Pluto hat geschrieben: ↑Di 20. Aug 2019, 10:45
Was hat dich überrascht?
Es hat mich überrascht, dass "Brown girl in the ring" ein altes Kinderlied und Kinderspiel ist.
Was Wiki weiß:
Boys and girls play ring games in many parts of the world, especially during their pre-teen years. In There's a Brown Girl in the Ring, an anthology of Eastern Caribbean song games by Alan Lomax, J.D. Elder and Bess Lomax Hawes, it is suggested that ring games are a children's precursor to adult courtship.
Players form a ring by holding hands, then one girl or boy goes into the middle of the ring and starts skipping or walking around to the song. The girl or boy is then asked, "Show me your motion". At this point the child in the center does his or her favorite dance. If asked "Show me your partner", he or she picks a friend to join him or her in the circle. It has been played for many centuries in all of Jamaica
Mehr dazu:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Gir ... ing_(song)
Btw: Dieses "Show me your motion" habe ich immer falsch verstanden als "Show me emotion!"
Dieses Missverständnis wiederum ist ein echter "Mondegreen" - was auch ein nettes Thema ist.