<Ul> <Li> The melody to the song shares that of a popular nursery rhyme, Cows In the Kitchen . </Li> <Li> The song was frequently performed and recorded by Lead Belly, whose version was covered by Pete Seeger . </Li> <Li> The Wiggles sang the song on their 2007 video and album, Pop Go the Wiggles! </Li> <Li> It was recorded by Judy Garland (1944) and Nat King Cole . </Li> <Li> Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney included the song in their album How the West Was Won (1959) </Li> <Li> In 1963, the song was covered by The Fabulous Echoes on their LP album Those Fabulous Echoes with the Hong Kong - based Diamond Records . </Li> <Li> An unconventional arrangement of this song, set to the tune of "Kingdom Coming" is featured in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis . </Li> <Li> Ken Curtis's character in The Searchers, Charlie McCorry, plays the song as he attempts to court Laurie Jorgensen, played by Vera Miles . </Li> <Li> "Skip to my Lou" is the nickname of NBA star Rafer Alston . </Li> <Li> The song also appeared in The Shining, a Stephen King novel . </Li> <Li> The song was also sung in an episode of each of the TV series: Dexter, The Virginian, Daniel Boone and "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman" (episode' Before the Dawn'). </Li> <Li> An arrangement of the song was used as the opening and closing theme of the early 1950s TV soap opera Hawkins Falls . </Li> <Li> In Kidsongs' "A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm", the song was sung in a rock' n' roll style when the jump - ropers are dancing . This song was also heard as an instrumental underscore at the beginning of "Play Along Songs" released in 1993 . </Li> <Li> The song is sung on Barney & Friends, which also uses the tune for the song "Buckle Up My Seatbelt". </Li> <Li> Peter Sam sings his own song from this in a Thomas and Friends episode: "Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady". </Li> <Li> Hap Palmer's song Amanda Schulp mentions this song . </Li> <Li> Another movie in which the song appears is Motherhood (film) </Li> <Li> The song is sung in Pee - Wee's Big Adventure . By Jack a singing Hobo </Li> <Li> The song is the basis for the square dance in the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Hillbilly Hare" (1950). </Li> <Li> In the Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoon "To Boo or Not to Boo" (1951), Casper and a girl named Lou square - dance to the song . </Li> <Li> The song was sung in the I Love Lucy episode "The Passports" (1955). </Li> <Li> The Cedarmont Kids recorded the song on their 2002 album "Songs of America". </Li> <Li> The song was parodied on the ITV sitcom Benidorm as "Skip to the Loo". </Li> <Li> This is featured in Just Dance Kids 2014 </Li> <Li> In the video game The Oregon Trail, an instrumental version of the song is played if the player stops to look at the scenery at Fort Hall . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The melody to the song shares that of a popular nursery rhyme, Cows In the Kitchen . </Li> <Li> The song was frequently performed and recorded by Lead Belly, whose version was covered by Pete Seeger . </Li> <Li> The Wiggles sang the song on their 2007 video and album, Pop Go the Wiggles! </Li>

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