The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

CHILDREN'S SONG, BODILY GAME

FATHER ABRAHAM HAD SEVEN SONS,
SIR SEVEN SONS, HAD FATHER ABRAHAM
AND NONE OF THEM CRIED.
ALL THEY EVER DID WAS THIS } }
EACH TIME YOU SING THIS VERSE ADD ANOTHER MOVEMENT (SHAKE RIGHT HAND,
SHAKE LEFT FOOT....)

Submitter comment: THIS IS AN AMUSING GAME TO BE PLAYED WITH SMALL CHILDREN, IT HAS
BEEN IN THEIR FAMILY FOR FOUR GENERATIONS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE