Zang Tuum Tumb Discography
Double dutch
| Performer(s) |
| Malcolm McLaren |
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Lyric
All over the world
High School girls
Take to the ropes and turn them slow
It starts a beat and a loop
They skip and jump through the hoop
They might break
And they might fall
But the Gals from New York City don’t
They just start again
Start again
Hey Ebo Ebonettes
(Hey Ebo Ebo Ebonettes)
The Golden Angels
The Ford Green Angels
The Five Town Diamond Skippers
The pleasure of rope rippers
Those dark and lovely skippers
Those Five Town Diamond skippers
Skip they do’s the Double Dutch
That’s them dancing
(Skip they do’s the Double Dutch)
(That’s them dancing)
Hey swing those ropes round and around
All the teams change your partners now
Somersault through the hoop
Leap to beat the clicks that keep on coming
Hey watch your feet
To win the Double Dutch stay jumping
Hey Ebo Ebonettes
(Hey Ebo Ebo Ebonettes)
(The mighty motion skippers)
(The pleasure of rope rippers)
(The dark and lovely skippers)
(Mighty motion skippers)
The skip they do’s The Double Dutch
That’s them dancing
(The skip they do’s The Double Dutch)
(That’s them dancing)
Hey girls
How many skips can you do
All over the world
High School girls
Take to the ropes and turn them slow
It starts a beat and a loop
They skip and jump through the hoop
They might break
And they might fall
But you know the Gals from New York City don’t
They just start again
Start again
Hey Ebo Ebonettes
(Hey Ebo Ebo Ebonettes)
Sleevenotes: The sound of skipping ropes is heard the world over, but in New York City, a style of dance known as “Double Dutch” has developed to the status of fast becoming a new American sport. This song, though, adopts an African tune, and was recorded and sung by Zulus In Kwayazululand, echoing names of famous New York High School teams like the ‘Ebonettes’, the ‘Ford Green Angels’ and the ‘Five Town Diamond Skippers’.