Down Down Baby facts for kids
"Down Down Baby" (also known as "Roller Coaster") is a clapping game played by children in English-speaking countries. In the game, two or more children stand in a circle, and clap hands in tune to a rhyming song. As with most hand-clapping games, there are many variations. Modified versions of the song have appeared in Little Anthony and the Imperials's "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop", Simian Mobile Disco's "Hotdog", The Damned's "New Rose", The Drums' "Let's Go Surfing", Cayucas' "Jessica WJ", Usher's "OMG", Bella Thorne and Zendaya's "Contagious Love", the film Big, EXO's "Ko Ko Bop", and Kyle's "YES!"
Lyrics
There are many variations of this clapping game from around the world. The actual lyrics that any given group of children use may vary.
Basic
The lyrics cited here are the essential lyrics of the rhyme, and are the lyrics that were featured in a 1980s segment of the US version of Sesame Street.
- Down, down, baby
- Down by the roller coaster (accompanied by the hand making a horizontal wave motion)
- Sweet, sweet, baby (accompanied by both arms crossing the chest)
- I’ll never let you go
- Shimmy, Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
- Shimmy Shimmy Pow
- Shimmy, Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
- Shimmy Shimmy Pow
Variations
- Down, down, baby
- Down by the roller coaster (accompanied by the hand making a horizontal wave motion)
- Sweet, sweet, baby (accompanied by both arms crossing the chest)
- I’ll never let you go
- Shimmy, Shimmy Coco Powder
- Shimmy Shimmy Powder
- Shimmy, Shimmy Coco Powder
- Shimmy Shimmy Powder
