Skip to My Lou

"Skip to My Lou" is a popular children's song. Skip to My (The) Lou was a popular American partner-stealing dance from the 1840s. It was also a popular lyrical game in Abraham Lincoln's youth in southern Indiana and Kentucky (1826) with verses such as "Hurry up slow poke, do oh do", "I'll get her back in spite of you", "Gone again, what shall I do", and "I'll get another one sweeter than you".