regional variations on jump rope rhymes
aMAZon
version of one than I knew.
Complete the blank:
Lincoln, Lincoln, I've been thinkin'
What the heck have you been drinkin'?
It ain't whiskey, it ain't wine --
Oh, my gosh, it's ___________.
So, how do you guys fill in that blank?
--
aMAZon
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"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."
Stuart Carter
I would guess - turpentine..!
8-)
"aMAZon" <zesz...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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Puester
>
> Her Majesty is skipping rope downstairs, and she has learned a different
> version of one than I knew.
>
> Complete the blank:
>
> Lincoln, Lincoln, I've been thinkin'
> What the heck have you been drinkin'?
> It ain't whiskey, it ain't wine --
> Oh, my gosh, it's ___________.
>
> So, how do you guys fill in that blank?
>
Reaching back a loo-o-o-o-o-ng way, IIRC it was "iodine".
(Or maybe turpentine?)
glroia p
Stacy Lynn
aMAZon wrote:
> Lincoln, Lincoln, I've been thinkin'
> What the heck have you been drinkin'?
> It ain't whiskey, it ain't wine --
> Oh, my gosh, it's ___________.
>
> So, how do you guys fill in that blank?
Turpentine. But thats not how I learned it. I learned it a different
way. I can't remember the guys name (not lincoln though), but
otherwise, the first 2 lines are the same. Then:
Looks like water, tastes like wine,
Oh my gosh, its turpentine.
I grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, and thats where I learned that rhyme.
:)
Stacy
Brenda English
I've always heard it as....turpentine.
Brenda English
HollyLewis
>>Her Majesty is skipping rope downstairs, and she has learned a different
>
>>version of one than I knew.
>>
>>Complete the blank:
>>
>>Lincoln, Lincoln, I've been thinkin'
>>What the heck have you been drinkin'?
>>It ain't whiskey, it ain't wine --
>>Oh, my gosh, it's ___________.
>>
>>So, how do you guys fill in that blank?
>>
>>--
>>aMAZon
I've never heard this rhyme at all. :-)
Holly
(whose jump rope days were lived in San Jose, CA)
aMAZon
Stacy Lynn wrote:
Her Majesty grandly informed me that the third line she learned is the
same way that you learned it, Stacy. But here in upstate NY, at least
in her school, the last word is "iodine".
I learned it as "turpentine".
It jars me to hear something I think I know sone in a different way. I
don't know if it's primary geograhpic, or simply the course of
time...for all I know, the kids from where I grew up are singing HM's
version now.
Jen in South Florida
> So, how do you guys fill in that blank?
>
I've never heard this one before. And I grew up 15 miles from
Lincoln's birthplace, assuming that this refers to the former
president Lincoln.
Jen
Stephanie Scales
HollyLewis wrote:
> I've never heard this rhyme at all. :-)
>
> Holly
> (whose jump rope days were lived in San Jose, CA)
Me neither, from someone whose jump rope days were in Arizona and Alaska.
-Stephanie
Stacy Lynn
aMAZon wrote:
> Her Majesty grandly informed me that the third line she learned is the
> same way that you learned it, Stacy. But here in upstate NY, at least
> in her school, the last word is "iodine".
>
> I learned it as "turpentine".
>
> It jars me to hear something I think I know sone in a different way. I
> don't know if it's primary geograhpic, or simply the course of
> time...for all I know, the kids from where I grew up are singing HM's
> version now.
How about the other verse?
I've got a dog; his name is Rover.
He's a very clever pup.
He can stand upon his back legs,
if you hold his front legs up.
I didn't learn this song as a jumprope rhyme, I learned it as a full
song. There are other verses too. I wish I could remember them!
Barbara Warner
>
> I've never heard this rhyme at all. :-)
>
> Holly
> (whose jump rope days were lived in San Jose, CA)
Glad to read that - I was beginning to think that it was just
non-USAians who didn't know the rhyme. I've never heard of it either.
I didn't have the co-ordination to skip much with others, but here's a
skipping song I remember:
Not last night but the night be-fore
Twenty-four robbers came to my door
And this is what they said to me...
Turn around, turn around,
Turn around, turn around.
