A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Words & Music:

Traditional

 

G

A-tisket, a-tasket,

G

A green and yellow basket.

  C

I wrote a letter to my love

    D7           G

And on the way I lost it.

 

GAME:

This game is just like "Lost My Gloves".

Everyone is sitting in a circle.

One person is on the outside of the circle, holding an object that stands for the "letter".

This person walks around the circle while the others sing the song.

When they get to the last words  ("lost it".)  ÒItÓ drops the object behind the person they are next to and runs!

This person picks up the object and tries to catch the "It" with it.

If the "It" makes it to the empty space and successfully sits, the person who was chasing them is now the new ÒItÓ.

If the "catcher" tags the "dropper" before he/she sits, the "dropper" is in the "Soup"  (sits in the middle of the circle until someone else is caught.)

 

Plus, this is also a kick-ass classic jazz standard by Ella Fitzgerald!

 




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