A Ram Sam Sam
A Ram Sam Sam (also A rum sum sum ) is a Moroccan nursery rhyme and game that is very popular worldwide. In other variants, “Aram” is used instead of “A Ram” or “Zam Zam” is used instead of “Sam Sam”.
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The lyrics are usually:
- A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
- Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
- A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
- Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
- A rafiq, a rafiq
- Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
- A rafiq, a rafiq
- Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
The song is an Arabic song that is sung in the Moroccan dialect . Although the phrase "ram sam sam" has no identifiable meaning, other words in the song can be translated as follows:
- Guli guli guli: tell me, tell me, tell me
- A rafiq: a friend, a companion
When this song is not played as a game, it can also be sung as canon. Usually the song is sung as a game in a children's group and certain movements can be made:
- A ram sam sam - fists / hands right over left, then left over right (alternatively: pat hands on the thighs)
- Guli guli - pull your hands apart and pretend they are sticky (alternatively: roll your hands around each other)
- A rafiq - turns the index fingers on both sides of the head (as if someone were crazy), at the end the fingers point upwards (alternatively: stretch hands upwards)