc. If you have a spot you are called Spot (or
saying different colours or items. You can also have an actual item that Spotspot...) instead of Harry.
goes around for example pens in the colours you are saying. To make it
extra hard you can say things that have nothing to do with the actual
items going around and have as many things as people so that everyone Samurai Intergalactico
has to to play part X and Y at the same time.
Ah (arm straight across chest, sends ti to the person next to you)
X: This is a blue So (arms like a C, sends it on to the next person)
Y: A what? Ko (arms straight out, sends it to the person you point to)
X: A blue No (hands crossed out front, blocks it sending it back to the person
Y: A what? who said Ko)
X: A blue
Y: Ok, a blue The sounds should be screamed loud. Ah So and Ko always follow each
Y: This is a blue other and the person pointed to at Ko can choose to say No or Ah.
Z: A what? When someone makes a mistake he/she goes to the middle and everyone
Y: A blue crowds in holding hands up high screaming Samurai Intergalactico and
etc... then it all starts over again.

Boogaloo Tirala / Pirri Pim

Leader: 1, 2, 3, 4 Tirala tirala

Group: 5, 6, 7, 8 pim pim pim
L: Let me see your boogaloo OR
G: What’s that you say? Pirri pirri pim
L: Let me see your boogaloo Pirri pim pim pim
G: What’s that you say?
Everyone: Boogaloo, boo boogaloo x2 The song is sung over and over again. X starts with an action for the
song. The next time Y does first action and X does a new action. The
This can be repeated with any action (let people make up new ones) third time Z does the first action, Y does the second action and X
Queen Elisabeth wave your hand royally makes up a new action. This goes on until someone make a mistake
Shoot the moon shoot up to the sky while taking a couple of steps in and out when you start over.
Frankenstein walk forwards and back with hands out in front of you
Poke a friend
Disco dance
Under water one finger on your lips to make it sound like under water
Superman fly towards the sky with your hand in the air Pereketé
Pink flamingo stand on one leg and flap your wings
Dracula bite your hand
Pereketé put left hand on the person to your left
Underwear look under your hand and wonder where
Pereketé put your hand on the person to your right
Funky chicken dance like a wierd chicken
Pereketéke téke téke dance on the spot

The leader of the song decides where on the person next to you you put
your hand.
Button Factory
Hi. My name is Joe.
I have a wife and a dog and a family.
I work in a button factory. Yogi Bear
One day my boss came to me and said
Hey Joe, are you busy? I know someone you don’t know
I said ‘no’ Yogi Yogi
He said ‘turn the wheel with your left hand’ I know someone you don’t know
Hi. My name is Joe... Yogi Yogi bear
Yogi has a little friend
The song is repeted with the left hand, right foot, left foot, bum and Boo Boo finger on lips to make underwater sound
head. As you sing the song pretend to turn the wheel with each hand, Yogi has a little friend
foot and your bum until your are spining all parts of your body at once. Boo Boo bear finger on lips to make underwater sound
Yogi has a girlfriend too
Cindy Cindy girly pose
Get Loose, Get Funky Yogi has a girlfriend too
Cindy Cindy bear girly pose
Get loose, get funky They all have an enemy
Get down to the beat roll arms forward Ranger Ranger shoot a gun
And starting with your feet stamp your feet They all have an enemy
Your feet stamp your feet Ranger Ranger Rick shoot a gun
Get loose, get funky They all live in Jellystone
Get down to the beat roll arms down and forward Jelly jelly your body is like jello
And starting with your knees shake your knees They all live in Jellystone
Your knees, your feet shake knees then stamp feet Jelly Jellystone your body is like jello
Keep going with hips, arms, head and tongue
Här Kommer Vi Blip Blip
This game is like rock, paper, scissors but done in a big group. Two Everyoen is in a circle. One person starts walking around in the middle
teams each start off by deciding what they are going to be. You can as everyone sings Blipblip over and over. The person freezes infront of
either give them a choice of characters: elephant (arms make the trunk someone and screams. That person screams back and is now the leader
and run with big clunpy steps), cats (meow and swat paws while run- walking around as everyone sings Blipblip. At some point the person
ning) or mice (squeek and hold paws by mouth). in the back (always the same one) screams to the person in front of
Elephants chase cats him/her. Then the person in front screams to whoever he/she is standing
Cats chase mice infront of. That person screams back and is now in the front. The
Mice chase elephants scream gets past all the way back. This goes on until everyone is in the
Each team lines up on opposite sides of the room/field facing each line. In summary, the person at the back always decides when to stop
other. They link arms and walk towards each other screaming Här and scream and the person closest to the front person is the new one in
kommer vi. When they meet each team makes their character. The the line.
overpowering character chases the other team who runs back to where
they started. Anyone who is caught switches over to the overpowering Friend and Foe
team. The two teams then start again by choosing a character. The game
is over when everyone is on the same side. Each person picks one enemy and one friend. When the game starts
You can make the game more challenging by letting the teams choose everyone has to run around and try to keep their friend between them
characters freely or to a theme. When they meet in the middle they first and their enemy. The game is over when you decide they have had
have to figure out which character should be chasing and which should enough.
be chased before they can run.
Lu La La 1, 2, 3
Lu la la lu la la One person starts and says 1. Then someone else says 2 and the next
Lu la lu la lej person 3 etc... There is no preset order, you just randomly join in when
La la lu la lu la you feel like it. When two people say the same number at the same time
Lu la lu la lej you have to start over at 1. Try to get as high as possible.
Ché Ché Curé Mongolia

