Brown Girl in the Ring (game)
- Brown Girl in the Ring (game)
Brown Girl in the Ring is a children's ring game thought to have originated in Jamaica.
Boys and girls play ring games in many parts of the world, especially during their preteen years. In Alan Lomax, J.D. Elder and Bess Lomax Hawe's "There's a Brown Girl in the Ring", an anthology of Eastern Caribbean song games, 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.
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