Down Down Baby

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"Down Down Baby" (also known as "Roller Coaster"[1][2]) is a clapping game played by children in English-speaking countries. In the game, two or more children stand in a circle, and clap hands in tune to a rhyming song. As with most hand-clapping games, there are many variations. Modified versions of the song have appeared in Little Anthony and the Imperials's "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop",[3][4] Nelly's "Country Grammar",[5][6] Simian Mobile Disco's "Hotdog", The Damned's "New Rose", The Drums' "Let's Go Surfing", Cayucas' "Jessica WJ", Usher's "OMG", Carter USM's "Watching the Big Apple Turnover", Bella Thorne and Zendaya's "Contagious Love", the film Big, EXO's "Ko Ko Bop",[7] and Kyle's "YES!"[8]

Lyrics[]

There are many variations of this clapping game from around the world.[9] The actual lyrics that any given group of children use may vary.

Basic[]

The lyrics cited here are the essential lyrics of the rhyme, and are the lyrics that were featured in a 1980s segment of the US version of Sesame Street.[10]

Down, down, baby
Down by the roller coaster (accompanied by the hand making a horizontal wave motion)
Sweet, sweet, baby (accompanied by both arms crossing the chest)
I’ll never let you go
Shimmy, Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Pow
Shimmy, Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
Shimmy Shimmy Pow

Variations[]

Down, down, baby
Down by the roller coaster (accompanied by the hand making a horizontal wave motion)
Sweet, sweet, baby (accompanied by both arms crossing the chest)
I’ll never let you go
Shimmy, Shimmy Coco Powder
Shimmy Shimmy Powder
Shimmy, Shimmy Coco Powder
Shimmy Shimmy Powder

References[]

  1. ^ "Roller Coaster". Fun Clapping. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "15 Awesome Hand Clapping Games with Video". Icebreaker Ideas. March 10, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Little Anthony And The Imperials "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop". "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop lyrics". Oldie Lyrics. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  4. ^ Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop video. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2019 – via youtube.
  5. ^ "Country Grammar lyrics". Lyrics007.com. June 3, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  6. ^ Country Grammar video. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via youtube.
  7. ^ EXO Ko Ko Bop video. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via youtube.
  8. ^ "KYLE - YES! feat. Rich The Kid & K CAMP [Lyric Video] - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  9. ^ Down Down Baby. Playtimes. The British Library. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2017 – via youtube.
  10. ^ Sesame Street clip. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

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