| Description |
xxi, 233 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1972. |
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"Brown thrasher books." |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [223]-225. |
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Discography: pages [227]-228. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
( Baby games and plays) Go to sleepy, little baby -- This little piggy -- Jump that Jody -- Ride, Charley, ride -- Finger names -- Patty cake -- Tom, Tom, greedy-gut -- (Clapping plays) Green Sally up -- One-ry, two-ry -- One saw, two saw -- Head and shoulder, baby -- Hambone -- Juba -- (Jumps and skips) Skip to the barbershop -- Just from the kitchen -- Shoo, turkey -- Knock Jim Crow -- Josephine -- Elephant fair -- Pizza, pizza, mighty moe -- (Singing plays) Green, green, the crab apple tree -- Johnny cuckoo -- Oh green fields, Rosie -- Go in and out the window -- Draw me a bucket of water -- Nana, thread needle -- (Ring plays) Little Johnny Brown -- East coast line -- Sir Mister Brown -- Way down yonder, sometimes -- Soup, soup -- Punchinello -- Little Sally Walker -- Uncle Jessie -- Way down yonder in the brickyard -- Way go, Lily -- Steal up, young lady -- (Dances) Possum-la -- Ranky tank -- Coonshine -- Sandy Ree -- Zudie-O -- I'm going away to see Aunt Dinah -- Daniel -- |
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(House play and home amusements) William, William, Trembletoe -- Club fist -- Uncle Tom -- Moneyfoot -- Jack in the bush -- Bob a needle -- Whose bag is my gold ring? -- Pawns -- Wade in the Green Valley -- (Outdoor games) Miss Lucy -- Horse and the buggy -- Won't you let the birdie out? -- Engine rubbler number nine -- London Bridge -- All hid -- Rap Jack -- (Songs and stories) I had an old rooster -- Owl talk -- Pretty pear tree -- Riddles -- Have courage to say no -- Brother Rabbit and Mister Railroad's taters -- Old Bill the rolling pin -- Rabbit and the Possum (Ain't it hard to be a Farmer) -- Peep squirrel. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Folklore.
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African American children's games.
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Games with music -- Southern States.
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Folk songs -- Southern States.
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African Americans -- Music.
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| Added Author |
Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009.
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| ISBN |
0820309605 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780820309606 paperback alkaline paper |
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