The Singing Game

by Peter Opie, Iona Opie, the late Peter Opie

Book Overview

This volume, based on thirty years of collecting and research by two pioneers in the field of children's lore and language, presents hundreds of singing and clapping games popular with children since the Middle Ages, including such favorites as "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Lazy Mary Will You Get Up?," "Skip to My Lou," "The Muffin Man," and "Ring a Ring o' Roses."
Serving as an exposition of both the workings of folklore and the perennial ways of young...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192840193
• ISBN13: 9780192840196
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"