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oh, what a fun thread! We sang about Sally's steamboat
another one included non-clapping actions to convey professions and mannerisms:
My father was a garbage man, a garbage man, a garbage man
My father was a garbage man
Pee-yu (plugging your nose and wrinkling your face)
My mother was a hairdresser, a hairdresser, a hairdresser
My mother was a hairdresser
Curly (making curly gestures at ears)
My brother was a baker, a baker, a baker
My brother was a baker
Yummy (patting the stomach)
those are all the verses I remember right now
we also played some where the clapping patterns were VERY complicated - I'm so impressed that my former self could catch on!
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Hi, bel! Great thread!  I was wondering if the clapping rhymes weren't also transferred over to, or gave rise to, a pantheon of jump rope jingles I used to hear the young girls on the playground merrily playing before and after school, and at recess. I'm sorry I don't remember any, but I know there had to be at least 20 more in use regularly (at least at my school). Ladies?.... The Only WO'N!
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WO'N,
Yeah! Thanks for another memory jog! some of these tunes we transferred to jump rope when we outgrew patty-cake. Way cool. :)
and Helen (& WW), speaking of mondegreens, I now remember our little song went:
"The spades put two lips together
Tie them together'... etc
What on earth were spades to 8-year-old girls?
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> What on earth were spades to 8-year-old girls?
I think I was about 8 when I learned to play pinochle.
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Lincoln, Lincoln, I've been thinkin'
What in the world have you been drinkin'?
Was it whiskey?
Was it wine?
No, it was a bottle of turpentine!
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an other varient
Lincoln, Lincoln i've been thinkin'
What in the world have you been drinkin'
Smells like whiskey,
Looks like wine.
Oh my gosh, its turpentine!
and very young, we did action songs
Down by the station
Early in the morning
See the station master
Loading all the the trains.
1)Have you gotten all your wood?
....Yes, we've gotten all wood?
2)Have you gotten all your water?
.... Yes we've gotten all the water?
and your wood?
... and our wood!, oh its
(down by the station..0
3)Have gotten all your coal?
.....Yes we've gotten all the coal!
and the wood?
... and the wood,
and the water?
....and the water! Oh, its
(down by the station...)
(and so on for many commodites!)with down by the station between each set) each verse got longer and longer..
and the finger song..
start with both hands behind your back, bring them forward, and put them back--(verbal clues in the song!)
Where is thumbkins? Where is thumbkins?
Here I am! (right hand now in front of you, thumb up, and bends like bow)
Here I am! (ditto with left!)
How are you today sir?
Very well, I thank you !
Run away, run away! (both hand are behind your back again)
Where is pointer?
(and the same deal as above)
Where is tall man?
Where is ring man?
Where is pinkie?
Where are all my fingers?
and very, very young, there was rattlesnake...
all the kids lined up, holding hands, and the leader was the head.. and we chanted..
R-A-T-T-L-E-S-N-A-K-E-- spells rattlesnake! and we would slither about the play ground, chanting! in the end, the leader would have us coil up, tighter and tighter, untill the very end and we would finally explode!
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this is a song from a page of Child ballads.. some years ago, Peggy Seager (Pete's sister) and Ewan McCall did a LP (well that date it for sure!) of Child ballads... He sang UK versions, either english or scotish, and on the flip side, she sang US versions, either inner city, or apalaitchian... I remember knew about half of the songs Peggy sang, and 2 of Ewan's. this is link is to a version of Acken Drum -- The use version is quite different.. and yet, it might just be enough to spark a memory.. especially if you download the midi file and hear it.. http://www.contemplator.com/folk4/aikendrm.html
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Italian nonsense song for that game;
ciampompimpolo
pimpololaschi
ciampompin
polo nord (= north pole)
again...
I had to ask my son.
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Speaking of nonsense...
When I was around 7 and my brother was 11, he learned a nonsense verse in French class, that I've never been able to remember. It started out 'Ram scram ...', then several lines, before finishing with 'Roulie, boulie, ram tam tam' (or something like that). Does this ring bells for anyone????
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Does anyone remember (or know of at all) the words to Doctor Knickebocker? I remember it starting like this: Doctor Knickerbocker, Knickerbocker number one He sure got drunk on a bottle of rum Now lets here the song about the eyes (and we'd all roll our eyes) Now lets here the song about the eyes (eye rolling again) Now lets here the song about the number two. Doctor Knickerbocker, Knickerbocker number two... And the rest is lost in the mists of time, ladies and gents. Help. Thanks all, I really appreciate all the wonderful input, keep 'em coming Baronia, I have wracked my brains but your clue rings no bells. Ooo, and how about some Tape la main songs from Ontario? Remember any from your childhood Baronia?
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