Touch the ground, touch the ground,
Touch the ground, touch the ground.
....
(I can't remember the rest - anyone?)
--Barbara (who does remember that the 'skipper' was supposed to do the
actions when they were sung - it was definitely a group skipping 'thing'
because the skipper would have a hard time touching the ground while
turning the rope, for instance!)
aMAZon
Barbara Warner wrote:
We had another one that started "Not last night but the night before",
but went on to something else.
The one that closely resembles what you posted is "Teddy bear, teddy
bear", and the actions included turn around, touch the ground, climb the
stairs, say your prayers, turn out the light, and say goodnight.
Barbara Warner
>
> We had another one that started "Not last night but the night before",
> but went on to something else.
>
> The one that closely resembles what you posted is "Teddy bear, teddy
> bear", and the actions included turn around, touch the ground, climb the
> stairs, say your prayers, turn out the light, and say goodnight.
\
Hmm, the "Teddy Bear" one sounds very familiar -- maybe I *have* mixed
it up with the 24 robbers one! I'll try to remember to ask my sister --
prior to her illness, she was an active skipper :-)
--Barbara--
Puester
>
> It jars me to hear something I think I know done in a different way. I
> don't know if it's primary geograhpic, or simply the course of
> time...for all I know, the kids from where I grew up are singing HM's
> version now.
>
I'm just gratified to hear that kids are still jumping rope!
Jump rope, jacks, ball-bouncing to rhymes, hopscotch, running races,
yo-yos, circle games were very popular in elementary school (K-3) when
I was little. When we got to grammar school (4-6) much of that
disappeared, probably because we all had a longer walk to get there
and it didn't allow as much time on the playground. Also, IIRC,
they boys' and girls' playgrounds weren't separated like they were
in K-3, and no one wanted to look dorky in front of the boys.
(They didn't mind looking dorky in front of us, of course.)
gloria p
Puester
>
Barbara, you may have unleashed something, here.
"I don't wanna go to Macy's any more, more, more
There's a big, mean lady at the door, door, door.
She'll grab you by the collar
And she'll make you jump and holler.
I don't wanna go to Macy's any more, more, more!"
gloria p
KathrynKula
>From: aMAZon zesz...@worldnet.att.net
>Date: 2/15/02 6:32 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <3C6D99A3...@worldnet.att.net>
>
>Her Majesty is skipping rope downstairs, and she has learned a different
>version of one than I knew.
>
>Complete the blank:
>
>Lincoln, Lincoln, I've been thinkin'
>What the heck have you been drinkin'?
>It ain't whiskey, it ain't wine --
>Oh, my gosh, it's ___________.
my guess is turpentine, but I've never heard the rhyme before.
Vicky Larmour
> Barbara, you may have unleashed something, here.
Sounds like it :-)
The ones I remember skipping (jumping rope in USA-ian, evidently)
to are:
Maids in the kitchen,
doin' a bit of stitchin',
IN comes the bogeyman
and pushes her OUT!
(on the IN and the OUT, a new person joins in on the same rope and
the first person leaves).
Bumper car, bumper car, number 48,
Came round the coooooooooooooorner,
(person runs out of the rope, round the end, and back into the rope)
Slammed on the brakes!
Policeman saw him, put him in gaol,
How many bottles of ginger ale?
1,2,3,... (until the person trips or misses a beat)
Cinderella,
Met her fella
Underneath a big umbrella!
How many kisses did she give him?
1,2,3,....
I am a girl guide dressed in blue
These are the things that I must do:
Salute to my captain,
Bow to my queen,
Show my knickers to the football team!
(Doing all the actions on the last three lines ;-))
I like coffee, I like tea,
I like sitting on a black man's knee!
I like coffee, I like tea,
I like [Nicola] IN with me!
(on the IN, the person who you just named jumps in with you and you
jump out)
Gosh, this is bringing back memories!
Vicky
--
Ivanova: "Lennier, get us the hell out of here!"
Lennier: "Initiating 'getting the hell out of here' maneuver..."
- Babylon 5: "The Hour of the Wolf"
Stacy Lynn
Vicky Larmour wrote:
>
> Cinderella,
> Met her fella
> Underneath a big umbrella!
> How many kisses did she give him?