Ché ché curé punching with alternating hands Are you ready citizens of the world?
Ché qui festa rotate fists and leg out Yeah!
Qui festa langa hands like you are juggeling
Langachi langa dance the salsa Everyone walks around in a circle with hands on the next persons
Domalélé eating with both hands shoulders. People randomly shout out names of countries one at a time.
A chrahahahakilélé finger on throught so voice wobbels When someone says Mongolia everyone has to fall down on the floor.
The you get up and start over. If someone says Mongolia backwards as
Repeat really quiet and then again really loud. everyone gets up then that means that you are going backwards. Every-
one walks backwards and say country names backwards.
Badger
Shake Your Booty
Badger x 12 bob up and down
Mushroom x 2 make a mushroom hat with your arms Hej Sweden
Badger x 12 bob up and down Sweden: What’s that you say?
Mushroom x 2 make a mushroom hat with your arms I said hey Sweden
Badger x 12 bob up and down Sweden: What’s that you say?
Mushroom x 2 make a mushroom hat with your arms I say jump shake your booty
Badger x 12 bob up and down Jump jump shake your booty
Mushroom x 2 make a mushroom hat with your arms Jump shake your booty
Snake make a snake with your arm Jump jump shake your booty

This song can be done over and over again forever. You can also take Take turns with different delegations or names. Each time you say jump
turns doing badger so that one person does the first set of 12 and the everyone jumps and turns a quarter turn.
next does the next set etc. with everyone doing mushroom and snake
together. For more info go to www.badgerbadgerbadger.com.

