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We did the bull frog song…
We did the bull frog song like this: Down by the bank of the hanky-pank where the bull frogs jump from bank to bank singin’ eep-ipe-ope-opp, he’s off the lily with a kerplop! We usually did that one in large groups and eliminated whoever got slapped at the kerplop. We did say-say-oh-playmate with different clapping than Savannah. We joined hands and swung them side-to-side for the “say-say-oh-playmate” part, then repeated the following: clapped twice, slapped fronts of hands, backs of hands, clapped, right hands, clapped, left hands. Our words for it were: Say, say, oh Playmate Come out and play with me And with my dollies three Climb up my apple tree Slide down my rainbow Into my pot of gold And we’ll be jolly friends Forever more, more, more-more-more (with lots of hand slapping!) My husband just doesn’t get it. Perhaps my children will . . .
We used to play this game…
We used to play this game alot. It consisted of two teams. One team was it, the other team went and hid. The object of the game was to capture the other team members and take them to your base. If you could catch them all, you won. Then it was the other teams turn. When you caught someone you yelled, “One, two, three, your my man no breaks, safety. Then that individual could not escape. You held onto their shirt until you walked back to base (street corner, stoop, etc.) The other team could release all their teammates by one of them stepping on the base and hollering “Spring”. Al.
I remember alot of these…
I remember alot of these games. I grew up in North Philly (3rd & Bristol) near Feltonville. We played boxball, stickball, handball, chink ball, and buck buck. I haven’t see many messages on chink ball.The the way we played it you hit the ball either pimple or pink rubber if they didn’t have a pimple ball, against the wall on one bounce. You could juggle the ball three times, but then you had to hit it. You would try to fake your opponent out by pretending to hit it hard, then hit it softly. If he or she missed it, it was worth one point. First one to 5 won. Thanks, for the memories. Al.
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When it comes to the racier…
When it comes to the racier rhymes, I remember 2: Cinderella, dressed in yella Went downtown to see her fella On the way her girdle busted How many people were disgusted? 1,2,3, etc (sung while a kid jumped rope) __________ Lulu had a steamboat The steamboat had a bell Lulu went to heaven, The steamboat went to Hello operator Give me number 9 If you disconnect me I’ll beat your black behind the ‘frigerator (we were a group of African American kids) I had a piece of glass. Lulu sat upon it And cut her little Ask me no more questions I’ll tell you no more lies That’s the life of Lulu And that was how she died. Heh… I just had a flashback of Wanda P. the second grade schoolyard bully threatening to beat me up – that very day! – if I didn’t sing this “nasty” song with her. I sold out. Wanda hit hard!
Jackie – I remember a rhyme…
Jackie – I remember a rhyme that sounded like your spades one: We did this one as a clapping game. Our hearts go two lumps together I like the weather bring back my love to me. What is the meaning, meaning, meaning That tells the story, story story The story of L-O-V-E, L-O-V-E, L-O-V-E, love? My heart goes criss, cross, applesauce. Bump-bump the apple Bump-bump the apple Bump-bump the apple – freeze. Of course then you had to freeze until one of the two kids lost it.
We played Flea, Fly, Flo…
We played Flea, Fly, Flo – what you did was had some new, unsuspecting kid in your neighborhood that you dared to repeat every line, and it got progressively more difficult. That only worked once per kid, of course, but it was fun just to chant the thing with another kid, even if s/he knew all the words. Flea Flea Fly Flea fly flo-oh Vista Coomala, coomala, coomala vista No, no, no, not the vista Eeny-meeny desalini Oo walla walla meeny Dessameeny Zallameeny Ooo walla-wah. Bo-bo squattin’-dottin’ bo-bottin’ chow, Beet-belly oh-tin doh-tin Bo-bo bah deetin’-dottin’ Shhhhh