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Did you ever see a lassie? 

Did you ever see a lassie, a lassie, a lassie?
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?
Go this way and that way,
And this way and that way.
Did you ever see a lassie
Go this way and that?

Did you ever see a laddie, a laddie, a laddie?
Did you ever see a laddie go this way and that?
Go this way and that way,
And this way and that way.
Did you ever see a laddie
Go this way and that?

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Teaching suggestions

You can encourage the students to make up the actions while they sing this song. In the first verse, the girls (the lassies) make up different movements for 'this way and that way' (eg putting their head to one side and then the other, swaying from side to side) and in the second verse, the boys (the laddies) make up movements (eg putting out one leg and then the other, stretching tall then crouching down low).

It is sometimes useful to draw students' attention to grammatical features in songs. In this song you can focus on adverb groups of time and place: this way and that way. 

For more information on adverb groups, see Grammar: Groups & phrases: Adverb group: Overview