Round, Round, Round My Baby
(actions in brackets)

Thanks very much to the anonymous visitor who sent me this song/game!

To play: Everyone stands in a circle and two people are chosen to go in the middle. When the game starts the girls link arms (elbows!) so they’re facing opposite directions. Then everyone else claps in a rhythm and sings this chant while the girls in the middle skip around.

Round, round, round my baby,

Round, round, round my baby,

Round, round, round my baby,

This is how you do it!

The girls in the middle choose another pair of girls by going up to them (the song should not stop!) and jumping in the direction the next verse gives:

Front, front, front, my baby, (each pair of girls - each girl from the middle and the girl from the circle she's chosen to replace her - jump facing each other)

Back, back, back, my baby, (pairs jump back to back)

Side, side, side, my baby, (pairs jump side by side)

This is how you do it!

The new girls go into the middle and the song repeats.