Did you ever, ever, ever in your long-legged life
See a long-legged lover and his long-legged wife?
No, I never, never, never in my long-legged life
Saw a long-legged lover and his long-legged wife
Variation on a theme - inevitable; expect many. This is how I learned this one:
Did you ever, eever, iver in your leaf, loaf, life
See the Devil, Deevil, Duyvil kiss his weef, wofe, wife?
No, I never, neever, niver in my leaf, loaf, life
Saw the Devil, Deevil, Duyvil kiss his weef, wofe, wife!
(There was only the one verse.)
Regarding Pattycake/Pat-a-cake: the letter for marking was always adjustable, so the song could be personalized for whatever Baby's name was. B was for Baby, of course, but any first-name-whose-initial-sounded-like-ee would do fine. If your name began with a B,C,D,E,G,P,T,V, or even a Z you had your very own song!
One from my wife's childhood:
(Baby is facing you, being gently bounced on your lap)
Ride a horse to Boston,
Ride a horse to Lynn,
Watch out, little {baby's name}
You don't fall INNNN !!!! [legs spread apart suddenly and of course baby does exactly that!]
(both giggle madly; pull up child, put legs together again, repeat ad libitum)
But I guess that's not exactly a "tappe les mains" game, is it...
