Watch the official music video for "Shoo Lie Loo" from Elizabeth Mitchell's Smithsonian Folkways album Sunny Day.

In 2010, Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower released Sunny Day, their second Smithsonian Folkways album of "handmade" music of the finest kind, for folks of all ages. A true family affair, Sunny Day features performances with Mitchell's husband and musical partner, Daniel Littleton, their nine-year-old daughter Storey, and Storey's cousins and friends.

"I first heard this song on an album by Bessie Jones called Step It Down. Bessie was a member of the Georgia Sea Island Singers, a folk and gospel group who were recorded by Alan Lomax in the 1950s. Bessie's incredible music can only be matched by her work collecting and transmitting the songs and games of the Sea Islands for future generations. Storey learned this song in a music class taught by my good friend, Nancy Chusid. The song is accompanied by a dancing game where you stand in a circle, clap your hands to the beat, and call out for your friend to fly across the circle like a bird."