> 1,2,3,....
I knew a cinderella rhyme, but mine went:
Cinderella,
dressed in yella
went up stairs to kiss a fella
(ok, I can't remember the rest, but I think it was about a snake!!)
Amy and Dave
sister informed the school of what they were singing. A lot of kids got
talked to after this one. I don't remember the exact words but it had
something to do with.
Take off my clothes
Get into bed
and make love to me
I couldn't believe it when I heard it so I listened a little longer and when
I heard it again, I told them not to say that anymore and I told their mom
who sat them down and talked to them. The sad thing is we don't know what
else they are learning at school and not telling us. they were 5 and 3 at
the time.
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Jennifer A.
"Stacy Lynn" <webm...@stacyinthecity.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Vicky Larmour wrote:
> >
> > Cinderella,
> > Met her fella
> > Underneath a big umbrella!
> > How many kisses did she give him?
> > 1,2,3,....
>
> I knew a cinderella rhyme, but mine went:
>
> Cinderella,
> dressed in yella
> went up stairs to kiss a fella
> (ok, I can't remember the rest, but I think it was about a snake!!)
Finally! One I remember
....Made a mistake and kissed a snake
How many doctors did it take (to take care of the venom, I guess...)
1,2,3....
- Jennifer in Delaware
HollyLewis
>We had another one that started "Not last night but the night before",
>but went on to something else.
>
Here too, but I don't remember what the something else was.
The one I remember using most starts
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
Had buttons all down her back, back, back
But I've forgotten the rest.
I remember Stacy's version of the Cinderella one, but it ended with counting
the kisses like Vicky's. Yes, there was something about a snake, too.
It's been too long, I guess.
Isn't there a Klutz book of jump rope rhymes?
Holly
Sarah M.
>>We had another one that started "Not last night but the night before",
>>but went on to something else.
>>
>>
>
> Here too, but I don't remember what the something else was.
>
> The one I remember using most starts
> Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
> Had buttons all down her back, back, back
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
Jump over the fence, fence, fence...
That's all I remember! We didn't jump rope to this though, it was a
clapping game (like Patty Cake).
Sarah
Sarah Hallum
>>
>>We had another one that started "Not last night but the night before",
>>but went on to something else.
>>
> Here too, but I don't remember what the something else was.
> The one I remember using most starts
> Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
> Had buttons all down her back, back, back
> But I've forgotten the rest.
My version was:
Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack
all dressed in black black black
with silver buttons, buttons, buttons
all down her back back back
she asked her mother mother mother
for 50 cents cents cents
to see the elephants elephants elephants
jump over the fence fence fenc
they jumped so high high high
they reached the sky sky sky
and didn't come back back back
till the fourth of july july july
Not that it makes sense, but ok. :)
Sarah
Jennifer A.
"HollyLewis" <holly...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >We had another one that started "Not last night but the night before",
> >but went on to something else.
> >
>
> Here too, but I don't remember what the something else was.
>
> The one I remember using most starts
> Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
> Had buttons all down her back, back, back
>
> But I've forgotten the rest.
this is the one I remember....
Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack
All dressed in black black black
with silver buttons, buttons, buttons
all down her back, back, back
she asked her mother, mother, mother
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
jump the fence, fence, fence
They jumped so high, high, high
they reached the sky, sky, sky
they didn't come back, back, back
til the fourth of July, -ly, -ly
- Jennifer in Delaware
Jennifer A.
"Sarah Hallum" <sha...@delaware.astro.lsa.umich.edu> wrote in message
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Of course, I read the Sarahs responses just after sending my own....but at
least I know that I was pulling it from some sort of reality *grin*
- Jennifer in Delaware
Puester
>
> >
> >We had another one that started "Not last night but the night before",
> >but went on to something else.
> >
>
> Here too, but I don't remember what the something else was.
>
> The one I remember using most starts
> Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
> Had buttons all down her back, back, back
>
> But I've forgotten the rest.
>
The second line was "All dressed in black, black, black..."
gloria p
Sarah M.
Yeah, OK, so we really ARE twins, since we both posted the same rhyme.
