#67682
04/30/2002 6:00 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322 |
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!
|
|
|
#67683
04/30/2002 6:46 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
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!
|
|
|
#67684
04/30/2002 7:48 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
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?
|
|
|
#67685
05/01/2002 10:58 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 771
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 771 |
> What on earth were spades to 8-year-old girls?
I think I was about 8 when I learned to play pinochle.
|
|
|
#67686
05/02/2002 1:03 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 328
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 328 |
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!
|
|
|
#67687
05/02/2002 1:26 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400 |
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!
|
|
|
#67688
05/02/2002 5:46 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400 |
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
|
|
|
#67689
05/02/2002 5:52 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 315
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 315 |
Italian nonsense song for that game;
ciampompimpolo
pimpololaschi
ciampompin
polo nord (= north pole)
again...
I had to ask my son.
|
|
|
#67690
05/02/2002 6:54 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322 |
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????
|
|
|
#67691
05/02/2002 11:44 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891 |
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?
|
|
|
#67692
05/03/2002 3:59 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400 |
over in link the lyrics.. connie posted
Found a peanut, found a peanut,
Found a peanut just now,
Just now I found a peanut,
Found a peanut just now.
Cracked it open, cracked it open,
Cracked it open just now,
Just now I cracked it open,
Cracked it open just now.
It was rotten, it was rotten,
It was rotten just now,
Just now it was rotten,
It was rotten just now.
my version is Last night, when i was sleeping,, not just now, but its the same song..
So,
Found a peanut, found a peanut
Found a peanut last night,
Last night, when i was sleeping,
Found a peanut, last night..
you'll notice the verses follow a pattern..
in my version, there were many verses..
Ate it any way, ate it anyway...
Got sick, got sick,....
Called the doctor, called the doctor....
Died any way, died any way...
Went to heaven, went to heaven...
couldn't get in, couldn't get in...
went to hell, went to hell...
(more verses.. end up with...)
I was dreaming, i was dreaming...
**************************************
and of course the all time favorite classic
Does your chewing gum loose its flavor
On the bed post overnight?
When your mother says "don't chew it"
Do you swallow it for spite?
Can you catch it on your tonsils,
and dang it left and right?
Oh, does your chewing gum loose is flavor
on the bed post over night!
we also sang old classic UK kids songs, like:
I've got sixpence, jolly, jolly sixpence
Ive got sixpence to last me all my life
Ive got tupence to spend,
and tupence to lend,
and tupence to bring home to my wife, (poor wife!)
No cares have i to grieve me,
No dirty little (boys/girls) to decieve me,
Im as happy as a lark, believe me,
as we go rolling rolling home (dead drunk!)
rolling home, rolling home,
by light of the silvery mo, oo, oo, on,
Im as happy as a lark, believe me,
as we go rolling rolling home (dead drunk!)
next verse, four pence, (and no pence to bring home to the wife,
then tupence, and No pence lend, and no pence to bring home to wife,
and finally, i've got no pence! no pence to spend, no pence to lend, and no pence to bring home to my wife, (poor wife!)
i remember mamy more songs that clapping games or jump rope songs.. the peanut song, and the six pence song were bus trip songs.. for school trips or camp.
|
|
|
#67693
05/03/2002 4:36 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156 |
I have a skipping song I thought of right off the bat. I needs names of a boy and girl, so I'll use AnnaS and Faldage as the characters since they're a "couple" that we all know already:
The wind, the wind, the wind blows hi-igh,
Blowing Anna across the sky-y,
She plays accordion, one, two, three-ee,
Pray-o, pray-o, who is he-e?
Faldage, Faldage, says he loves her,
All the boys are fighting for her,
Took her in the garden,
Sat her on his knee,
And said, "Honey, baby, will you marry me?"
[now go pepper i.e. turn the rope fast]
Yes, no, maybe so, yes, no, maybe so...
Until you miss, and whatever word you miss on, that's the answer to The Question.
|
|
|
#67694
05/03/2002 4:52 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773 |
Took her in the garden
Just where are the gutter police????
|
|
|
#67695
05/03/2002 4:59 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322 |
Does your chewing gum loose its flavor
On the bed post overnight?
When your mother says "don't chew it"
Do you swallow it for spite?
Can you catch it on your tonsils,
and dang it left and right?
Oh, does your chewing gum loose is flavor
on the bed post over night!
I don't know this one, but the tune sure reminds me of the Smarties jingle (sorry to get commercial):
When you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last?
Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
They're candy-coated chocolates
So tell me when I ask
When you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last?
As kids, we used to sing it faster and faster - it was fun at the time.
|
|
|
#67696
05/03/2002 5:50 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773 |
Hmmmmm. So, Canadian Smarties are like M&Ms? Around here, the candies called "Smarties" are tart sugar tablets. http://www.oldtimecandy.com/smarties.htm
|
|
|
#67697
05/03/2002 6:19 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156 |
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. For other US-Canada differences (I know this is a YARTlink but it's a short one) see: http://www.icomm.ca/emily/how.html
|
|
|
#67698
05/03/2002 6:21 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,526
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,526 |
My girls used to do this thing that went something like
"Down by banks of the hanky-panky where the bullfrogs
jump from bank to banky,
they say eep aip ope opp fiddle-dee-dee and they go kerplop"
Something like that.
k
|
|
|
#67699
05/03/2002 7:34 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,071 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,071 Likes: 2 |
I was going to say "Gee, you must have come from New York too, you know the same songs I do..." - but you (oT) did. So of course you do!
The version of Found a Peanut I grew up with had no mention of sleeping: the third line was "last night I found a peanut" (next verse "last night I cracked it open," next verse "last night it was rotten," etc). It finally ended by working its way around to "went to Hell", "didn't like it", "went walking", and finally inevitably "Found a peanut!" and here we go again from the top. Loud laughter, of course, and unable to continue...
But I must have come from further uptown, because when we did I've Got Sixpence, it was always
"...no pretty little girls to deceive me."
Then there was "The-bear-went-over-the-mountain-and-whaddaya-think-he-saw?." The verses of that went on to "the other side of the mountain" and "he saw another mountain...and whaddaya think he did?" . These songs, like "a hundred bottles of beer on the wall," somehow all had a way of becoming repetitious eventually. (BTW, it takes only a little over twenty minutes for all 100 bottles to fall off the wall.)
For those unfortunates out there with a deprived childhood [tongue-firmly-in-cheek-e], the song goes:
"One hundred bottles of beer on the wall,
A hundred bottles of beer,
If one of those bottles should happen to fall,
Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall..."
(Repeat thusly down one bottle at a time, ad nauseum or until you get to [hallelujah!] "No bottles of beer on the wall...").
[Music supplied on request ;-) ]
These (bus-ride) songs, you understand, came mostly not from the sidewalks of New York itself as did the jump-rope or bounce-ball chants above, but rather from the summer camp or the bungalow colony/day camp in the Catskills.
|
|
|
#67700
05/03/2002 7:40 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322 |
If one of those bottles should happen to fall,
Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall..."
Maybe I grew up in the land of drunks - we learned those lines as:
Take one down, pass it around, 99 bottles of beer on the wall...
|
|
|
#67701
05/03/2002 7:41 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400 |
to the tune of "On top of old smokey"
On top of spagetti,
all covered with cheese
sat one little meatball,
till i happened to sneeze
it rolled off the table
and onto the floor
it rolled out the door,
and now more meat ball,
is a meat ball no more..
but there are lots of diffent things that happened to the meat ball..one version has the meat ball rolling under a bush, and the bush growing meat balls..
and the tree song.. some varients are very close to the irish, but the are american versions too
bog, bog, boggy-o, there's a tree down in the boggy-
on on this tree there is a limb, the finest limb you ever did see
and the tree is in a hole,
the holes is in the ground,
and the green grass grows
all around all round,
and the green grass grows all a round.
Now on this limb there is a branch, the finest branch
you ever did see,
the branch is on the limb,
the limb is on the tree,
the tree is in a hole,
the hole is in the ground,
and....
tree, limb branch, twig, nest, bird, chick, eye, eyelash.. progressively!
and there was an old woman who swallowed a fly...
and the boa constrictor song
and more.. i'll be back!
|
|
|
#67702
05/03/2002 7:45 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,071 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,071 Likes: 2 |
Take one down, pass it around..
Uptown strikes again. (The Bronx, no less!)
Always knew I was missing something !
|
|
|
#67703
05/04/2002 10:24 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296 |
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
|
|
|
#67704
05/04/2002 1:59 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156 |
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.
|
|
|
#67705
05/04/2002 10:20 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,071 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,071 Likes: 2 |
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.
|
|
|
#67706
05/06/2002 3:09 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
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.
Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
#67707
05/06/2002 3:50 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
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!
|
|
|
#67708
05/06/2002 7:23 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
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.
Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
#67709
05/06/2002 11:58 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400 |
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.
|
|
|
#67710
05/06/2002 12:12 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 771
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 771 |
My Bonnie has tuberculosis,
My Bonnie has only one lung,
My Bonnie, she coughs up raw oysters,
And rolls them around on her tongue...
|
|
|
#67711
05/06/2002 12:27 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
If I remember rightly, this (of troy's version rather than Fiberbabe's) was originally a Jacobite song.
Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
#67712
05/06/2002 12:45 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 460
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 460 |
Hi of Troy: here are two more children's parodies from "Cinderella dressed in yeller"
My bonnie leaned over the gas-tank,
The height of its content to see;
She struck a match to assist her --
Oh bring back my bonnie to me.
My father lies over the ocean,
My mother lies over the sea,
My daddy lies over my mummy,
And that's how they got little me.
|
|
|
#67713
05/06/2002 12:47 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400 |
Re: My bonnie lies over the ocean..
Yes, i thought so, too.
its sad-- a long tradition of song is disappearing.. for 300 years (circa 1650--1950) children have song the song.. and now, in a generation, gone!
my kids know some of the the songs i have post here, but not all of them.. they grew up with TV (and MTV) and bubblegum rock and all the old songs are being lost
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Hang down your head, tom dooley
hang down your head and cry,
hang down your head tom dooley
poor boy, you're going to die!
* * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * **
the first song i remember learning was
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin' forth to bring me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
coming forth to bring me home
i looked over the jordan
and what did i see?
coming forth to bring me home
a band of angels come towards me
coming forth to bring me home!
i remember distincly, chariot was char e o not char e ott..
i remember learning this while my mother was in hospital, for two weeks just before the birth of my sister (she had complications) i was just 2 and half-- and thought it a strange song.. i though a chariot was some kind of cheerio, the breakfast cerial..
|
|
|
#67714
05/06/2002 1:06 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 322 |
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. .... The Smarties of course come in a tube, while the M&M's come in a bag.
I don't think I've ever seen Smarties in a tube - just in a box. And, re: different versions of treats: this weekend, I had a Caramilk bar that had been made in South Africa - instead of creamy caramel inside pockets of chocolate, it was a golden-ish-coloured bar of solid pieces, but it somehow managed to taste pretty much the same!
|
|
|
#67715
05/06/2002 1:11 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156 |
Dear Bingley and boronia,
In other parts of the world, Smarties come in a tube, so you're both right. As I recall, Italian Smarties came in a tube. They come in a box in Canada. And Italian Smarties had blue Smarties long before Canadian Smarties did.
|
|
|
#67716
05/06/2002 5:32 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773 |
Thank you, Bingley, dear sir, for so gallantly interposing yourself in the path of not one but two different kinds of candy so to very kindly answer the pressing query as to the distinctions between them. Rarely have I been the beneficiary of such noble and altruistic sacrifice. And *they say chivalry is dead....
|
|
|
#67717
05/06/2002 8:52 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409 |
|
|
|
#67718
05/06/2002 10:31 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 688
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 688 |
Personally, I think Smarties are made with a creamier chocolate than M & M's.
When I buy Smarties in the grocery store in Canada, they come in a box, but when I get them at the Duty Free they come in a large tube...about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and about 8 inches long.
|
|
|
#67719
05/07/2002 3:22 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
Max, do you have Treats in Zild? How do they compare with peanut M&Ms? There is a similar local sweet here called Cha-chas, which I must confess to a certain degree of fondness for (i.e., I scoff down a packet every chance I get ). Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
#67720
05/07/2002 3:31 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
of troy, you might be interested in a book called "The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren" by Peter and Iona Opie. I haven't actually read it myself but at one time it was always being recommended as a sourcebook for the history of playground chants and so on.
Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
#67721
05/21/2002 2:44 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 872
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 872 |
Forgive me belMarduk, for resurecting this long dead thread but my six-year-old granddaughter and I wrote a new tappe la main yesterday and this thread is our only hope for publication. All you need for this production is a granddaughter, a grandfather and a queasy audience and a nearby desk. Permit me... ON THE ROAD writen by
milo and danielle
washington
(wide spread of hands) I thought I saw an elephant.
(paw scrach) I thought I saw a cat.
I thought I saw a dinner plate.
(head shake no.) Then I saw it wasn't that.
Oh...
(cradling arms) It was a little bitty squrril
(slap hands on desk) MASHED FLAT!
------
|
|
|
|
|
