A Rickabamboo

I know there are a lot of people out there who don’t know where my blog name came from. So I thought I would do a quick post on it.

The name comes from my favorite girls camp song, Rickabamboo.

The song is song in an echo, meaning the leader(s) sing a line and everyone else repeats it back. There are also movements that go with each line.

Verse 1

The Princess Pat (Turn sideways and put your arms out in an Egyptian pose)
Lived in a tree (Hands up in the air like your arms are tree branches)
She sailed across (Do a wavy motion across your chest like the waves on the ocean)
The seven seas (Hold up 7 fingers and then make a C shape with one hand)
She sailed across (Do a wavy motion across your chest like the waves on the ocean)
The channel too (Make a straight down motion with both hands and then hold up 2 fingers)
And brought with her (Throw a sack over your shoulder like Santa)
A rickabamboo (Hands in the air and make an hour glass shape or wavy motion with hands as you move downward)

{Chorus}

A rickabamboo (Hands in the air and make an hour glass shape or wavy motion with hands as you move downward)
Now what is that? (Place index finger on chin and the other hand at your elbow. Then switch back and forth)
It’s something made (Make fists and pound one on top of the other, switching back and forth)
By the Princess Pat    (Turn sideways and put your arms out in an Egyptian pose)
It’s red and gold   (Turn to the side, put your hand at your hip and motion like you are swinging the belt of a robe around)
And purple too (Turn to the other side and make the same motion)
That’s why it’s called   (Cup hands to your mouth like you’re calling out for someone far away)
A rickabamboo   (Hands in the air and make an hour glass shape or wavy motion with hands as you move downward)

Verse 2

Now Captain Jack (Put hand to your head like you are saluting, switch hands)
Had a mighty fine crew (Motion like you’re pulling the ropes for sails on a ship)
He sailed across (Do a wavy motion across your chest like the waves on the ocean)
The channel too (Make a straight down motion with both hands and then hold up 2 fingers)
His ship did sink (Hold nose with one hand, put the other hand in the air and make a wavy motion as you squat down)
And so will you (Point to the audience or fellow singers)
If you don’t bring (Throw a sack over your shoulder like Santa)
A rickabamboo (Hands in the air and make an hour glass shape or wavy motion with hands as you move downward)