Stella Ella Ola
Stella Ella Ola is a clapping game.
The game
Standing or sitting in a circle, two or more participants place their right hands over their neighbour's left hands and sing the song. Every beat, a person claps their right hand onto the right hand of the person sitting on their left, who then claps their hand to their neighbour's hand, until the song reaches "Five!", at which point if the person's hand is slapped, they're out and must stand or sit in the center of the circle, unless they pull their hand away fast enough. (In this case, the person who was trying to slap their hand is out.) When there are enough people in the center of the circle to start a new game, they do so, creating a nesting effect as the internal circles get smaller and smaller.
Since this is a very common game, many different rules exist for the game; depending on who you play with. Some variations have the "out" person leave the circle and as the numbers decrease, the circle shrinks, until only two people are left.
The song
- Stella ella ola, clap clap clap,
- Say yes, chicko, chicko, chicko chicko chak,
- Allo, allo, allo allo allo, al~lo!
- One, two, three, four, five...
Another variation of the song goes like this:
- Stella ella ola, clap clap clap
- Singin' es, chicko, chicko, chicko chicko chak
- Singin' es, chicko, chicko, vallo, vallo
- Vallo-vallo-vallo FIRE!
- One, two, three, four, FIVE...
Another version of the song is:
- Stella ella ola, clap clap clap
- Say yes, chicko chicko, chicko chicko chumb
- Oh yes, chicko chicko,
- Go blow, Go blow, Go blow your dirty nose!
- One, two, three, four...
Another variation is also sung this way:
- Stella, stella ola, clap, clap, clap,
- Singin' "Yes, chicko, chicko, chicko chicko crackerjacks!"
- "Yes, chicko chicko, hello."
- "Hello."
- "I have to blow my nose so!"
- One, two, three, four, five!
Another variation is also sung this way:
- Stella ella ola , slap-jack, slap-jack
- es chicka, chicka, chicka, chicka, slap-jack
- go slow, go slow-go slow
- One, two, three, four!
And yet another:
- Crocodile, oh my, croc croc croc
- Dance to the beat of the hickory stock
- Follow, follow, follow follow follow,
- one, two, three, four, five!
And also:
- S-tega tega, tega-tega tap-tap
- S-tega tega, baloney, baloney,
- Cheese and macaroni, singin'
- One, two, three, four, five!
Yet another variant:
- Olly olly olly olly tap tap tap
- Say yes trick-or-treat to balloo
- Balloo, balloo balloo balloo, say
- One two three four five
And another variation is:
- Clap (or "quack") diddly oso, clap, clap, clap,
- Say seniorita -rita -rita -rita
- Dalore dalore. Da-lore da-lore da-lore!
- One, two, three, four, five!!!!!!
One that I grew up with...
- Quack didily-oh-so, quack, quack, qua-ack
- Senorita, your mother smells like pizza
- Fellow, fellow, I'll kick you out the door fel-low
- One, two, three, four, five!!!!!!
Another 'Quack' version, with only a four-count ending:
- Quack diddly oso, quack quack quack
- Si semorico rico rico rico
- Flo-ra flo-ra, flora flora flor, fa-lora!
- One, two, three, four!
Another form
- Aca dem alina, clap clap clap,
- Five semolina, chicky chicky chack,
- Falore, falore, falore falore falore,
- FIRE!
- One, two, three, four, five
And one more, just for fun:
- Slap billy olah
- slap slap slap
- say san a rico
- rico rico rico
- slap one two three FOUR
One more for the record:
- Stella ella ola, clap clap clap,
- Say es, chicko, chicko, chicko chicko, chak, chak,
- Allo, allo, the toilet overflows!
- Say ,One, two, three, four, five..."OHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
One that I knew about
- Quake dilly oso
Quake quake quake hit it senorita you mother smells like pizza Pass it to your teacher fellow fellow fellow fellow felllloww One, two, three, four, five
Another Version: Stella elle ola, clap clap clap, singin' es chicko chicko, chicko chicko slapper jacker es chicko chicko vallo, vallo, vallo, vallo, va-lo one, two, three, four, five