mole in the ground
mole in the ground:
traditional song
i heard this performed recently at camp interlocken by a couple named smitty and sarah with the help of tony saletan. it took the form of a game where someone in the audience(actually it was really just a circle of kids and grownups) would sing out an animal and a place (for example "i wish i was a snake in a barn") which would be sung by the group. when it came to the last line someone would have a go at the final rhyme ( in the case of snake in the barn, tony saletan came up with " if i was a snake in a barn, i’d be domestic or i’d be farn (foreign))...if you were to sing it like that you could go on for hours!
song sample:
lyrics:
east side west side all around the town
the tots play ring around rosie london bridge is falling down
boys and girls together me and mamie o'rourke
tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of new york
down in front of casey's old gray wooden stoop
boys and girls together oh we formed a merry group
on those summer evenings we would sing and waltz
while jackie played the organ on the sidewalks of new york
musicians:
cece jemmott plays drums and percussion... malcolm gold on bass... bob fitzsimons plays wurlitzer electric piano... dz plays silvertone guitar and sings...
mole_in_the_ground.pdf