Purple Stew Pizzabagaren

I love purple stew Sing the song, the first time normally and after that changing all the
Swish x5 twist your hips vowels to a, then, e, i ,o and finally u.
I love purple stew
Bedobe dobe dobe roll hands down in front of you Fram med degen get out the dough
Purple potatoes and purple tomatoes and you Kavla pizza roll the dough
In a purple stew Upp i luften through it in the air
And we put Sweden in the pot Snurra pizza twirl it
And we stir and we stir stir the big pot På med såsen pour on the sauce
And what do they say? På med skinka toss on some ham
Sweden: Boy it’s hot På med osten toss on the cheese
And what do we say? In i ugnen put it in the oven
I love purple stew... Softa lite take a break
Ut ur ugnen get it out of the oven
The song is repeted again and again with each delegation until everyone Paketera box it up
has been in the pot. With a smaller group you put each person in the Ge till kunden give to the customer
pot. Ta emot pengar take the money
Å det ringer answer the phone
Capriciosa rub stomach ’it’s yummy’
Oukra Oukra
Komma pronto point to watch
Nästa pizza
Oukra oukra oukrakra oukrakra oukrakara x2
dance around like a bird
I like you for me, I like you for you x2
hand on your shoulders and then partners shoulders
Daamm daamm dam dam dam x2
tap your partners shoulders
 Boom Chick-A-Boom
Say boom chick-a-boom group repeats after leader
Say boom chick-a-boom group repeats after leader
Singing In The Rain Say boom chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-rock-a-chik-a-boom repeat
Oh yeah repeat
Ah ha repeat
I’m singing in the rain,
One more time repeat
Just singing in the rain, But a little bit louder...
What a glorious feeling,
I’m happy again. The song is repeated over and over each time in a new way (louder, softer,
A chichi cha x2 faster, underwater etc...)
A chichi chacha
Pony Song
Arms out!
Thumbs up! Here we go on our pony
Elbows back! Riding on our big fat pony
Knees together! Here we come on our pony
Toes together! This is what they told me
Bend over! Back to back to back my baby
Bum out! Side to side to side my baby
Chest up! Front to front to front my baby
Head back! This is what they told me
Tongue out!
One person prances around the inside of the circle and stops infront of
The song is sung over and over again, each time adding one body part. someone else. They dance back to back, side to side and then front to
Durring a chichi cha you dance around a bit. front before both continue around in the circle. Each time the number of
people in the circle doubles until everyone is in the circle.
Shark Song
So they turned around make up actions to fit the words
There was a boy wave Do do dododododo Do do... after every line
Do do dododododo Do do... after every line in the whole song To swim back cause I don’t feel like writing more
And a girl wave with other hand They started to crawl
They drove their cars drive Faster still
To the beach show the beach There was no use
It was hot dry sweat off face Cause there were sharks no Do do after this line and scream
Very hot again Ahhhhhh
They went to swim swim
They dove in fancy dive Mama shark.... chorus again
They swam out swim again
Farther out They grabed an arm
But there were sharks no Do do after this line and scream Do do ...
Ahhhhhhhhh And a leg
They grabbed a head
Mama shark shark mouth with hands and lower arms Another head
Do do dododododo And all was red
Papa shark shark mouth with long arms And all was dead
Do do dododododo There was no boy
Brother shark shark mouth with just hands And no girl
Do do dododododo But there were sharks no Do do after this line and scream
Baby shark shark mouth with just fingers Ahhhhh
Keep going with different sharks such as brother, grumpy, bicycle, Mama shark.... chorus again
bakwards, stupid, disco, elvis, surfing etc...
Sally

Here comes Sally

Walking down the alley
Muffin Man
Here comes Sally all night long
Here comes another one
X:
Just like the other one
Do you know the muffin man
Here comes another one all night long
The muffin man, the muffin man
Do you know the muffin man
And look around the corner point around the corner
Who lives on Carrier lane
And what do you see hand above eyes to see
A big fat man from Tennesse form a fat tummy
Y:
I bet five dollars five in your hand
Yes I know the muffin man
That you can’t do this
The muffin man, the muffin man
Yes I know the muffin man
To the front, jump forward
Who lives on Carrier lane
To the back, jump back
To the side, side, side jump to the side
X & Y:
To the front, jump forward
We all know the muffin man
To the back, jump back
The muffin man, the muffin man
To the side, side, side jump to the side
We all know the muffin man
Who lives on Carrier lane
Everyone is in a long line with hands on shoulders infront of you and
the first person is Sally. During the first verse Sally moves forward doing
Two people in the middle of the circle start singing, one is x and the
a fun action. In the second verse everyone else moves forward doing the
other Y. At the end of the song they become X and bring in two more
same action.
people who become Y. You always bounce to the music. In the third
verse you link arms and dance around together.