:-) I just couldn't remember the last stanza, but now that you mention
it, I do. :-)
Sarah
Hillary Israeli
Sarah M. <spam...@sarie110.yahoo.com> wrote:
*
*Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
*All dressed in black, black, black
*With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
*All down her back, back, back
*She asked her mother, mother, mother
*For fifty cents, cents, cents
*To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
*Jump over the fence, fence, fence...
They jumped so high, high, high,
They reached the sky, sky, sky...
*
*That's all I remember! We didn't jump rope to this though, it was a
*clapping game (like Patty Cake).
Yep.
--
hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net in...@hillary.net
"uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est."
newly minted veterinarian-at-large :)
Sarah Hallum
> Sarah Hallum wrote:
>> My version was:
>> Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack
>> all dressed in black black black
>> with silver buttons, buttons, buttons
>> all down her back back back
>>
>> she asked her mother mother mother
>> for 50 cents cents cents
>> to see the elephants elephants elephants
>> jump over the fence fence fenc
>>
>> they jumped so high high high
>> they reached the sky sky sky
>> and didn't come back back back
>> till the fourth of july july july
>>
>>
>> Not that it makes sense, but ok. :)
> Yeah, OK, so we really ARE twins, since we both posted the same rhyme.
> :-) I just couldn't remember the last stanza, but now that you mention
> it, I do. :-)
Sure, and the fact that someone said "I remember the rhyme the Sarahs
posted," made me laugh.
Don't forget! We were also raised in the same part of the country! ;P
The Other Sarah from New England,
still waiting for the picture :)
Sarah M.
> Sarah M. <spam...@sarie110.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Sarah Hallum wrote:
>>
>
>>>My version was:
>>>Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack
>>>all dressed in black black black
>>>with silver buttons, buttons, buttons
>>>all down her back back back
>>>
>>>she asked her mother mother mother
>>>for 50 cents cents cents
>>>to see the elephants elephants elephants
>>>jump over the fence fence fenc
>>>
>>>they jumped so high high high
>>>they reached the sky sky sky
>>>and didn't come back back back
>>>till the fourth of july july july
>>>
>>>
>>>Not that it makes sense, but ok. :)
>>>
>
>
>>Yeah, OK, so we really ARE twins, since we both posted the same rhyme.
>>:-) I just couldn't remember the last stanza, but now that you mention
>>it, I do. :-)
>>
>
> Sure, and the fact that someone said "I remember the rhyme the Sarahs
> posted," made me laugh.
Me, too. :-)
> Don't forget! We were also raised in the same part of the country! ;P
That's true, too. But did you use it as a clapping game, or a jump rope
song?
> The Other Sarah from New England,
> still waiting for the picture :)
Oh, right! I forgot. I'm on it. :-)
Sarah
aMAZon
Jennifer A. wrote:
This Cinderella one seems current among the second-graders of my
acquaintance.
My version went:
Cinderella dressed in yella
Went outside to meet her fella
On the way her girdle busted.
How many people were disgusted?
I wonder how many of today's kids even have an inkling of what a girdle
is, anyway?
--
Sarah Hallum
> Sarah Hallum wrote:
>> Don't forget! We were also raised in the same part of the country! ;P
> That's true, too. But did you use it as a clapping game, or a jump rope
> song?
I used the Miss Mary Mack song as a clapping song.
I'm trying hard to remember jump rope songs, but failing. I was one of
the best in my class at jump rope. Then we moved. So the snobs in my
hometown never did that- didn't cost enough money, I guess.
>> The Other Sarah from New England,
>> still waiting for the picture :)
> Oh, right! I forgot. I'm on it. :-)
For the curious, still following this, here's a picture of Sarah M, myself
(Sarah H), and Tina S (in that same order, from L-->R)
Sarah H
Vicky Larmour
<spam...@sarie110.yahoo.com> wrote:
> That's all I remember! We didn't jump rope to this though, it
> was a clapping game (like Patty Cake).
Clapping rhymes! Anyone else remember:
Under the bramble bushes
Down by the sea (boom boom boom)
True love for you my darling
True love for me (boom boom boom)
A boy for you
A girl for me
Johnny broke a saucer,
blamed it on me
I told Ma,
Ma told Pa,
Johnny got a spanking,
Ha ha ha!
