| The Dance of the Alpine Flowers | |
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Email Me This is a skipping game for six people. Two "enders" turn the rope. Four girls are skippers. The enders pretend they are American tourists-hiking to Garibaldi Lake-in British Columbia. The four girls pretend they are alpine flowers-swaying in the wind-displaying to the two tourists "the joy of being alive." The song is a parody to the song "The Austrian" Two Americans came rambling On the Garibaldi Way And came upon a lupin Merrily did it sway. The girl who is the "lupin" runs into the turning rope(through the back door or the front door)when the name "lupin is called" She continues to skip-during the chorus-which goes like this: Oh, lay, lah Yo lah-kee-kee Yo lah-kee-koo-koo-koo Yo lah-kee-kee-ah Yo lah-kee-koo-koo-k00 Yo lah-kee-kee ah Yo lah-kee-koo-koo-koo Yo lah kee kee ah yo Then the "lupin" exits the rope. The girls might then sing: Two Americans went rambling On the Garibaldi Way And came upon a glacier lily Merrily did it sway. And same for the purple aster, and the Indian paintbrush.(if there are more than four skippers, more flowers would be added.) After all the girls have had a turn to skip, the enders stop turning, The four girls sing these words-to the enders: The growing season's very short Autumn is on its way In October,frost will sprinkle us And the skies will be gray In November, snow will bury us We will dream our cares away But next summer, we'll be in bloom again Hope you'll come back some day. Then all six people sing the chorus. However, there is a pause-at the end-of the next-to-last line-where the four skippers (and only them) sing to the two enders - this line (emphatically): Hope you'll come back some day. |
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