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I have the video/concert version of RUN-DMC's rap version of the Ghostbusters theme and, while it was not in the album mix, that rhyme was in it! It confused me for a long time as I had never heard it before. I didn't know all they were saying until now.
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quote:Originally posted by Elkhound: [QUOTE] One bright day, in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other. Deaf policeman heard the noise, came and shot the two dead boys. If you don't believe this lie is true, Then ask the blind man--he saw it too!
I've seen yet another version, from Ireland I think, where the lines include something about a fire in the sea, and how the fire engine comes to put it out...
Very odd, and probably at its core very old.
JK "Don't speak to me in that tone of voice, it smells a funny colour" Will
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quote:Originally posted by Tears of a Spam & Cookies-mmmm: We had this one which was, back then, oh-so-rude.
Miss Annie had a steamboat the steamboat had a bell Miss Annie went to Heaven the steamboat went to Hell-o Operator, give me number nine. If you disconnect me I'll kick your fat Behind the 'frigerator there was a piece of glass. Mary sat upon it and broke her big fat As-k me no more questions I'll tell you no more lies. Tell that to your mother the day before she dies.
IIRC, the same episode of Hey Arnold! as demonstrated that flatus is explosive ("The Fishing Trip") also features the same rhyme, howbeit with "Miss Suzie" rather than "Miss Annie."
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quote:Originally posted by Pipperton: I am a pretty little dutch girl As pretty as can be be be And all the boys in the football team Go crazy after me me me My boyfriend's name is Tony He comes from Macaroni With two black eyes and a busted nose This is how my story goes K-I-S-S Kiss me H-O-L-D Hold me Sugar and candy Six bob! Fine and dandy Shut y' gob!
I think maybe it helps if you imagine it in a yorkshire accent.
In a related vein is this one from an episode of Jimmy Neutron, ultimately via Cindy Vortex:
quote: "My name is CINDY! Chicago is WINDY!! Mario Andretti Won the 500 INDY!!"
(Schoolyard banter, naturally....)
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The same Shirley Ellis (of "Name Game" celebrity, circa 1966) had the following rope-skipping song as the foundation of a minor follow-up hit:
quote: Three-six-nine, The goose drank wine; The monkey chewed tobacco On the streetcar* line! The line croaked[?], The monkey got drunk, And they all went to heaven In the middle of the road....
*I think there may have been a Philadelphia variant which substituted "high-speed line" (as in the Broad Street Subway, the Market/Frankford "L" or even the Lindenwold Line) for "streetcar."
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quote:Originally posted by the daily phosdex: The same Shirley Ellis (of "Name Game" celebrity, circa 1966) had the following rope-skipping song as the foundation of a minor follow-up hit:
quote: Three-six-nine, The goose drank wine; The monkey chewed tobacco On the streetcar* line! The line croaked[?], The monkey got drunk, And they all went to heaven In the middle of the road....
*I think there may have been a Philadelphia variant which substituted "high-speed line" (as in the Broad Street Subway, the Market/Frankford "L" or even the Lindenwold Line) for "streetcar."
I was taught an NFBSK version of that rhyme as a tot by my grandparents. They taught me a lot of off-colour rhymes.
I also remember being taught the "clean" version of it, slightly different to the above one:-
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"3-6-9, the goose drank wine, the monkey chewed tobacco, on the street-car line the line broke, the monkey got choked, and they all went to heaven in a little rowing boat"
the one that used to amuse me the most as a tot was the one which went:- (mildly off colour warning) # # # # # # # # # # #
"not last night, but the night before, three tom-cats, came a knocking at 'me' door, one had a fiddle, one had a drum, and one had a pancake-
stuck to 'is bum!"
(the first bit was recited by just the one person, the last bit was shouted out, in unison by everyone involved, amid much giggling)
Silly, huh? But, then again, I was only 3!
Talk
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quote:Originally posted by Pipperton: I am a pretty little dutch girl As pretty as can be be be And all the boys in the football team Go crazy after me me me My boyfriend's name is Tony He comes from Macaroni With two black eyes and a busted nose This is how my story goes K-I-S-S Kiss me H-O-L-D Hold me Sugar and candy Six bob! Fine and dandy Shut y' gob!
I think maybe it helps if you imagine it in a yorkshire accent.
I remember a song like this from Little Golden Records in the 1960s. This sounds like a variant of the song used as a skipping rhyme. The song went like this:
[Girl's voice]
I am a pretty little schoolgirl As pretty as pretty can be And all the boys around my block Are crazy over me!
[Chorus of male voices] She has a boyfriend Patty He comes from Cincinnati
[Girl's voice]
With forty-eight toes And a pickle on his nose And this is how my story goes...
