# ID this kids' song from the 50s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-kids-song-from-the-50s/567205 "2011-01-11T07:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-kids-song-from-the-50s/567205/1 "2011-01-11T07:55:04Z")
There was a song we sang in grade school, back in the mid-50s. The title was the name of a song from Mexico, and the song was about people dancing and clapping their hands. Parts of it are: “See them dance and sing 'Till the rafters ring, Clap their hands 'till they sting . . .” ". . . Dancing to and fro, While the busy world passes by, Down in Mexico . . . With a smile in each dark eye. Sound familiar? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-kids-song-from-the-50s/567205/2 "2011-01-11T11:06:20Z")
[http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=11049](http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=11049) “Chiapanecas”? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-kids-song-from-the-50s/567205/3 "2011-01-11T11:07:20Z")
Is it “Chiapanecas”?: [http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=11049](http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=11049)