name of rhyming-and-clapping game?
Bettyc
when I was a kid (many years ago) along with the hopscotch games and the
jumprope games that had rhymes to them, we also had several where two
people would square off and clap hands first with themselves, then with
one hand with the other person then with the other hand with the other
person, and so on (sometimes slapping shoulders or legs alternatively),
while reciting rhymes to keep the rhythm going.
What the heck is this kind of game called? The "clapping game"?
I was showing one to my niece over the weekend (8 years old), and she
knows several that I knew such as "Miss Mary Mack all dressed in black"
and "a sailor went to sea, sea, sea" (that one is accompanied by
saluting). And one that I remember only part off from MY youth has the
line ....
"Behind the refrigerator there laid a piece of glass-
Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
out.
What's the rest of the rhyme?
I used to remember lots more of them, but alas, I think they're gone
with youth.
--
Betty Cunningham
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JulieSwan
as far as I know it is just called hand clapping games. THere are books of
the rhymes used and reused. It is amazing which rhymes survive and which
ones change over the years.
Julie
Steve/Beth George
: "Behind the refrigerator there laid a piece of glass-
: Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
: ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
: which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
: out.
: What's the rest of the rhyme?
This is what I learned in Southern California and South Florida in my
'70's childhood. Your version may have varied
"Miss Lucy had a steamboat.
The steamboat had a bell.
Miss Lucy went to Heaven,
And the steamboat went to--
"Hello, operator.
Give me number nine.
And if you disconnect me,
I'll kick your --
"Behind the 'frigerator
There was a piece of glass.
Miss Lucy sat right on it,
And it went right up her--
"Ask me no more questions.
Tell me no more lies.
The boys are in the bathroom
Zipping up their
"Flies are in the garden.
Flies are in the park.
The boys and girls are kissing
IN the D-A-R-K, dark, dark, dark!"
--Beth
Julie Dickinson
In article 3A...@flyinggoat.com, Bettyc <Bet...@flyinggoat.com> writes:
>when I was a kid (many years ago) along with the hopscotch games and the
>jumprope games that had rhymes to them, we also had several where two
>people would square off and clap hands first with themselves, then with
>one hand with the other person then with the other hand with the other
>person, and so on (sometimes slapping shoulders or legs alternatively),
>while reciting rhymes to keep the rhythm going.
The one all the little girls did when I was in grade school went like
this:
Did you ever ever ever in your <adjective> life
See a <adjective> sailor and his <adjective> wife?
No, I never never never in my <adjective> life
Saw a <adjective> sailor and his <adjective> wife.
<adjective> would change through a number of verses, with an
appropriate hand-and-arm motion when it was said. The only ones I
remember are:
long-legged (hold hands far apart)
short-legged (hold hands close together)
bowlegged (I don't remember for these two)
pigeon-toed
We didn't have any special name for this kind of game.
>"Behind the refrigerator there laid a piece of glass-
>Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
>ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
>which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
>out.
I learned this one as just a poem, not a clapping game:
Mary had a steamboat
The steamboat had a bell.
Mary went to heaven, but
The steamboat went to -
Hello, Operator, give me Frankenstein.
And if he doesn't answer, give me back my dime.
jules (julie dickinson, ju...@lilac.eng.sun.com)
Christie E. Burke
In article <3341E8...@flyinggoat.com>, Bettyc <Bet...@flyinggoat.com> writes:
(snip)
> "Behind the refrigerator there laid a piece of glass-
> Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
> ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
> which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
> out.
>
This is as much as I know (and it's not exactly books, but it certainly applies
to children's oral tradition...):
Miss Lucy had a steamboat.
The steamboat had a bell.
Miss Lucy went to heaven,
the steamboat went to
Hello Operator,
Please give me number nine.
If you disconnect me,
I'll kick your li'l
Behind the refrigerator [though this was abbreviated to 'frigerator for the
sake of meter]
there was a piece of glass.
Miss Lucy sat upon it
And cut her little
Ask me no more questions,
I'll tell you no more lies.
