<P> "Skip to My Lou" is a simple game of stealing partners (or swapping partners as in square dancing). It begins with any number of couples skipping hand in hand around in a ring . A lone boy in the center of the moving circle of couples sings, "Lost my partner, what'll I do?" as the girls whirl past him . The young man in the center hesitates while he decides which girl to choose, singing, "I'll get another one just like you ." When he grasps the hand of his chosen one, the latter's partner moves to the center of the ring the game . It is an ice - breaker, providing an opportunity for the participants to get acquainted with one another and to get into a good mood . </P> <P> The "lou" in the title comes from the word "loo", a Scottish word for "love". </P> <Dl> <Dd> Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, </Dd> <Dd> Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, </Dd> <Dd> Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, </Dd> <Dd> Skip to my Lou, my darlin' . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, </Dd>

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