Hey, Laddy!

(a variant of "Hey Lolly!")

Words & Music:

Traditional

This is a call and reponse song with one person making up the rhyme and everyone else joining in on "hey, laddy, laddy-o!"  continue for as long as you can make up rhymes for the names of people in the room!  Clearly, this is a version of "Hey, Lolly!", but it is the one I learned as a kid and a good example of how songs mutate as they are passed along!

 

CHORUS:

C

Hey, laddy, laddy, laddy!

C                 G7

Hey, laddy, laddy-o!

G7

Hey, laddy, laddy, laddy!

G7                C

Hey, laddy, laddy-o!

 

I knew a girl, her name was Heidi!  [Hey, laddy, laddy-o!]

She wasn't neat, but she sure was tidy. [Hey, laddy, laddy-o!]

 

CHORUS:

 

I knew a boy, his name was John.    [Hey, laddy, laddy-o!]

He goes around with one shoe on.    [Hey, laddy, laddy-o!]

 

CHORUS:

 

Etc. etc.  Be creative with everyone in the room!

 

 




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