The boys are in the bathroom
Zipping up their
Flies are in the meadow,
The cows are in the park.
Miss Lucy kissed her boyfriend
In the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, dark!
Whew. That may be different from some people's memory of the song. It's also
related to the one about the lady with the alligator purse. Wasn't there a
thread about these songs a couple months ago?
Christie :)
cbu...@macalester.edu
Christie E. Burke
What books? I have never seen anything like this written down, and I'd love to
get ahold of a concrete source!
Christie :)
cbu...@macalester.edu
Maureen Morin
Bettyc wrote:
> And one that I remember only part off from MY youth has the
> line ....
> Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
> ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
> which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
> out.
>
> What's the rest of the rhyme?
It sounds to me like one of the variations of "Miss Lucy." Sharon, Lois
and Bram sing a version of "Miss Lucy had a baby, His name was Tiny Tim,
She put him in the bathtub, To see if he could swim. etc."
I also remember hearing "Miss Lucy had a steamboat, The steamboat had a
bell, And every time she rang it, She went straight down to ???." This
may be related to the one you're trying to remember.
Anybody else?
Cheers,
Maureen Morin
Cheryl Gastaldo
the version i learned in day camps in the eighties and heard when i worked
at some in the 90's was a little different.
"Miss Suzy had a steamboat.
The steamboat had a bell.
Miss Suzy went to Heaven,
And the steamboat went to--
"Hello, operator.
Please, give me number nine.
And if you disconnect me,
I'll chop off your --
"Behind the 'frigerator
There was a piece of glass.
Miss Suzy sat upon it
and broke her little
"Ask me no more questions.
Tell me no more lies.
The boys are in the bathroom
Zipping up their
"Flies are in the meadow
bees are in the park.
The boys and girls are kissing
IN the D-A-R-K, dark, dark, dark!"
The dark is like a movie
a movie's like a show
a show is like a tv set
and that is all i know, know, know.
i know i know my mother
i know i know my pop
i know i know my my sister
with the 18 hour bra, bra, bra
others i know include "miss Suzy had a baby", "miss mary mack", "i went to
a chinese restaraunt", "i am a little dutch girl" (sorta know this one),
"my mother, your mother, live across the street" (aka "boys are
rotten").....
cheryl
--
To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
- e.e. cummings
Julie Dickinson
Christie,
_A Rocket in my Pocket_ is one (I forget the author) - if it's not in
print, your public library should have a copy. I think there are a
couple of others, but if so, I forget the titles.
jules (julie dickinson, ju...@lilac.eng.sun.com)
In article 162048@apollo, cbu...@macalester.edu (Christie E. Burke) writes:
>In article <19970402072...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, juli...@aol.com (JulieSwan) writes:
>>THere are books of the rhymes used and reused.
>
Elizabeth Thomsen
Christie E. Burke (cbu...@macalester.edu) wrote:
: What books? I have never seen anything like this written down, and I'd
love to
: get ahold of a concrete source!
: Christie :)
: cbu...@macalester.edu
Here's one well-known book:
Miss Mary Mack and other children's street rhymes
compiled by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson ; illustrated by Alan
Tiegreen.
New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1990.
but there are many others. Check with the Children's Librarian at your
local public library for more!
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Kimberly Anne Marie
Bettyc (Bet...@flyinggoat.com) wrote:
: "Behind the refrigerator there laid a piece of glass-
: Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
: ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
: which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
: out.
:
: What's the rest of the rhyme?
The version of this that I know is:
Miss Suzy had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell
Miss Suzy went to heaven, the steamboat went to -
Hello operator, give me number nine
And if you disconnect me, I'll kick you from -
Behind the 'frigerator, there was a piece of glass
Miss Suzy slipped upon in, and broke her little -
Ask me no more questions, tell me no more lies
Miss Suzy told me all of this the day before she -
Dyed her hair of orange, she dyed her hair of pink
She dyed her hair of polka-dots and washed it down the sink.
