Skinnamarink a dink a dink ~ Fun activity song

💖👶🌛[Lyrics below] In this song clip I'm singing "Skinnamarink", also called "Skidamarink"or "Skillimandinky", originally a song titled "Skid-dy-mer-rink-adink-aboomp" from the 1910 musical "The Echo", with words by Felix F. Feist (1883 - 1936) and music by Al Piantadosi (1882-1955) [tile.loc.gov/s...]. The refrain from the original song has since been popularised and is now having a life of its own as a movement/action song for kids. There are several melodic variations.
Here the popular verse is sung multiple times, like "pearls on a string":
Skinnamarink a dink a dink,
skinnamarink a doo.
I love you!
Skinnamarink a dink a dink,
skinnamarink a doo.
I love you!
I love you in the morning,
and in the afternoon.
I love you in the evening,
beneath the silv'ry moon.
Oh, skinnamarink a dink a dink,
skinnamarink a doo.
I love you!
Activity:
Put one hand under the opposite elbow and wave during the first 2 lines (left - right).
Sign I love you: point to yourself, cross your fists over your heart, point to someone
Repeat with the opposite hand.
For "morning" - rock the imaginary baby with hands interlocked.
For "afternoon" - continue to rock, but move arms in front of your body
For "evening" - move arms overhead, then sweep them around in front of you to come back to over your head on "moon".
Original lyrics 1910:
Down on a Boola Boola Isle,
Where the mermaids chant,
Reigns big chief Crocodile
Beneath an oyster plant.
He loved a sea-nymph selfishly,
Queen of the Gay White Wave.
Each night in his shell he'd go to sea
And in tuneful scales he'd rave:
Refrain:
Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo,
Means I love you.
Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo,
Means I'll be true
Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo,
All the time he sang/sings this rhyme
Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo,
Means I love you.
But when the midnight moon was pale,
King Fish Kokomo
Came floating over with his tale
To say he loved her so;
But she was true to Crocodile,
Said "Koko-Nut, go 'way;
I know, in a very little while
You will hear my lover say:"
Ref.
Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp ...
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Kanalen har klipp fra «Ta min hånd" av Siri Randem: notebutikken.n... og "Rundsanger og kanon", red. Siri Randem: notebutikken.n...
De korte sangklippene med stemme er øyeblikksbilder. Man får ta dem som de er. Som Mads Berg sa i «Skolens sangbok»: «Hver fugl synge med sitt nebb!»
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