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Choreographed Games Mulberry Bush

( Choreographed, Dancing, Physical Contest, Singing and Song )

Here we go round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush
So early in the morning

This is the way we wash our clothes
We wash our clothes we wash our clothes
This is the way we wash our clothes
So early Monday morning.

This is the way we iron our clothes
We iron our clothes we iron our clothes
This is the way we iron our clothes
So early Tuesday morning.

This is the way we scrub the floor
We scrub the floor we scrub the floor
This the way we scrub the floor
So early Wednesday morning.

This is the way we mend our clothes
We mend our clothes we mend our clothes
This the way we mend our clothes
So early Thursday morning.

This is the way we sweep the house
We sweep the house we sweep the house
This is the way we sweep the house
So early Friday morning.

Thus we play when our work is done
Our work is done our work is done
Thus we play when our work is done
So early Saturday morning.

The players stand in a circle clasping hands and circle around singing the first verse. In the second and alternate verses the action indicated by the lines is given in pantomime. In all verses the players spin around rapidly each in her own place on the repetition of the refrain “So early in the morning.”

This is one of the oldest traditional games and probably one of the most widely known. It is considered to have originated as a marriage dance around a sacred tree or bush our mistletoe custom having come from the same source.