Rig A Jig Jig

‘Rig A Jig Jig’ is a traditional American nursery rhyme. It was first published in about 1930, and that was a popular rhyme in the US at that time. It is a long nursery rhyme, and it is a kind of story for kids. So kids love this rhyme like a song.

Jigs are in 6/8 time, meaning there are six beats per measure, and an eight-note gets one beat. Let us take an example to understand it better. Here is how we can count while playing a jig. The vertical lines separate measures. Typically in Irish music, we emphasise the FIRST and FOURTH beat in a jig. Listen to the Kesh jig and say:

ONE two three FOUR five six | ONE two three FOUR five six

The written form would look like this:

Kesh jig

Rig a Jig Jig

A Rig A Jig Jig Lyrics

Let us learn the lyrics of rhyme. There are two variations of the rhyme.

The first version: ‘As I was Walking Down the Street’ lyrics of rhyme are:

As I was walking

Down the street

Down the street

Down the street

A very good friend

I happened to meet

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho!

Rig a jig jig and away we go

Away we go, away we go!

Rig a jig jig and away we go

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho!

The second version of the lyrics are:

As I was walking

Down the street

Down the street

Down the street

A pretty girl

I chanced to meet

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho!

Rig a jig jig and away we go

Away we go, away we go!

Rig a jig jig and away we go

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho!

As I was Walking Down the Street Lyrics

Summary of the Rhyme

The rhyme ‘Rig a jig jig’ is a nursery rhyme about a girl. The author says that when he was walking and passing through a street, he met a good friend. In the second version of the story, it is clearly mentioned that the good friend about whom he was talking in the first version is a pretty girl. He expressed his happiness after meeting her. Then they get away and away from each other. So this is a small story which is expressed in the form of a rhyme.

Rhyming Words

Rhyming words are those words which have the same ending sound. We will understand rhyming words by taking some examples from the rhyme lyrics. In this rhyme, rhyming words are

• Street-Meet

• Rig-Jig

Conclusion

The rhyme ‘Rig a jig jig’ is an American rhyme about a pretty girl. The author of the rhyme met that girl and felt happy after that they went away. It's a short story. It was sung by Hooplakidz.