--
kam...@yakko.cs.wmich.edu I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your
Kimberly Anne Marie presence if you would agree to treat gravity as
Makouski Rowan-Leigh a law, rather than one of a number of suggested
send me koosas! and Lego! options. (no junk mail!) (Barnabas to Delirium)
Jim Horan
My mother sang me this version from her childhood (she was born
in 1910):
The steamboat blew its whistle.
The steamboat blew its bell.
The steamboat blew its boiler
And blew it all to hell.
That's all she can remember. Presumably there are many similar
naughty verses to follow.
It's interesting to see the changes in this bit of folklore over
the years. I suppose the line about the boiler was dropped because kids
no longer understood what that was and how it might explode.
-Jim Horan
On 2 Apr 1997, Steve/Beth George wrote:
> : "Behind the refrigerator there laid a piece of glass-
> : Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
> : ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
> : which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
> : out.
>
> : What's the rest of the rhyme?
>
> This is what I learned in Southern California and South Florida in my
> '70's childhood. Your version may have varied
>
> "Miss Lucy had a steamboat.
> The steamboat had a bell.
> Miss Lucy went to Heaven,
Miss Farrar
maggie (mjoh...@srs.lmco.com) wrote:
>
> I kicked him over London
> I kicked him over France
> I kicked him over Disneyland
> And he lost his underpants
>
that's funny - i knew another one that presumably had the same beat and
ended much same way:
my boyfriend's name is patty
he lives in cincinatti
with forty-eight toes and a pickle on his nose
this is how my story goes:
one day i saw him walking when he was also talking
to a pretty little girl with strawberry curls and this is what he said to
her:
i L-O-V-E love you
i K-I-S-S kiss you
and if you ever move away i'll M-I-S-S miss you
i kicked him over london,
i kicked him over france
i kicked him over U-S-A and saw his purple underpants!
maggie
Christie E. Burke wrote:
>
> In article <3341E8...@flyinggoat.com>, Bettyc <Bet...@flyinggoat.com> writes:
> (snip)
> > Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
> > ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
> > which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
> > out.
> >
> > What's the rest of the rhyme?
> The steamboat had a bell.
> the steamboat went to
> Hello Operator,
> Please give me number nine.
> If you disconnect me,
> I'll kick your li'l
> Behind the refrigerator [though this was abbreviated to 'frigerator for the
> sake of meter]
> there was a piece of glass.
> Miss Lucy sat upon it
> And cut her little
> The boys are in the bathroom
> Zipping up their
> The cows are in the park.
> Miss Lucy kissed her boyfriend
The dark is like a movie
A movies like a show
A show is like a TV set
And that is all I know
I know I know my Ma
I know I know my Pa
I know I know my sister
With the 40 acher bra ( sometimes my daughter says '49er' here :-)
My Pa gave me a nickel
My Ma gave ma a dime
My sister gave me a boyfriend
To kiss me all the time
My Pa took back the nickle
My Ma took back the dime
My sister took back the boyfriend
And gave me Frankenstein
He made me wash the dishes
He make me scrub the floor
He make me wask his underpants
So I kicked him out the door
I kicked him over London
I kicked him over France
I kicked him over Disneyland
And he lost his underpants
> Whew. That may be different from some people's memory of the song. It's also
> related to the one about the lady with the alligator purse. Wasn't there a
> thread about these songs a couple months ago?
>
> Christie :)
> cbu...@macalester.edu
Maggie, Mom to Marie (9) and Tommy (6)
Ed Luxenburg
Steve/Beth George wrote:
>
> : "Behind the refrigerator there laid a piece of glass-
> : Miss Lucy sat apon it and broke her little-
> : ask me no more questions, something-something-something"
> : which I know is only a later chorus, not the one that starts the rhyme
> : out.
>
> : What's the rest of the rhyme?
>
> '70's childhood. Your version may have varied
>
> The steamboat had a bell.
> And the steamboat went to--
>
> Give me number nine.
> And if you disconnect me,
> I'll kick your --
>
> "Behind the 'frigerator
> There was a piece of glass.
> Miss Lucy sat right on it,
> And it went right up her--
>
> The boys are in the bathroom
> Zipping up their
>
> Flies are in the park.
