Here we go Loop de Loop (aka: "Looby Loo", "Loopty Loo", "Loop de Loo", or just "Dancing Looby") is a

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and

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for children.

Origin

A version of the folk song appeared as early as 1849 in

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' ''Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales'', as "Dancing Looby". The song title eventually evolved into "Here we go...Looby Loo", "Loopty Loo", "Loop de Loo", and "Loop de Loop".

Lyrics and melody

The following are original lyrics from Dancing Looby: Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Now we dance looby, looby, light. Shake your right hand a little And turn you round about. Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Shake your right hand a little, Shake your left hand a little, And turn you round about. The song continues with the same lyrics adding "Shake your right foot a little", "Shake your left foot a little", and "Shake your head a little." Children start by dancing in a circle, then stop and shake the body part when the lyric is mentioned. They then turn slowly around and continue dancing in a circle. This is a modern children's version: \header global = sopranoVoice = \relative c' verse = \lyricmode \score

In popular culture

The chorus of

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's 1963 hit song "

Loop de Loop "Loop de Loop" is a song written by Teddy Vann and Joe Dong and performed by Johnny Thunder featuring The Bobbettes. It reached No. 4 on the U.S. pop chart and No. 6 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1963. It was featured on his 1963 album ''Loop De ...

" featuring

The Bobbettes The Bobbettes were an American R&B girl group who had a 1957 top 10 hit song called " Mr. Lee". The group initially existed from 1955 to 1974 and included Jannie Pought (1945–1980), Emma Pought (born 1942), Reather Dixon (1944–2014), Laur ...

is taken almost in whole from this song. The name was used for a ragdoll character in

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who was regularly introduced with the song.

References

English nursery rhymes English folk songs English children's songs Traditional children's songs 1849 songs Songs with unknown songwriters {{folk-song-stub