And how about that one where you sat round in a circle and everyone
had a number. You clapped your hands / clicked your fingers in a
four-beat time and on the last two beats you said your own number,
and then someone else's. Then they had to do the same. If you made a
mistake or didn't notice your number being called, you were out. That
one started out:
Concentration,
Concentration now begin!
Radio [click click]
Let's GO! [click click]
:-)
Kelly H.
"Hillary Israeli" <hil...@hillary.net> wrote in message
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> In <3C6F04A...@sarie110.yahoo.com>,
> Sarah M. <spam...@sarie110.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> *
> *Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
> *All dressed in black, black, black
> *With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
> *All down her back, back, back
> *She asked her mother, mother, mother
> *For fifty cents, cents, cents
> *To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
> *Jump over the fence, fence, fence...
>
> They jumped so high, high, high,
> They reached the sky, sky, sky
And they didn't come back, back , back
Until the 4th of July
(???????????????)
or maybe I'm remembering it wrong?
Kelly H
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"Vicky Larmour" wrote
> And how about that one where you sat round in a circle and everyone
> had a number. You clapped your hands / clicked your fingers in a
> four-beat time and on the last two beats you said your own number,
> and then someone else's. Then they had to do the same. If you made a
> mistake or didn't notice your number being called, you were out. That
> one started out:
>
> Concentration,
> Concentration now begin!
> Radio [click click]
> Let's GO! [click click]
>
We had:
"Concentration [click, click]
Are you ready [click, click]
If so {click, click]
Let's go! [click, click]"
- followed by the number thing.
Jean
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Barbara Warner
>
> "Vicky Larmour" wrote
> > Concentration,
> > Concentration now begin!
> > Radio [click click]
> > Let's GO! [click click]
> >
>
> We had:
> "Concentration [click, click]
> Are you ready [click, click]
> If so {click, click]
> Let's go! [click, click]"
>
> - followed by the number thing.
>
And we had a clapping/memory game named concentration:L
"Concentration!
Game of....
<insert item here>
....
Each player names a type of "thing" and the person who fails to name one
within their 'beat' is out. The last person still playing, wins!
Example - Megan, aMAZon and I are playing:
Concentration!
Game of ...
cars
<barbara>: Mustang!
<amazon>: Corvette!
<megan>: MG!
>barbara>: range rover!
etc., round and round until someone misses.
We had to clap two beats in between each answer, to give time for the
next one.
--Barbara
JMH
Vicky Larmour wrote:
> In article news:3C6F04A...@sarie110.yahoo.com, "Sarah M."
> <spam...@sarie110.yahoo.com> wrote:
> > That's all I remember! We didn't jump rope to this though, it
> > was a clapping game (like Patty Cake).
>
> Clapping rhymes! Anyone else remember:
No. But we had clapping rhymes where two rows of girls stood facing each
other to then sing and clap:
Cross down when Billy was one,
He learned to suck his thumb
Thumb yanna, Thumb yanna, half past one...
Cross down when Billy was two,
He learned to tie his shoe,
Shoe yanna, shoe yanna, half past two...
And on and on.....
We also jump roped to
Em scram gram
Picky picky poley gram
Booley booley rat tat tam
Em scram gram
I wish I could remember the rhyme to Chinese jump roping we used to do.
It coincided with a series of jumps over the elastic rope to successfully
complete before rising the level of the rope.
Susan Behr MacDuffee
> I've never heard this rhyme at all. :-)
>
> Holly
> (whose jump rope days were lived in San Jose, CA)
I've never heard it either. My jump roping days where spent in NJ and south FL.
--Susan
JeanneP
I actually don't remember any jump rope rhymes, and I lived all over
the US. Maybe that's the problem... as a Navy Brat, I moved too often
to form real friendships for playing these games. Although the Mary
Mack one sounds familiar.
> And how about that one where you sat round in a circle and everyone
> had a number. You clapped your hands / clicked your fingers in a
> four-beat time and on the last two beats you said your own number,
> and then someone else's. Then they had to do the same. If you made a
> mistake or didn't notice your number being called, you were out. That
> one started out:
>
> Concentration,
> Concentration now begin!