> The boys and girls are kissing
> IN the D-A-R-K, dark, dark, dark!"
>
My sixth-grade daughter learned it from her friends as:
Miss Suzy had a steamboat,
The steamboat had a bell: ding! ding!
Miss Suzy went to heaven,
The steamboat went to -
Hello, operator!
Please give me number nine,
And if you disconnect me
I'll chop off your -
Behind her 'frigerator
There was a piece of glass;
Miss Suzy sat upon it
And broke her little -
Ask me no more questions;
Tell me no more lies.
The boys are in the girls' room
Zipping up their -
Flies are in the meadow.
The bees are in the park.
Miss Suzy and her boyfriend
Are kissing in the -
D A R K D A R K dark dark dark!
Darker than the ocean,
Darker than the sea,
Darker than the underwear
My mama puts on me!
It's nice to know that some things haven't changed that much!
Andrea
Wendy E. Betts
In article <1997Apr2.161924@apollo>,
Christie E. Burke <cbu...@macalester.edu> wrote:
>Whew. That may be different from some people's memory of the song. It's also
>related to the one about the lady with the alligator purse. Wasn't there a
>thread about these songs a couple months ago?
That was the version I knew--
Miss Lucy had a baby
His name was 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 wouldn't go down his throat
Mis Lucy called the Doctor
Miss Lucy called the nurse
Miss Lucy called the lady with the Alligator purse
and so on. Not nearly as risuqe as the other ones, unless there are
innendoes I'm missing. But then, there were all those girls in France,
who did the hula hula dance...
--
Wendy E. Betts, Editor, "Notes from the Windowsill."
Reply to web at armory dot com (or at deepthought dot armory dot com)
"Fairy tales are beautiful, but very confusing." -- Sylvia Waugh
Donna Mettler
I just had a chance to see the new ESL texts (this is the year to adopt them),
and the Scott-Foresman/Addison Wesley series uses an amazing number of these,
with wonderful illustrations at the K 1 and 2 levels, just to familiarize kids
with the sound of English. SO much better than the primers! (I'd love to
get the ESL books to start grade 1 kids out on, first--they're better than
the standard basal)
D2M
--
Donna DeVore Mettler
dmet...@ttmath.ttu.edu
http://www.math.ttu.edu/~dmettler/
Musician, Preschool Teacher, and Education Grad Student
All Children deserve a SPECIAL education!
Bettyc
Jim Horan wrote:
> My mother sang me this version from her childhood (she was born
> in 1910):
do you remember any others she might have told you?
Bettyc
Thank you all so much!
I'm saving these so I have them and if anyone has more please post them.
I'd be happy ro send copies out to those who might want one.
I have them as a WORD.doc or can send them as text in e-mail.
I'd hold off asking till I can get some more, however.
Bettyc
Cheryl Gastaldo wrote:
> others i know include "miss Suzy had a baby", "miss mary mack", "i went to
> a chinese restaraunt", "i am a little dutch girl" (sorta know this one),
> "my mother, your mother, live across the street" (aka "boys are
> rotten").....
please post them, I'm saving these this time.
Cheryl Gastaldo
okay here goes my attempt to recall these things...
miss suzy had a baby
she named him tiny tim
she put him in the bathtub
to see if he could swim, swim, swim
he drank up all the water
he ate up all the soap
he tried to eat the bathtub
but it wouldn't go down hius throat, throat, throat
miss suzy called the doctor
the doctor called the nurse
the nurse called the lady
with the alligator purse, purse, purse
in came the doctor
in came the nurse
in cam the lady
with the alligator purse, purse, purse
measles said the doctor
mumps said the nurse
chicken pox said the lady
with the alligator purse, purse, purse
5 cents for the doctor
10 cents for the nurse
25 cents for the lady
with the alligator purse, purse, purse
out goes the doctor
out goes the nurse
in stays the lady
with the alligator purse, purse purse.
miss mary mack, mack, makc
all dressed in black, black, black
with silver buttons, buttons, buttons,
all down her back, back, back
she asked her mothe, mother, mother
for 15 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 the never came back, back, back
to the fourth of july,july, july
YOU LIE!
