Hunt the Slipper
Song Analysis
Grade Level
PK - 1
Tonal Center
so
Scale
Tritonic
Range
P4
Tone Set
rm S
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
re Tuning
Melodic Context
s-r
Rhythmic Element(s)
ta ti-ti Preparation
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
Eb
Partwork
Form Analysis
AAAvB
Form Type
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti

Source
Beckwith, Martha W. Folk Games of Jamaica. Poughkeepsie, New York: Vassar College/Folklore Publications, 1922. pg 30.

Informant/Performer


State


Region
Caribbean

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Singing Game


Game Types
Circle


Sub-Game Types
Circle/Seated


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Occupations


Sub Subject
Cobbler

Alternate Titles
Cobbler, Cobbler

General Comments
Original contains dialect, and ends with "two." The editors have changed it to "four" to preserve the rhyme scheme.