Going to Kentucky

Song:  Going to Kentucky

Source:  Carriage House

Origin: unknown

Grade level: preK+ (for circle game 2+)

Rhythmic elements: rhymes, verses

Movement:  preK version - clapping for first verse, twisting for second, rolling hands down to floor and back up and then spinning until stop hands for third

circle game version: everyone holds hands in a circle with one person in the middle.  For first verse everyone walks around the person in the middle, for second verse person in the middle chooses a body part to shake, for third verse the people in the circle roll their hands down and then up and then the person in the middle closes their eyes and spins and then when the stop they point to the person in front of them and they are next in the middle.

Connection to curriculum:  Geography of where Kentucky is, traditions and how the differ in different areas

Words:

We're going to Kentucky

We're going to the fair

To see the senoritá 

with flowers in her hair

so shake it baby shake it

shake it if you can

shake it like a milkshake

and do the best you can

now rumble to the bottom

and rumble to the top

and turn around and turn around

until you have to stop!