One day while I was walking I heard my boyfriend talking To a little girl With a strawberry curl And this is what he said to her: "I L-O-V-E love you, "I K-I-S-S kiss you, "I K-I-S-S kiss you "On your F-A-C-E face face face!"
This following was a tough one for double dutch. At the end, both girls had to curtsy and then jump. If both didn't curtsy and/or jump at the same time, one or both would trip so it was tricky.
One misty moisty morning While cloudy was the weather I chanced/came upon an old man All dressed in leather I began to curtsy (one girl would curtsy, then then both would jump) He began to grin (the other would grin and bow, then both would jump) How d'y'do, and how d'y'do, and how d'y'do again. (one girl had to curtsy exactly as the other grinned and bowed, then both would jump)
I found out later, thanks to a documentary on A & E, that this particular rhyme refers to a nineteenth-century man who wandered Connecticut in--yes--a suit made of leather. You can read about "The Leatherman" at http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/leatherman.htm. Just ignore the tripe about his ghost still wandering. The rest of it matches what the documentary said. You can find out more about his death at http://www.kelseypub.com/ct-guide/legends/leathrmn.shtml
I wonder if any of the other skipping rhymes or clapping games trace back to a real-life person, occurrence or event?
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quote:Originally posted by the daily phosdex: The same Shirley Ellis (of "Name Game" celebrity, circa 1966) had the following rope-skipping song as the foundation of a minor follow-up hit:
quote: Three-six-nine, The goose drank wine; The monkey chewed tobacco On the streetcar* line! The line croaked[?], The monkey got drunk, And they all went to heaven In the middle of the road....
*I think there may have been a Philadelphia variant which substituted "high-speed line" (as in the Broad Street Subway, the Market/Frankford "L" or even the Lindenwold Line) for "streetcar."
I actually thought of that one when I was reading this thread (funny, I thought it was, "the line broke, the monkey got choked and they all went to Heaven in a little rowboat!" )
I know this rhyme only because I have it on a Mini-Pops album (yes, I still have three of their albums on tape... had a fourth on a record but I don't remember what happened to it... might have sold it at that flea market ten years ago this summer).
So that's who originally made it into a pop song?
ETA: I have to learn to read the whole thread before replying. But sometimes I reply when I see something because I'm afraid I'll forget it by the time I get to the end.
I'm remembering more now... the first part of the song went like this -
My Mama told me, if I was goody, that she would buy me a rubber dolly (*I assume that feels more like skin?)
My auntie told her I kissed a soldier Now she won't buy me a rubber dolly.
Then they went on to the 3 6 9... etc.
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Was it Green Day who incorporated that into a song, or Alice Cooper?
It's not one I'd ever heard as a child. -------------
Granny’s in the kitchen Doin some stitchin In comes the bogey man And out goes she.
March borrowed frae April Three days, an they were ill: The first o’ them wis wind and weet; The second o’ them wis snaw and sleet; The third o’ them wis sic a freeze, It froze the birds’ nebs tae the trees.
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quote:Originally posted by the daily phosdex: The same Shirley Ellis (of "Name Game" celebrity, circa 1966) had the following rope-skipping song as the foundation of a minor follow-up hit:
quote: Three-six-nine, The goose drank wine; The monkey chewed tobacco On the streetcar* line! The line croaked[?], The monkey got drunk, And they all went to heaven In the middle of the road....
*I think there may have been a Philadelphia variant which substituted "high-speed line" (as in the Broad Street Subway, the Market/Frankford "L" or even the Lindenwold Line) for "streetcar."
I actually thought of that one when I was reading this thread (funny, I thought it was, "the line broke, the monkey got choked and they all went to Heaven in a little rowboat!" )
I know this rhyme only because I have it on a Mini-Pops album (yes, I still have three of their albums on tape... had a fourth on a record but I don't remember what happened to it... might have sold it at that flea market ten years ago this summer).
So that's who originally made it into a pop song?
ETA: I have to learn to read the whole thread before replying. But sometimes I reply when I see something because I'm afraid I'll forget it by the time I get to the end.
I'm remembering more now... the first part of the song went like this -
My Mama told me, if I was goody, that she would buy me a rubber dolly (*I assume that feels more like skin?)
My auntie told her I kissed a soldier Now she won't buy me a rubber dolly.
Then they went on to the 3 6 9... etc.
The song above IIRC, was "The Clapping Song" by The Belle Stars. Your comments are awakening memories for me, too. I don't remember who was the first to record those songs, but I am sure the Belle Stars' version was a cover.
