I always wondered if it was the lyrics or the tune or both. I tried to
research the tune and did not find anything that confirmed it (definitely
the lyrics). For awhile I made up my own words to the tune, but I stopped
b/c I still wasn't sure...

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On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 10:36 AM Sue C. Hulsether via Contra Callers <
[email protected]> 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 unpublished but I am happy to share it with individuals directly.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 <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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