HIPPITY HOP TO THE BARBER SHOP

 

HIPPITY HOP TO THE BARBER SHOP 

Arranged by Mae Rehberg Scheuerman 

Hippity hop to the barber shop
To buy a stick of candy, 

One for you and one for me,

And one for sis ter Annie.

Motions

Formation Double circle partners clasping hands and facing in line of direction  

Hippity hop to the barber shop 

To buy a stick of candy 

Hippy hop to the barber shop 

To buy a stick of candy 

Hippity hop- forward beginning with right foot and swinging clasped hands backward and forward with each step 

Repeat 

One for you 

Face partner. Claphands and stretch arms toward partner waist high with palms facing upward

and one for me 

Clap hands and place tips of fin gers on own chest 

and one for sister Annie 

Clasp right hands and hippity hop in circle around to left and on to the next partner to the right 

The changing of partners is too difficult for children at this stage of the course and should be given at some later date Instead the partners may circle in place without the change 

References:

RHYTHMIC ACTION PLAYS AND DANCES A BOOK OF ORIGINAL GAMES AND DANCES ARRANGED PRO GRESSIVELY TO MOTHER GOOSE AND OTHER ACTION SONGS WITH A TEACHING INTRODUCTORY FOR THE KINDERGARTEN PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND AND GYMNASIUM IRENE E PHILLIPS MOSES BL University of California GRADUATE OF THE NEW YORK NORMAL SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY SPRINGFIELD MASS 1915