i am a little dutch girl
pretty as pretty can be
and all the boys at school
are crazy over me, me, me
my boyfriend's name is jello
he comes from the town of mello
with a cherry on his nose
and pickles on his toes,
this is how my story goes
one day while i was walking
i saw my boyfriend talking
to a pretty little girl
with a strawberry curl
and this is what she said to him
i l-o-v-e love you
to k-i-s-s kiss you
in the d-a-r-k d-a-r-k d-a-r-k
dark dark dark.
my mother, your mother live across the street
18 19 blueberry street
when they meet they have a fight
and this is what they say to me
boys are rotten made out of cotton
girls are dandy made out of candy
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars to be movie stars.
clickety, clockety soda pop.
doctor, doctor, call the doctor
mama's gonna have a baby
if its a bpoy we'll give it a toy
if its a girl we'll give it a curl
if its two twins we'll give 'em two pins
wrap it up in toilet paper
send it down the elevator
first floor stop
second floor miss
third floor, you better watch out
'cause -s-t-o-p spells STOP
(both girls freeze)
i went to a chinese restaraunt
to buy a loaf of bread, bread, bread
he put it in a paper bag
and this is what he said, said, said
my name is k i pikiloli
humpty dumpty
alley alley umphry
chinese chopsticks
chow!
betp...@aol.com
I know a rhyme similar to this one that we used to figure out who was going to be "it" in our games of tag. You sang it as you pointed to everyone in turn. It went:
My mother and your mother were out hanging clothes
My mother punched your mother right in the nose
What color blood came out?
[someone would say a color -say, blue]
b l u e spells blue and you shall not be it.
Betty
In article <cgastald-040...@cas33.resnet.haverford.edu>, cgas...@haverford.edu wrote:
>my mother, your mother live across the street
>18 19 blueberry street
>when they meet they have a fight
>and this is what they say to me
>
>boys are rotten made out of cotton
>girls are dandy made out of candy
>boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
>girls go to mars to be movie stars.
>
>clickety, clockety soda pop.
***********************************************************
Betty Christophy * "Tut, tut, it looks like rain"
Betp...@aol.com * --Christopher Robin
***********************************************************
betp...@aol.com
In the version I know, "the boys" jump over the fence. Then there's a second verse:
She asked her mother, mother, mother
for 15 more cents, cents, cents
to see the elephants, elephants, elephants
go under the fence, fence, fence
They jumped so low, low, low
They stubbed their toe, toe, toe
and they won't come back, back, back
to the end of the show, show, show
I also know a variant that goes:
Miss Mary Myrtle, Myrtle, Myrtle
All dressed in purple, purple, purple
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons,
all down her girdle, girdle, girdle....
Betty
In article <cgastald-040...@cas33.resnet.haverford.edu>, cgas...@haverford.edu wrote:
>miss mary mack, mack, makc
>all dressed in black, black, black
>with silver buttons, buttons, buttons,
>all down her back, back, back
>she asked her mothe, mother, mother
>for 15 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 the never came back, back, back
>to the fourth of july,july, july
>YOU LIE!
***********************************************************
Marianne Jablon
betp...@aol.com wrote:
>I know a rhyme similar to this one that we used to figure out who was going to be "it" in our games of tag.
>You sang it as you pointed to everyone in turn. It went:
>My mother and your mother were out hanging clothes
>My mother punched your mother right in the nose
>What color blood came out?
>In article <cgastald-040...@cas33.resnet.haverford.edu>, cgas...@haverford.edu wrote:
>>my mother, your mother live across the street
>>18 19 blueberry street
>>when they meet they have a fight
>>and this is what they say to me
>>
>>boys are rotten made out of cotton
>>girls are dandy made out of candy
>>boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
>>girls go to mars to be movie stars.
>>
>>clickety, clockety soda pop.
OK, the one I remember went like this...
