Childrens Playground rhymes
Mark
I am a primary school teacher in the UK and as my final year
dissertation of my teaching degree (18 months ago) I produced
a dissertation entitled "Can Children's Playground Culture Affect
Their Classroom Experience". This dissertation covered all aspects
of children's playground rhymes (clapping, skipping and dipping).
Do the children in the US still use clapping and skipping rhymes in
the playground ? If so can you email me some please.
Below is a collection of rhymes I have collected during my research.
(a.) Clapping Rhyme We are Sexy Ladies
We are sexy ladies
We wear our hair in curls
We wear our dungarees
Down to our sexy knees
There is a boy next door
Who got me on the floor
We pushed it harder
We pushed it harder
We had a baby boy
His name was (unclear word) Martin
He kept on farting
In the labour
He kept on farting.
(b.) Skipping Rhyme Mummy
Mummy, I love the boy next door
Mummy, he got me on the floor
Mummy, look at my tummy
It grows bigger and bigger each day
Herbert what have you done to me
Herbert we've made a baby
Herbert we'll call it Sherbet
Then there'll be Herbert and Sherbet and
me.
(c.) Clapping Rhyme Eye-Shoe-Anna
I met a little dustbin girl
Called Eye-Shoe-Anna
All the boys in the football team
Said Eye-Shoe-Anna
How is your mother?
Alright
Died in the fish shop last night
What did she die of?
Raw fish
How did she die?
Like this.
(d.) Clapping Rhyme Susie
When Susie was a baby
A baby Susie was
She went a scribble, scribble
Scribble, scribble, scribble
When Susie was a school girl
A school girl Susie was
She went a Miss, Miss, I can't do this
I've got my knickers in an awful twist
When Susie was a teenager
A teenager Susie was
She went a hoo ha I've lost my
bra
I left it in my boyfriends
car
When Susie was a mummy
A mummy Susie was
She went a eat, eat
Eat, eat, eat
When Susie was a granny
A granny Susie was
She went a knit, knit
I've lost my stitch
When Susie was a spirit
A spirit Susie was
She went a whoo! whoo!
Whoo! whoo! whoo!
When Susie was a skeleton
A skeleton Susie was
She went a rattle, rattle
Rattle, rattle, rattle
When Susie was a nothing
A nothing Susie was
She went a .....
(They nod their heads in the same
rhythm
but in silence)
(e.) Skipping Rhyme I'm A Luck, Chuck Chicken
I'm a luck, chuck chicken
I'm a luck, chuck hen
There's a boy in the street
With a twinkle in his eye
He says that he loves me
But I didn't know why
So I walk with a wiggle
And a wiggle and a woggle
Doing the taxi, ping, pang, pong
The girls are watching tennis
The boys are watching football
So she walks with a wiggle
And a wiggle and a woggle
Doing the taxi, ping, pang, pong
The girls are making stew
The boys are saying poo
So she walks with a wiggle
And a wiggle and a woggle
Doing the taxi, ping, pang, pong
The girls are wearing mini skirts
The boys are wearing flacky shirts
So she walks with a wiggle
And a wiggle and a woggle
Doing the taxi, ping, pang, pong
The girls are doing twirls
The boys are playing with their toys
So she walks with a wiggle
And a wiggle and a woggle
Doing the taxi, ping, pang, pong.
(f.) Clapping Rhyme My Boyfriend Gave Me An Apple - #1
My boyfriend gave me an apple
My boyfriend gave me a pear
My boyfriend gave me a kiss on the lips
And he threw me down the stairs
I gave him back his apple
I gave him back his pear
I gave him back his kiss on the lips
And I threw him down the stairs
I threw him over London
I threw him over France
I threw him over the U.S.A
And he lost his underpants.
(g.) Clapping Rhyme My Boyfriend Gave Me An Apple - #2
(First eight lines as above)
I made him wash the dishes
I made him mop the floor
I made him pull his pants down
Behind the (unclear word) door
I took him to the sweet shop
To buy some bubble gum
And when he wasn't looking
I shoved it up his bum.
(h.) Skipping Rhyme The Addams Family Started
The Addams Family started
When Uncle Fester farted
He farted through the keyhole
And paralysed the cat
The cat was so excited
He shouted Man. United
And Man. United shouted
The Addams Family.
(i.) General Rhyme Neighbours
Neighbours
Pick your nose and taste the flavours
When you find a great big bogey
You'll find a taste that never ends
Neighbours
Pick your nose and taste the flavours
That's when you find the taste
that
never ends.
(j.) Clapping Rhyme The Girls In Spain
The girls in Spain
Wash their knickers in Champagne
And the boys in France
Do the hula-hula dance
And the dance they do
Is enough to kill a shoe
And the shoe they kill
Is enough to ring a bell
And the bell they ring
Goes ting-a-ling-a-ling.
(k.) Skipping Rhyme High As A Mountain
High as a mountain
Low as the sea
My brother broke a bottle
And blamed it on me
I told my momma
My momma told papa
My papa told the police
The police told the army
The army went bonkers
And my brother got a smack
On the B-U-M, spells Bum.
(l.) Dipping Rhyme Ibble Obble
Ibble, Obble, Black, Bobble
Ibble, Obble out
Turn a dirty dish
Inside out
If it's black, turn it back
Ibble, Obble, Black, Bobble
Ibble, Obble out.
(m.) Clapping Rhyme Miss Mary Mac
Miss Mary Mac, Mac, Mac
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
She asked her mum, mum, mum
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To watch the boys, boys, boys
They jumped her fence, fence, fence
They jumped so high, high, high
They reached the sky, sky, sky
And never came back, back, back
To the end of July, ly, ly.
Regards
--
Vikki Taylor
vi...@mjspc.demon.co.uk
Vicky
Mark <ma...@mjspc.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<32EA04...@mjspc.demon.co.uk>...
> Do the children in the US still use clapping and skipping rhymes in
> the playground ? If so can you email me some please.
>
> Regards
> --
> Vikki Taylor
> vi...@mjspc.demon.co.uk
>
My niece is 6 years old and she's doing some of the clapping rhymes I used
to do in the seventies. There is one new one that I had never heard
before. She picked it up in summer camp in New York.
double double this this
double double that that
double this
double that
double double this that
It has a twist in that you can replace "this" and "that" with words that go
together. The fun is in making up new ones. For example
double double ice ice
double double cream cream
double ice
double cream
double double ice cream
I hope this helps.
Vicky Braun
amyj...@googlemail.com
We are the (insert school name) girls
We wear our dungarees
You know that boy next door
He got my on the floor
We did it 50 times
And then he asked for more
My mother was surprised
To see my belly rise
My father jumped for joy
It was a baby boy
Also
All the girls in Spain wash their knickers in champagne.
All the boys in France do the hula hula dance.
And the dance they do is enough to TIE a shoe.
And the shoe they tie is enough to tell a lie.
And the lie they tell is enough to ring a bell.
And the bell they ring goes dingalingaling.
Also with the my boyfriend gave me an apple one, we ended with;
I gave him back his apple
I gave him back his pear
And I chucked him down the stairs
I chucked him over London
I chucked him over France
I chucked him over the USA and he lost his under pants
I took him to the cinema to buy some bubblegum
And when he wasn't looking I stuck it up his bum.
Weren't we classy haha!