Children form in two rows, facing each other, with a leader appointed for each row.
The leaders, in turn, march forward three steps, singing and gesturing the actions noted in the song, after which the two rows march toward each other, repeating what the two leaders have done. And then marched back again. And then marched back again. The King of France With forty-thousand men Banged their drums And then marched back again. The King of France With forty-thousand men Blew their horns And then marched back again.