Orinally from Ridgewood, Himrod Street off of Bushwick Ave. Moved to East New York the Cypress Hills projects when they opened in 58. Lived there till 69 when drafted. Went to St. Fortunata Elem & dropped out of East New York high school. Loved hearing about all the games we used to played punchball, boxes, shelly, kick the can & the like. How about the “parkies” or housing cops giving out 5 dollar fines to your parents because you were on the grass.
Had a dispute with another lawyer in my office. He claimed it was Rikki Tikki Tembo who fell into the well. I was certain that he was mistaken. According to my best childhood recollection, it was in fact Eddie-Coochie-Cochie-Comma-Toasted-Here-And-Toastd-Okra-Sama-Kama-Walkie-Brown who “fell into the well, fell into the well, fell into the deep dark well.” So sure am I that little Lucy [whats-her-face] ran to get her mother’s help, but failed to get the name out fast enough such that “Eddie-Coochie-Cochie-Comma-Toasted-Here-And-Toasted-Okra-Sama-Kama-Walkie-Brown, DROWNED!!” Can someone please verify this Americanized version of the Chinese story about poor Rikki. And what the heck was Little Lucy’s last name anyway???!!!