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Take one down, pass it around..
Uptown strikes again. (The Bronx, no less!)
Always knew I was missing something !
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OK. Here's how our gang sang the peanut song:
Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a PEEEEEEEEEEEA-nut
last night,
Last night I found a peanut, found a peanut last night.
Cracked it open, cracked it open, cracked it OOOOOOOOOOOO-pen last night;
Last night I cracked it open, cracked it open last night.
It was rotten, it was rotten, it was RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROT-ten last night;
Last night it was rotten, it was rotten last night.
Ate it anyway, ate it anyway, at it ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNy way last night;
Last night I ate it anyway, ate it anyway last night.
Got a bellyache, got a bellyache, got a BELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLyache last night;
Last night I got a bellyache, got a bellyache last night.
Called the doctor, called the doctor, called the DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCtor last night;
Last night I called the doctor, called the doctor last night.
Died anyway, died anyway, died AANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNyway last night;
Last night I died anyway, died anyway last night.
Went to heaven, went to heaven, went to HEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAven last night;
Last night I went to heaven, went to heaven last night.
Gates were locked, gates were locked, gates were LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCKED last night;
Last night the gates were locked, gates were locked last night.
Went to the other place, went to the other places, went to the OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTHER place last night;
Last night I went to the other place, went to the other place, went to the other place last night.
It was a dream, it was a dream, it was a DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAM last night;
Last night it was a dream, it was a dream last night.
Now, I suspect that the word hell was probably in this song, but since southern kids weren't supposed to say the word hell, I suspect the word was edited out by frowning adults.
Best regards,
WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRDwind last night
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Hi helen,
We did the bog song as "High-ho, the rattlin' bog, the bog down in the valley-o" but otherwise the same.
This is a really serendipitous thread because just last weekend I resurrected some childhood tapes by Raffi, Sharon Lois & Bram, and Fred Penner (all Canadian kids' entertainers) and they did a lot of those tunes. As a matter of fact, for belM's original query, I'd advise getting anything by Sharon Lois & Bram. They do clapping games, tongue twisters, folk songs, kids' songs, and a lot of the ones I thought of when you queried come from them. They also do some songs in French, as does Raffi. (But I would say Raffi's accent is terrible - but give him points for trying!) A bit of everything, just like Canada.
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Getting back to the very first post and question, I think there ought to be a considerable literature already out there on the subject of children's chants and games, though perhaps not from the particular locale you're most interested in.
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In reply to:
So, Canadian Smarties are like M&Ms?
Only "like" in the sense that they are "candy coated chocolates". There's something different about the taste. European Smarties are the same as Canadian ones - I remember an Italian Smarties song about "una pioggia di Smarties" = "a shower of Smarties". Mmmm.
Smartie people are happy people because they smile all the time.
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To my amazement, we uncovered several different versions of this over on the Poetry Archives eMule Phorum last year...I was sure there could only be one. But this is the version I remember using: The worms crawl in, The worms crawl out, The worms crawl in 'Til you're inside out! Little green bugs That look like flies Go in your mouth And out your eyes! And Tami* forgot her spoon! *insert any name here (usually the moment's target, but everybody got a turn). here's the thread url for the other versions of the "worm song," including an offically titled rendition from across the Pond: http://www.emule.com/2poetry/phorum/read.php?f=4&i=3968&t=3960Here's another: Great green gobs Of greasy grimey gopher guts, Little birdies' dirty feet, Mutilated monkey meat, Great green gobs Of greasy grimey gopher guts Floating in your soup! (and, of course, you'd all pre-plan to point to someone on the word your) Ah, those were the days!  Hey!...we're workin' on volumes for you here, bel! It should be quite a project! The Only WO'N!
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In reply to:
So, Canadian Smarties are like M&Ms?
Purely in the interests of science you understand, I have purchased a packet of M&M's and a packet of Smarties for the purpose of comparison. I have bravely volunteered myself as the guinea pig. The Smarties were produced in Malaysia, and the M&M's in Australia. The Smarties of course come in a tube, while the M&M's come in a bag. The Smarties have a larger diameter while the top to bottom axis in the M&M's is greater, leaving the volume of each sweet about the same. The M&M's taste a little sweeter and are rather cloying. The Smarties are bit more crunchy.
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and over the weekend i remembered a song, an old scotish one.. . there were other verses i think.
My bonnie lies over the ocean,
My bonnie lies over the sea
My bonnie lies over the ocean,
Oh, bring back my Gordy to me!
Bring back, oh bring back,
Oh bring back my bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, oh bring back,
Oh bring back my bonnie to me, to me
The winds have blown over the ocean,
The winds have blown over the sea,
The winds have blown over the ocean,
And brought back my Bonnie to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
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My Bonnie has tuberculosis,
My Bonnie has only one lung,
My Bonnie, she coughs up raw oysters,
And rolls them around on her tongue...
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If I remember rightly, this (of troy's version rather than Fiberbabe's) was originally a Jacobite song.
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