Streetplay Discussions
Miss Lucy had a steamboat,…
Miss Lucy had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell Miss lucy went to heaven and the steamboat went to hell-o operator please get me number nine and if you can not get it you can show me your.. behind the fridgerator there is a piece of glass and if you dare to step on it it’ll go right up your as-k me no more questions i’ll tell you no more lies the boys are in the ——— pulling up their— flies are in the country bees are in the park the boys and girls are kissing in the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, DARK, DARK, DARK
Bill was ‘Silly Putty’ in…
I remember sitting on the…
Silly Putty and the Sunday…
Silly Putty and the Sunday papers … A plastic egg with a rubbery substance inside. When you flattened the “putty” onto a newspaper page, it carbon copied whatever was on the page onto itself. The joke pages were great fun with Silly Putty. Once you had your face or image on the putty, you Stre-e-e-t-c-h-e-d the putty. I stretched Nancy & Sluggo, Superman, and a few presidents. Hmmmm…. Wonder what Clinton would look like … ; )
In response to a request…
In response to a request for the ‘weirdest’ skelly cap, I’d like to add that in Brooklyn, NY during the early ’70s we used the rounded metal feet from the bottom of Catholic school desks. Once we found how well they slid across the street pavement, many of the desks at school (St. Simon and Jude) were imbalanced. It quickly got out of hand and became an unfair advantage for those who were using the standard bottle cap with melted crayons (as the feet were much heavier). I’ll also note that most boards were made in the street with chalk (don’t remember any standard dimensions), but one year we carved a more permanent one into the tar with pocket knives. Thanks for the memories. Makes me think back on other street games like Johnny on the Pony, Ring-o-Leavy-o, Coco-Leavy-o, Slap ball, Box ball, the other game played on a box ball setup (2 adjacent sidewalk boxes) where you had to flip and/or move the popsickle stick or coin -sorry I can’t remember the name…
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I don’t remember another verse. There were probably lots of versions. This verse had a couple of other lines. 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 went so high, high, high They reached the sky, sky, sky They never came back, back, back, Till The Fourth of July, Ly, Ly.
I remember Miss Mary Mack:…
I remember Miss Mary Mack: Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, All dressed in black, black, black, She asked her mother, mother, mother, For fifty cents, cents, cents, To see the elephants, elephants, elephants, Jump over the fence, fence, fence, They never came back, back, back, Till The Fouth of July, Ly, Ly. There was another verse which escapes me, anyone remember it?