Talk:Skip to My Lou

History
Skip to My (The) Lou was a popular partner stealing dance from America's frontier period. Since instruments were frowned upon, particularly the fiddle, the dancers had to create their own music by clapping and singing.

Why were instruments, particularly the fiddle, frowned upon? Shanoman (talk) 23:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The article (now) states: "In early America, some Puritans regarded the fiddle as a tool of the devil (since it led to dancing, which was regarded as sinful)."  Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 02:04, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Category:Children's Songs
Why is this considered a child's song? It's not a nursery rhyme, isn't it more like a folk song? Safay (talk) 07:51, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Other version
What about the other version? I never ever heard this version before. We used to sing it as a spelling or pronounciation song "King Kicked the Kettle, K K K King Kicked the Kettle, K K K King Kicked the Kettle, K K K Skip to my lou my darling" We'd repeat with each letter of the alphabet. I can't remember them all... K was my favourite ^_^ google just found me these sites: http://koppiemama.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/ants-on-the-apple/ http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Songs/alpha/a.html 203.213.109.200 (talk) 04:29, 14 May 2011 (UTC)


 * That's strictly a modern, commercial and copyrighted addition--dating from 1998 (Margaret Walton)--and lies outside the scope of folk tradition. JohndanR (talk) 03:50, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Additional citations
Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 08:29, 10 March 2012 (UTC)