I remember The Belle-stars (an all-girl pop group) doing a few like that, in the very early 1980's
They also recorded the "IKOE song" which had some words that went something like this:-
"My Grandma and Your Grandma Sittin' by the fire, My Granma told your Grandma, 'I'm gonna set your flag on fire' talk about Hey nah, hey nah, Ikoe ikoe ah-nay, chokamo fino- ah-na-nay, chokamo fin-ah-nay."
the word Grandma could be substituted with "black boy" too.
Talk (minor edit for something I'd forgotten)
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Here's the version I heard as a child...
Three-six-nine The goose drank wine 'long down by the county line The line was crossed The goose was tossed The goose's friend, the monkey, bossed The goose was plucked The monkey f***ed And they all went to heaven With a little rubber duck.
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quote:Originally posted by Talk, the Wood Dragon-arachnophobe: ...I remember The Belle-stars (an all-girl pop group) doing a few like that, in the very early 1980's
They also recorded the "IKOE song" which had some words that went something like this:-
"My Grandma and Your Grandma Sittin' by the fire, My Granma told your Grandma, 'I'm gonna set your flag on fire' talk about Hey nah, hey nah, Ikoe ikoe ah-nay, chokamo fino- ah-na-nay, chokamo fin-ah-nay."
the word Grandma could be substituted with "black boy" too.
Talk (minor edit for something I'd forgotten)
IIUC, the song in question (by title "Iko Iko") was originally an anti-apartheid protest song from South Africa way. The Dixie Cups had the original version from back in 1965, as a follow-up to "Chapel of Love."
I remember the remake figured prominently in the movie RainMan in late 1989/early 1990, becoming a hit in the process.
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The only jumprope rhyme I can remember is the "ballerina, ballerina" one, although our version used teddybears instead of ballerinas. I was a lousy jumper, so I usually went on the playground equipment or played foursquare or tag.
I did learn the Miss Suzy/Lucy/etc. rhyme at Girl Scout camp. Our version ended:
"As-k me no more questions, and tell me no more lies, Miss Lucy told me all of this the day before she Dyed her hair all purple, she dyed her hair all pink, She dyed her hair all polka-dot and rinsed it down the sink."
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Miss Mary Mack-Mack-Mack All dressed in black-black-black With silver buttons-buttons-buttons All down her back-back-back
She asked her mother-mother-mother For fifteen cents-cents-cents to see an elephant-elephant-elephant Jump over the fence-fence-fence
He jumped so high-high-high He touched the sky-sky-sky and didn't come back-back-back Til the fourth of July-ly-ly
She asked her mother-mother-mother for five cents more-more-more To see the elephant-elephant-elephant jump over the door-door-door
He jumped so low-low-low He stubbed his tow-toe-toe And that's the end-the end-the end of the elephant show-show-SHOW!!!!
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I know a weenie man He owns a weenie stand he sells everything from hotdogs on down
someday I'll change his life I'll be his weenie wife Oh yes, I love that weenie man
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A sailor went to sea-sea-sea to see what he could see-see-see but all that he could see-see-see was the bottom of the deep blue sea-sea-sea
A sailor went to chop-chop-chop to see what he could chop-chop-chop but all that he could chop-chop-chop was the bottom of the deep blue chop-chop-chop
A sailor went to knee-knee-knee (sometimes this verse was Chi-i-i-i-i-ina instead of knee-knee-knee) etc...
A sailor went to Ooh-Wah-Cha-Koo etc...
The last verse put them all together and on the last Ooh-Wah-Cha-Koo you had to be the first one to tickle the belly of your clapping partner.
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Not so much rhymes, but off-color (at the time) things from my youth:
There was a story that you told, everyone knew how it went, and the catch was that after every sentence the person listening had to say the word "it." I forget how it began, but it ended:
"So you go to the library..." "It." The librarian said SHHH..." "IT!"
Absolutely hilarious at the time, since technically no one person was really swearing...
Another classic was the immortal "Diarrhea" song, which had an interminable number of verses and went on for as long as you could make up new rhymes. At least a hundred verses are posted here: http://www.heyou.net/humor.htm This "song" was preserved for the ages in the 80's movie "Parenthood." There was an entire "baseball" series of verses, which involved getting up to bat, striking, getting a hit, and rounding the bases, as well as a "playground" one that involved virtually every piece of playground equipment extant, and everyone had them all memorized.
We just caught tigers by their toes to count people out. "Not it" worked just as well. We needed the memory to ensure that verses of "Diarrhea" would live forever.
-hachi "when you're sliding into first" hyaku
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quote:Originally posted by Tears of a Spam & Cookies-mmmm: Anyone remember how this one went? I can't.