> Radio [click click]
> Let's GO! [click click]
Ahhh... the leaders of my church youth group when I was in highschool
borrowed this idea for the group. In the summer, we'd kill energy by
playing volleyball before the meeting, but in the winter we'd do indoor
stuff. One game had everyone pick a name from the Bible, and we had to
go around with the names on the clicks.
I noticed that everyone who picked the easy names like "Eve" or "Job"
got called an awful lot, and they really had to be on the ball to keep
up. So I looked in the early parts of Genesis, where there are long
lists of "And so-and-so begat so-and-so, who begat so-and-so..." and
I picked the name Hazarmaveth. I think someone remembered to call on
me only once after that. ;-)
And I wasn't even an engineer yet... heh.
Jeanne P
jennifer c
>
>
>Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
>All dressed in black, black, black
>With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
>All down her back, back, back
>She asked her mother, mother, mother
>For fifty cents, cents, cents
>To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
>Jump over the fence, fence, fence...
>
>That's all I remember! We didn't jump rope to this though, it was a
>clapping game (like Patty Cake).
And like Miss Susie, which I've had running through my head for about three
weeks now. :)
Miss Susie had a steamboat;
the steamboat had a bell.
Miss Susie went to heaven,
the steamboat went to
hell-o operator, give me number 9
[and so on and so forth :) ]
Oddly enough, my next door neighbor just got a book of jump rope rhymes for her
6th birthday. I spent an afternoon a few weeks ago teaching her the rhymes in
the book, and showing her how to jump rope when there are two people turning it
(as opposed to her turning it herself). It broght back lots of memories...
-jennifer c.
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email: jennac [at] newsguy [dot] com
Tina S
jennifer c wrote:
> And like Miss Susie, which I've had running through my head for about three
> weeks now. :)
>
> Miss Susie had a steamboat;
> the steamboat had a bell.
> Miss Susie went to heaven.
> the steamboat went to
> hell-o operator, give me number 9
> [and so on and so forth :) ]
Thank you! Parts of that have been running through my head since this
discussion began, but I couldn't remember enough of it to post about it.
I didn't do much jump roping or clapping games as a child, but I do
remember Miss Susie.
Tina
Shelly
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> Miss Susie had a steamboat;
> the steamboat had a bell.
> Miss Susie went to heaven,
> the steamboat went to
> hell-o operator, give me number 9
> [and so on and so forth :) ]
Yes! I've been trying to figure out what went with that tune. Now
that I've seen that verse, I'm remembering something along the lines
of:
Behind the refrigerator
There was a piece of glass
Miss Susie fell upon it
And broke her big fat
As-k me no more questions
Tell me no more lies
...
I can't remember any more of it, though.
--
Shelly
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Jenn Bernat
> Yes! I've been trying to figure out what went with that tune. Now
> that I've seen that verse, I'm remembering something along the lines
> of:
>
> Behind the refrigerator
> There was a piece of glass
> Miss Susie fell upon it
> And broke her big fat
> As-k me no more questions
> Tell me no more lies
> ...
>
> I can't remember any more of it, though.
Blast! Now I've got this whole thing stuck in my head.
This is what I remember:
Behind the 'frigerator
There was a piece of glass
Miss Susie sat upon it
And it went straight up her
As-k me no more questions
Tell me no more lies,
The boys are in the bathroom
Pulling down their
Flies are in the meadow
The bees are in the park
Miss Susie and her boyfriend
Are kissing in the
D-A-R-K D-A-R-K D-A-R-K
Dark dark dark!
We had dirty minds as 8 year olds, huh?
Jenn
--
Jenn Bernat
Sarah Hallum
> "jennifer c" <jennife...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
> news:a4ro3...@drn.newsguy.com...
>> Miss Susie had a steamboat;
>> the steamboat had a bell.
>> Miss Susie went to heaven,
>> the steamboat went to
>> hell-o operator, give me number 9
>> [and so on and so forth :) ]
And if you disconnect me,
I'll cut off your...
> Behind the refrigerator
> There was a piece of glass
> Miss Susie fell upon it
> And broke her big fat
> As-k me no more questions
> Tell me no more lies
> ...
The boys are in the girls room
zipping down their
flies are in the meadow
the bees are in the park
miss susie and her boyfriend
are kissing in the
D-A-R-K D-A-R-K D-A-R-K
DARK DARK DARK!!!
