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Rattlin Bog

Trad.

This song gets exponentially longer as it goes on so pick and choose what you'd like in your bog (and switch it up to keep people on their toes!). We'd also reccomend speeding it up as you go.

LYRICS

00:00 / 01:04

CHORUS

Oh, ho, the rattlin' bog,

The bog down in the valley-oh,

Oh, ho, the rattlin' bog,

The bog down in the valley-oh.


And in that bog there was a hole,

A rare hole, a rattlin' hole!

Hole in the bog, 

and the bog down in the valley-oh


CHORUS


And in that hole there was a tree,

A rare tree, a rattlin' tree,

Tree in the hole and the hole in the bog 

and the bog down in the valley-oh


CHORUS


And on that tree there was a branch,
A rare branch, a rattlin' branch,
Branch on the tree and the tree in the hole and the hole in the bog 

and the bog down in the valley-oh


CHORUS


And on that branch there was a limb,

A rare limb, a rattlin' limb,

Limb on the branch and the branch on the tree and the tree in the hole and the hole in the bog 

and the bog down in the valley-oh


CHORUS


And on that limb there was a nest,

A rare nest, a rattlin' nest,

Nest on the branch and the branch on the tree and the tree in the hole and the hole in the bog.....


(Continue the song until you have all the things in your bog)


End: CHORUS x 2



Here's a list of all the things you could have by the end or make up your own! 


Bog

Hole

Tree

Trunk

Limb

Branch

Twig

Leaf

Nest

Bird

Egg

Chick (or another Bird)

Wing

Feather

Hair

Worm

Louse

Tick

Leg

Foot

Shoe/Boot





Tags:

Memory/Challenge/Game, Nature, Irish/Ireland, Fast Tempo, Traditional

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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