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Skip to My Lou : ウィキペディア英語版 | Skip to My Lou
"Skip to My Lou" is a popular children's song. ''Skip to My (The) Lou'' was a popular American partner-stealing dance from the 1840s. In early America, some Puritans regarded the fiddle as a tool of the devil (since it led to dancing, which was regarded as sinful). Faced with such a religious obstacle to socializing, young people developed the “play-party,” in which the objectionable features of dancing were removed or masked. The dancers sang and the audience clapped to create rhythm for their own music. The play-party became a popular pastime for teenagers and young married couples. As people moved westward square dancing and barn dancing became acceptable, at least to some. "Skip to My Lou" is a simple game of stealing partners (or swapping partners as in square dancing). It begins with any number of couples skipping hand in hand around in a ring. A lone boy in the center of the moving circle of couples sings, "Lost my partner, what'll I do?" as the girls whirl past him. The young man in the center hesitates while he decides which girl to choose, singing, “I'll get another one just like you.” When he grasps the hand of his chosen one, the latter's partner moves to the center of the ring the game. It's an ice-breaker, providing an opportunity for the participants to get acquainted with one another and to get into a good mood. The "lou" in the title comes from the word "loo", a Scottish word for "love".〔''The Folk Songs of North America'', by Alan Lomax, Doubleday.〕〔Recordings on File by: Carter Family, Lead Belly, Mike & Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger〕 ==Lyrics ==
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