My mother your mother live across the way,
East 24th St., East Broadway
And every time they have a fight this is what they say:
Lady lady turn a round, round, round,
Lady lady touch the ground, ground ground,
Lady lady tie your shoe, shoe, shoe,
Lady lady that's enough of you!
I wonder how much of this stuff gets changed according to where one
lived, etc. F'rintance, I used to live on East 24th St. in Brooklyn,
so that's what we sang, but I was never quite clear if the words
weren't really East 34th St. (a more well-known Manhattan St.). So,
did the person who contributed the last rhyme above live on 1819
Blueberry street? Just wondering...
Marianne
Cheryl Gastaldo
> I wonder how much of this stuff gets changed according to where one
> lived, etc. F'rintance, I used to live on East 24th St. in Brooklyn,
> so that's what we sang, but I was never quite clear if the words
> weren't really East 34th St. (a more well-known Manhattan St.). So,
> did the person who contributed the last rhyme above live on 1819
> Blueberry street? Just wondering...
>
> Marianne
nope. never even heard of a blueberry street!! but someone might have
and then taught the rhyme to someone else and so on till i learned it (not
that it stopped with me...).
DANA WHITE
Speaking of old rhymes, what about:
3-6-9, the goose drank wine,
the monkey chewed tobacco on the train track line.
The line broke,
the monkey choked,
and they all went to heaven in a little row boat. Toot toot.
Ever heard of it? I remember it from way back, but don't know where it
came from. It is included in a Grateful Dead song (can't remember which
one) which leads me to believe it may be an old folk song.
>Bettyc wrote:
>
> Thank you all so much!
> I'm saving these so I have them and if anyone has more please post them.
>
> I'd be happy ro send copies out to those who might want one.
> I have them as a WORD.doc or can send them as text in e-mail.
> I'd hold off asking till I can get some more, however.
>
The Mahoneys
>
> my mother, your mother live across the street
> 18 19 blueberry street
> when they meet they have a fight
> and this is what they say to me
>
> boys are rotten made out of cotton
> girls are dandy made out of candy
> boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
> girls go to mars to be movie stars.
>
> clickety, clockety soda pop.
>
I heard it like this:
My mother you mother live across the street
1819 Mulberry street
When they get to talkin' this is what they say
Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider
Girls go to college to get more knowledge
Icky icky soda pop
Icky icky poo
icky icky soda pop
I love you
When I was a kid, I borrowed a book from the library that was about "street
games" or something like that. It had stick-ball, kick the can, etc, as
well as a section of these hand clapping rhymes, including Miss Lucy.
My niece has learned several in school that I'd never heard before, maybe
I'll have to write them down.
pixie
OK.. this one is a bit dirtier than the others, so be warned.... :)
Miss Lulu had a baby
She named him Tiny Tim
She put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swin
He swam to to the bottom
He swam to the top
Miss Lulu got excited and
Pulled him by his cocktail
ginger ale
five cents a glass
if you do not like it you can shove it up your
ask me no more questions
I'll tell you no more lies
A man got hit with a bag of shit
right between the eyes.
Wow... I never realized how dirty that one was till I typed it out!
Believe it or not my mother taught me that one when I was about 8 and
remember giggling like crazy at the end... well.. I just hope I
haven't offended anybody w/ this... think I'll put a warning at the
top!
Rose... who can't believe she's going to send this to a newsgroup..
Julie Dickinson
This Saturday I saw a new book at a friend's house. It's called
_Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts_, by Josepha Sherman and <somebody?>. It's a
collection of rhymes from childhood that would not have been printed in
the "nice" books. There are at least seven variations of "Glory, glory
hallelujah! Teacher hit me with a ruler" and a lot of "kill Barney"
rhymes.
The one thing the book lacks is an index.
Someone said this book got started on the Internet about the authors
asking for rhymes (but I don't remember anyone posting to r.a.b.c).
They plan to do a second edition.