I think it was technically a cheer. But the rest is gone.
Back in Kansas in the late 1970's we had a cheer:
Firecracker, firecracker boom boom boom Firecracker, firecracker boom boom boom The boys have the muscles The teachers have the brains The girls have the sexy legs and we won the game
Here's our version of "eenie meanie" - we would do a complicated hand clap to it:
Eenie Meanie Dipsi-dini Ooh bop bopsi-dini Otchi-Kotoch Koom-a-rotchi I love you tutti-frutti Caught you with your boyfriend Naughty, naughty Stole a piece of candy Greedy, greedy Jump out a window Crazy, crazy Didn't do the dishes Lazy, lazy
quote:"So you go to the library..." "It." The librarian said SHHH..." "IT!"
That reminds me of "after everying I say, you say "pea green soup." What did you eat for breakfast? Pea Green Soup What did you eat for lunch? Pea Green Soup What did you eat for dinner? Pea Green Soup What did you do all night? Pea Green Soup
What a classic . . .
mkcp "checking the bowl before I flush" 91
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quote:Originally posted by Kimberly Blue: I know a weenie man He owns a weenie stand he sells everything from hotdogs on down
someday I'll change his life I'll be his weenie wife Oh yes, I love that weenie man
We learned this one as:
I know a weenie man. He owns a weenie stand. He sells most everything From hot dogs on down.
Someday I'll be his wife, His little weenie wife, Hot dog, I love that weenie man.
Weenie man, weenie man, rah rah rah!
They also taught us, oddly, a couple pop songs from around the turn of the (20th) century: "C-H-I-C-K-E-N" and "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown, Whatcha Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Roun'?"
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ok, I realize that this is an old thread, but I stumbled on it in a google search. Some of these are quite similer to ones that I knew, or are parts of ones that I knew. Below are the versions I learned as a kid in washington state in the early 80s.
Enny meeny pepsi teeni
Enny meeny pepsi teeni Ooh bop bopsadini Education liberation I love you Tutti Fruti
Down town baby, Down by the roller coaster. Sweet sweet honey, No place to let you go.
Shamrock, shamrock, Shimmy shimmy shamrock
Caught you with your boyfriend Naughty, naughty Ate a piece of candy Greedy, greedy Didn't do the dishes Lazy, lazy Jumped out the window Crazy, crazy
Enny meeny pepsi teeni Ooh bop bopsadini Education liberation I love you Tutti Fruti ___________________________________________
I am a pretty little dutch girl
I am a pretty little dutch girl, As pretty as pretty can be! And all the boys around my block go crazy over me!
They say I L-O-V-E Love you I K-I-S-S Kiss you I K-I-S-S Kiss you On your F-A-C-E Face face face!
I have a boyfriend Patty Who lives in Cincinatti With 48 toes and a pickle for a nose And this is how my story goes
One day when I was walking, I heard my boyfriend talking To a pretty little girl With a strawberry curl, And this is what he said to her
I L-O-V-E Love you I K-I-S-S Kiss you I K-I-S-S Kiss you On your F-A-C-E Face face face!
So I said to him I H-A-T-E hate you I K-I-L-L kill you I K-I-L-L kill you on your F-A-C-E Face face face
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Playmate
Say Say oh Playmate, Come out and play with me Bring out your dollies 3 Climb up my apple tree Slide down the rain barrel Slide down my cellar door And we’ll be jolly friends forever more
Say say oh playmate I cannot play with you My dollies have the flu Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo Don’t got no rain barrel, Don’t got no cellar door, But we’ll be jolly friends forever more
______________________________________________ Down By The River (jumping game)
Down by the river where the green grass grows There sat (name of girl), sweet as a rose. Along came (name of boy she liked, or the word boyfriend), And kissed her on the cheek, How many kisses did she get? 1 2 3...etc
(For some reason my mother was convinced this particular one was naughty and wouldn't let me sing it)
__________________________________________________ I Caught a Baby Bumblebee
I caught myself a baby bumblebee, won't my mommy be so proud of me! I caught myself a baby bumblebee!
Ow! It stung me!
I'm squiching up my baby bumblebee, won't my mommy be so proud of me! I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee!
Ewww! It's yucky!
I'm licking up my baby bumblebee, won't my mommy be so proud of me! I'm licking up my baby bumblebee!
Ohhh....I don't feel so good!
I'm puking up my baby bumblebee, won't my mommy be so proud of me! I'm puking up my baby bumblebee!
Ewww! It's messy!
I'm cleaning up my baby bumblebee, won't my mommy be so proud of me! I'm cleaning up my baby bumblebee!
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