Brown Squirel Lion Hunt

Brown squirel paws forward and nod Going on a lion hunt

Brown squirel paws forward and nod Gonna catch a big one show size with hands
Shake your bushy tail shake tail I’m not scared shake head
Brown squirel paws forward and nod Got my bag point to backpack
Brown squirel paws forward and nod Got my watergun shoot watergun
Shake your bushy tail shake tail But what’s that up ahead? hand above eyes to see far
You put a peanut in your hand place one hand in other hand It’s a great big lollipop
And shove it up your nose scream lout and shove hand in face Can’t go under it use hands to show under
Brown squirel paws forward and nod Can’t go around it use hands to show around
Brown squirel paws forward and nod Can’t go through it use hands to show through
Shake your bushy tail shake tail Gotta go over it use hands to show over
Climb climb climb climb climb until you have made it over

The song is sung over and over running into

Labadoo Song different things such as juice lake, cotton candy
field etc changing order of over under... as
Dancing the labadoo needed.
Labadoo labadoo
Dancing the labadoo But what’s that up ahead?
Labalabadoo It’s a great big lion!!!
RUN
Have we danced labadoo holding hands?
If no Then you run back fast bumping into the same
Then lets do that do it holding hands, things in the reverse order until you are home
If yes you ask with another body part until you have done them all. safe.
Silly Willie Beaver
There was a little boy normal speaking voice Bever one, bever all
And his name was silly willie silly voice Let us do the beaver crawl
And he was so very nice normal voice Chechecheche x3 crawl
But he acts so silly silly voice Baeaver two, beaver three
Let’s all climbe the beaver tree
And the finger it would go x2 Chechecheche x3 climb
And the finger it would always gohoho Beaver four, beaver five
Let’s all do the beaver jive
Start over again but each time you add a body part one extra verse for Chechecheche x3 dance
each part. The parts are: finger, arm, foot, leg, bum, tongue. Beaver six, beaver seven
Let’s all go to beaver heaven
Chechecheche x3 way up high
Beaver eight, beaver nine
STOP it’s beaver time
Love Train
Chechecheche x3 dance crazy!
We are on the train of the love
Whooo pause and wave hand back Tony Chestnut
We are on the train of the peace
Whooo pause an make peace sign Tony Chestnut touch toes, knees, chest and head
We are on the train of our fantasy Knows I love him touch nose, point to me, draw heart
We are on the train of the love Tony knows touch toes, knees and nose
Whooo pause and wave hand back Tony knows touch toes, knees and nose
Tony Chestnus knows I love him as above
The group is in a long line (or circle) with their hands on the person That’s what Tony knows touch toes, knees and nose
infronts shoulders. During the song the train moves forward.
Fred the Moose Now theres a sticky moose x2
All covered in juice x2
There was a great big moose x2 songleader once and the group repeats it Now theres a sticky moose x2
Who liked to drink a lot of juice x2 All covered in juice x2
There was a great big moose x2
He liked to drink a lot of juice x2 Chorus...
Chous: He’s a moose talking voice
Singing oohohéoh x2 all covered in juice
awéawéawéawé all at once on the loooose
ehohehoh x2
awéawéawéawé all at once
The mooses name was fred x2 songleader and then group...
He liked to drink his juice in bed x2
The mooses name was fred x2
He liked to drink his juice in bed x2
Hokey Pokey
Chorus...
You put your left foot in
You put your left foot out
He drank his juice with care x2
You put your left foot in
But he spilled it in his hair x2
And you shake it all about
He drank his juice with care x2
You do the hokey pokey
But he spilled it in his hair x2
And you turn yourself around
And that’s what it’s all about
Chorus...
Continue with right foot, left hand, right hand, head and whole self.