Unfortunately, I don't have my own copy (yet) so I can't post the
authors' addresses for sending additional rhymes. Has anyone else seen
this book?
jules (julie dickinson, ju...@lilac.eng.sun.com)
JRG
pixie wrote:
>
> OK.. this one is a bit dirtier than the others, so be warned.... :)
>
> Miss Lulu had a baby
> She named him Tiny Tim
> She put him in the bathtub
> To see if he could swin
>
> He swam to to the bottom
> He swam to the top
> Miss Lulu got excited and
> Pulled him by his cocktail
> ginger ale
> five cents a glass
> if you do not like it you can shove it up your
> ask me no more questions
> I'll tell you no more lies
> A man got hit with a bag of shit
> right between the eyes.
> >
> >Miss Lucy had a baby
> >His name was 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 wouldn't go down his throat
> >
> >Mis Lucy called the Doctor
> >Miss Lucy called the nurse
> >Miss Lucy called the lady with the Alligator purse
> >
> >and so on. Not nearly as risuqe as the other ones, unless there are
> >innendoes I'm missing. But then, there were all those girls in France,
> >who did the hula hula dance...
> >--
One more for good measure (and total humiliation that I know this):
Miss Lucy had a steamboat
the steamboat had a bell
Miss Lucy went to heaven
The steamboat went to
HELLo operator
give me number nine
and if you disconnect me
I'll chop of your be-
Hind the refrigerator
there was a piece of glass
Miss Lucy sat upon it
And broke her big fat-
ASSk me no more questions
tell me no more lies
the boys are in the bathroom
pulling down their -
FLIES are in the city
bees are in the park
the boys are kissing the girls
way after D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, DARK!!
Ok, someone commit me now. I haven't thought of these so-called lyrics
since I was about eight years old. Why can I remember them now, but
barely remember what I did yesterday?
Enjoy
JRG
John J Martin (really Ann)
Miss Susy had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell.
The streamboat went to heaven and Miss Susy went to
HELLo operator, give me number nine.
And if you disconnect me, I'll chop off your
Behind the 'frigereator, there was a piece of glass.
Miss susy sat upon it, and cut her little
ASk me no more questions, tell me no more lies.
The boys are in the bathroom, zipping up their
FLIES are in the meadow, the bees are in the park.
Miss Susy and her boyfriend are kissing in the
D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, darkdarkdark.
Darker than the ocean, darker than the sea.
Darker than the underwear my grandma made for me.
I know I know my mother, I know I know my pa,
I know I know my sister with the forty acre BRABRABRA!
That's the way I learned it in third grade and have sung it ever
since.
Ann
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DANA WHITE (dbw...@pacbell.net) wrote:
> Speaking of old rhymes, what about:
>
> 3-6-9, the goose drank wine,
> the monkey chewed tobacco on the train track line.
>
> The line broke,
> the monkey choked,
> and they all went to heaven in a little row boat. Toot toot.
i heard it also having this next verse chanted a little differently:
my mother told me
if i was goody
that she would buy me
a rubber dolly
but auntie told her
i kissed a soldier
now she won't buy me a rubber dolly!
> Ever heard of it? I remember it from way back, but don't know where it
> came from. It is included in a Grateful Dead song (can't remember which
> one) which leads me to believe it may be an old folk song.
we used to sing this with jump rope and i knew at one point that i had
heard a radio song that included it but had no idea who it was by...
thanks...
Diane Mercer
In article <5ibel4$4...@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>, ju...@Eng.Sun.COM wrote:
>This Saturday I saw a new book at a friend's house. It's called
>_Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts_, by Josepha Sherman and <somebody?>. It's a
>collection of rhymes from childhood that would not have been printed in
>the "nice" books. There are at least seven variations of "Glory, glory
>hallelujah! Teacher hit me with a ruler" and a lot of "kill Barney"
>rhymes.
Also try "The Worm Song and other Tasty Tunes," compiled by Janet Wilson with
illustrations by Cory Wilson. Published by Scholastic Canada, 1995.
Liz Turner
The Belle Stars, an English all-girl band, sang The Clapping Song (the
line ended
"and they all went to heaven in a little row boat.. Clap Clap, clap
your hands.....".
Early eighties. Now I can't stop singing it to myself
Cheers,
Liz
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