Sarah
jennifer c
>
>"jennifer c" <jennife...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>news:a4ro3...@drn.newsguy.com...
>> Miss Susie had a steamboat;
>> the steamboat had a bell.
>> Miss Susie went to heaven,
>> the steamboat went to
>> hell-o operator, give me number 9
>> [and so on and so forth :) ]
>
>
>Yes! I've been trying to figure out what went with that tune. Now
>that I've seen that verse, I'm remembering something along the lines
>of:
If you disconnect me,
I'll kick you from
>Behind the refrigerator
>There was a piece of glass
>Miss Susie fell upon it
>And broke her big fat
>As-k me no more questions
>Tell me no more lies
>...
>
>I can't remember any more of it, though.
The boys are in the bathroom,
zipping up their
flies are in the city
bees are in the park
boys and girls are kissing
in the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K
darker than the ocean,
darker than the sea,
darker than the black bear
that is chasing after
me, me, me me me.
:)
There are several variations on the last few lines -- this is the one that I
remember. There's also a variation on the whole thing:
Miss Susie had a baby,
she named him Tiny Tim.
She put him in the bathtub
to see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water,
he ate up all the soap.
He tried to eat the bathtub
but it didn't fit down his throat.
Miss Susie called the doctor.
The doctor called the nurse.
The nurse called the lady with the alligator purse.
Great... just when I thought I'd finally gotten this dumb thing out of my head.
;)
Sarah Hallum
> In article <a4s0a...@enews2.newsguy.com>, "Shelly" says...
> Miss Susie had a baby,
> she named him Tiny Tim.
> She put him in the bathtub
> to see if he could swim.
> He drank up all the water,
> he ate up all the soap.
> He tried to eat the bathtub
> but it didn't fit down his throat.
> Miss Susie called the doctor.
> The doctor called the nurse.
> The nurse called the lady with the alligator purse.
He's dead said the doctor
he's dead said the nurse
he's dead said the lady with the alligator purse!
Useless trivia girl, strikes again!
Sarah H
JeanneP
> There are several variations on the last few lines -- this is the one that I
> remember. There's also a variation on the whole thing:
>
> Miss Susie had a baby,
> she named him Tiny Tim.
> She put him in the bathtub
> to see if he could swim.
> He drank up all the water,
> he ate up all the soap.
> He tried to eat the bathtub
> but it didn't fit down his throat.
>
> Miss Susie called the doctor.
> The doctor called the nurse.
> The nurse called the lady with the alligator purse.
This has been turned into a children's board book (thick, stiff pages)
titled, "The Lady with the Alligator Purse." To be PC, the purse is
shown as one shaped like an alligator, rather than made from alligator
skin. Anyway, the rhyme continues...
"Measles!" cried the doctor,
"Mumps!" said the nurse,
"Pizza!" said the lady with the alligator purse. (as she pulls out a
pizza and they all share it, including the baby).
And then there's a page where they all say goodbye, but I don't
remember the exact words.
Jeanne P
HollyLewis
>
>Jenn
OK, how about this one -- all I can remember is:
I wanna man
I wanna man
I want a mansion in the sky
I wanna pet
I wanna pet
I want a petticoat of silk
I wanna lick
I wanna lick
I want a licorice candy stick
but there were a ton of similar verses.
Holly
Hillary Israeli
Shelly <swr...@techie.com> wrote:
*"jennifer c" <jennife...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
*news:a4ro3...@drn.newsguy.com...
*> Miss Susie had a steamboat;
*> the steamboat had a bell.
*> Miss Susie went to heaven,
*> the steamboat went to
*> hell-o operator, give me number 9
*> [and so on and so forth :) ]
...and if you disconnect me I will kick you in the
*Behind the refrigerator
*There was a piece of glass
*Miss Susie fell upon it
*And broke her big fat [I learned "little"]
*As-k me no more questions
*Tell me no more lies
*...
The boys are in the bathroom
Pulling down their
Flies are in the meadow, the bees are in the barn
The boys and girls are kissing in the d-a-r-k
d-a-r-k
d-a-r-k
DARK!!!