In a pinch, I adapted the song to be "Jump, Jump, High and Low". Not
sure if that passes muster by today's standards or not.
Sue, I'd love to have your Popcorn Dance!

--Diane

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Diane Silver
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diane@diane-silver.com

On 2/16/2024 10:35 AM, Sue C. Hulsether via Contra Callers wrote:
> Peter Amidon and the New England Dancing Master have written and  published a similar singing game— different melody and words (original) called, I believe, “Jump in the Valley.”   I feel like “Jump Jim Joe” is mostly NOT done these days due to it being a direct adaptation of “Jump Jim Crow”.
>
> I myself wrote an original singing/ jumping dance called “The Popcorn Dance.”   Written roughly to the tune of  Soldiers Joy.  It is yet unpublished but I am happy to share it with individuals directly.
>
> Sue Hulsether
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>> On Feb 15, 2024, at 1:15 PM, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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>> 
>> I understand that the childrens' singing game/dance I knew as Jump Jim Joe isn't used as such anymore due to its racist origins.
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>> I'm wondering whether another text and dance has been set to that tune. It was such a short and easy song, very accessible to early primary grades.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jerome
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