"Down by the Banks" is a hand-clapping circle game… Show 
NotesThere are many versions of this song. Aili wrote: "In Southern California I learned this ending: 'He missed the lily and he went ker-plop'." ***** Bretta Gerhard wrote, "I was looking through your U.S. songs and I noticed some differences between the ones you have and the ones I know." Here's one of the versions Bretta sent... Down by the Banks of the Hanky-Panky Down by the banks of the hanky-panky, ***** Katie Nance wrote: "In a fit of nostalgia tonight this song came back to me. Here's how I learned it in 2004 in Southern California: (Two people link hands, then to the rhythm of the song pull their arms back and forth between them.) Down by the banks of the hanky panky (Now it's just chanting) Just thought I'd share! Might be interesting to have a more recent kids' version too :) " Game InstructionsThe clapping game is played in a circle, with the right hand over the top of the left hand of the person to the right of you. Your left hand is under the right of the person left of you. You start the song, and one person hits the right hand of the person on their left, and that person does the same to the next and so on until the song is over. The last person to have their hand hit is out, and the game goes on. When you have two people left, you hold right hands together (sitting face to face) and pull back and forth in a sawing motion until the end of the song. Whoever has their elbow pulled back at the end is out, and the other is the winner! Clapping goes as follows: Please let us know if you think this video has been taken down by YouTube. Thanks and AcknowledgementsMany thanks to Jacque for contributing this song and explaining the game! Thanks to Bretta Gerhard and Katie Nance for the alternate versions of this song. Many different versions abound and can be found online! Here’s a cute one I learned (and adapted a little to make a counting song) from my daughter’s Brownie Troop: * Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky (Counting Song or Circle Game) Traditional Words and Tune To view or print this song sheet, click here: down by the banks of the hanky panky If you need help with the tune, sing with Emily’s Scratch Guide: * Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky Participation Cards for SBWE Traditional Words and Tune Cards Coordinated by ELEG for SBWE To view or print these cards, click here: down by the banks participation cards for SBWE If you need help with the tune, sing with Emily’s Scratch Guide: For audience participation, ask for five or six volunteers (depending on if you want a child to represent zero, or if you’d rather have no kids standing to represent zero). Give each of the numbered cards to one of the volunteers. You can line up the children in number order, or they can stand in a random order (which would make it funnier when they sit down). You sing the version of the song with the numbers (going from 5 to zero). The child who has the number of the verse you are singing sits down on the word “KERPLOP.” The children will think this is funny. You keep singing until there are no kids left standing. ********************** DOWN BY THE
BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky ********************** This song is sung (and game played) by the Brownies of Troop 2740 by sitting in a circle and hands extended round in the circle. Each girl sits with right palm resting under the hand of the girl to her right and left hand resting on top of the hand to her left. When the song begins, one girl is designated to begin and on the first beat of the song she gently slaps the hand of the girl to her right with her left hand. Then, in turn, one at a time going around the circle (this would be counter-clockwise) when a girl’s left hand is gently slapped, she uses her left hand to gently slap the upturned palm of the girl to her right. The girl whose hand is slapped on the word “kerplop” is out and the game/song begins again and is played until the last girl/frog goes “kerplop.” ********************** To make this a counting song, replace “Where the” with 5 (or number for however many times you’re willing to sing the song), and in each subsequent verse, reduce the number by 1. When the group reaches zero, sing “No bullfrogs jump” and “Not one fell in and went kerplops.” It would go like this: DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (COUNTING SONG) Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky Etc… Last
verse: ********************** * * * * * ********************** I just got a request from a teacher to sing this at the school. So I finally created some cards for audience participation. * Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky Participation Cards for SBWE Traditional Words and Tune Cards Coordinated by ELEG for SBWE To view or print these cards, click here: down by the banks participation cards for SBWE If you need help with the tune, sing with Emily’s Scratch Guide: ********************** I’ve decided to fully embrace this little song and made a little guide vocal. My voice naturally wants to sing this in the key of A. I begin on the A below middle C. If you need help with the tune, sing with Emily’s Scratch Guide: ********************** ********************** * The info in this link makes a strong suggestion for the relationship between DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY and FROGGIE WENT A COURTIN. ********************** * * * * * * * How do you play down by the Bank with the hanky panky?Participants arrange themselves in a circle with one hand in palm up above the palm of one person on their side and the other hand palm up beneath the other person to their side's palm. The game's song is sang to a specific rhythm as participants clap their hand on the palm in their other hand.
How do you do down by the banks?The players sit cross-legged in a circle, with their hands resting on their knees, palms up, and with their right hands resting on top of the person on their right's left hand. Someone starts the rhyme by saying 'Down', and bringing their right hand across to hit the player on their left's hand.
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