Chicken crowin' on Sourwood Mountain,
Hey de-ing dang diddle alley day.
So many pretty girls I can't count 'em,
Hey de-ing dang diddle alley day.
My true love she lives in Letcher,
Hey de-ing dang diddle alley day.
She won't come and I won't fetch her,
Hey de-ing dang diddle alley day.
Activity for 'Sourwood Mountain'
Try a folk dance with your students/neighborhood kids in a double circle formation.
1) Side gallop to the right for 4 beats
2) Stomp (quarter note), Stomp (quarter note), Patch (four sixteenth notes followed by a quarter note on "diddle alley day")
3) Side gallop to the left for 4 beats
4) Stomp (quarter note), Stomp (quarter note), Patch (four sixteenth notes followed by a quarter note on "diddle alley day")
5) Swing partner (hook right arm) for four counts
6) Stomp (quarter note), Stomp (quarter note), Patch (four sixteenth notes followed by a quarter note on "diddle alley day")
7) Swing partner (hook left arm) for four counts
8) Stomp (quarter note), Stomp (quarter note), Patch (four sixteenth notes followed by a quarter note on "diddle alley day")