Stella Ella Ola

Stella Ella Ola is a clapping game.

The game

Standing or sitting in a circle, two or more participants place their right hands over their neighbour's left hands and sing the song. Every beat, a person claps their right hand onto the right hand of the person sitting on their left, who then claps their hand to their neighbour's hand, until the song reaches "Five!", at which point if the person's hand is slapped, they're out and must stand or sit in the center of the circle, unless they pull their hand away fast enough. (In this case, the person who was trying to slap their hand is out.) Counting to ten also works. When there are enough people in the center of the circle to start a new game, they do so, creating a nesting effect as the internal circles get smaller and smaller.

Since this is a very common game, many different rules exist for the game; depending on who you play with. Some variations have the "out" person leave the circle and as the numbers decrease, the circle shrinks, until only two people are left.

The song

Stella ella ola, clap clap clap,Singing s, jigga jigga jigga jigga clap,Singing s, jigga jigga, flow flow flow flow flow! One, two, three, four, five!Many variations of these lyrics exist, including:
Version from Orange County, NYQuack diddly oso, quack quack quack,Señorita, rita rita rita,Dolor, dolor, dolor dolor dolor, dolorOne, two, three, four!
"'Version from Pittsburgh, PAStella ella ola, clap clap clap clap,S chicka chicka, chicka chicka, slapjack.GO slow! Go slow! Go slow!One, two, three, four!"'Version from Toronto, ONStella ella ola, clap clap clap,Say yes, chicko chicko, chicko chicko chat chat,Yes, chicko chicko, below, below, the toilet over flowed,Say one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!"'Version from Edmonton, ABStella ella ola, clap clap clap,Singing S, chigo chigo, chigo chigo cracker-jacker,S chigo chigo, bologna bologna, with cheese and macaroni,Singing one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ten!"'Version from Lower East Side, ManhattanQuack didi oso, quack quack quack,Señorita, your mama smell like pizzakick it to your teacher, velo, velo, I'll kick you out the door, velo,Hit it! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!"'Version from New JerseyThe Dilly Dally Duck goes quack quack quack,From San Arrina, rinna rinna rinna,Four up, Four up,One two three four, quack!"'Version from Southeast WisconsinCrocodile moray, croc croc crocEy cinco cino, cinco cinco soc-socEy cinco cino, malo, malo, malo-malo-malo!One, two, three four!