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Debra Reyland (and all others…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 15, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Beth H.
 

Debra Reyland (and all others looking for a chinese jumprope game), I remember a similar rhyme we used to use in Chicago in the 70’s when playing chinese jumprope: Starting position was : catch the rope with your feet and jump to cross the rope over and stand in the center . (you are now in a “loop” you created with the elastic making an x in front and back of your ankles) Jump in an alternating pattern – spreading your feet apart, then with legs crossed, right foot in front of left, then apart, then left in front of right, then apart, etc. ( remaining inside of the “loop” you created upon jumping in) Jump in this pattern while chanting: “Ching-chong chinaman sittin’ on a fence tryin’ to make a dollar outta 69 cents he missed… he missed… he missed like this! ” On the word ‘this’ the object was to disentangle yourself and land on the now straight rope, one foot on each of the ropes. If you did this correctly, you got to continue: Step to one side, use both feet to catch rope as before and jump alternating now once with left foot in front (ching), then apart, then once with right foor in front (chong), then disentangle yourself again landing on the spead ropes (ONE!). (You are chanting “Ching-chong-ONE!,”) Step to side cross ropes over and repeat- counting your jumps in the same alternating pattern: “Ching-chog-TWO!, Ching-chong-THREE!”,etc. until you miss the ropes. The person who got the highest won. Sound familiar? Or is this yet another variation? I can’t believe how many memories this site has brought back!!!!! Wish I had that energy and coordination now!!!!!

Posted in Chicago, Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Jumprope | Tagged Chinese jumprope

Hi everyone! The songs on…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 15, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: Beth H.
 

Hi everyone! The songs on here are great! Bring back so many memories!!! Here’s a few more I didn’t see on here yet: … another great ‘product song’… Comet! It makes your mouth turn green, Comet! It tastes like Vaseline, Comet! It makes you vomit, So get some Comet and vomit today –Sung to the tune of the song they whistled in “Bridge Over the River Kwai” (sp?) Then, a favorite Girl Scout bus ride song… A ding-dong, dong, dong, dong Oh (name) don’t wear no socks… I was there when she took ’em off… She threw ’em on a bed… Now the bed is turning red! A ding-dong, dong, dong, dong A ding-dong, dong, dong, dong A Ding-Dong- (and the person named would start a new verse, naming someone else…using a different rhyme) Some of ours were: She threw ’em in the air… Now all the birds need Medicare! She threw ’em in a box… Now the box has chicken pox! She threw ’em on the chair… Now the chair is growing hair! Anyone else know this & more verses??? And one last one (sung at school alot for some reason-but of course NEVER in front of the nuns!): There goes (name) floatin’ down the Delaware chewin’ on (her /his) underwear Couldn’t find another pair Ten days later bitten by a polar bear That’s how the polar bear died! Pretty mean, as it was always used to taunt the more unpopular kids!

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games | Tagged Girl / Boy / Cub Scouts

What do xylophones have…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 13, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 13, 2000
Original author: Hugh M. McNally (Hmcnally) [e-mail]
 

What do xylophones have to do with Catholic school ;)? 8 years of Jesuit education has made me painfully aware of names beginning with “X”. Maybe they named a city after St. Francis Xavier so you could use it in the “We come from” part. “X” places in the Encylopedia Americana: Xanthus Xeres de la Frontera Xian Xenia, Ohio Hope that helps…

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not if you went to a catholic…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 7, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 7, 2000
Original author: nesred
 

not if you went to a catholic school – x my name is xaviera and my husband’s name is xavier we come from (i don’t remember) and we sell xlyophones yes you are right, x is hard!!!!

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i heard it like this: …

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 3, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 3, 2000
Original author: lovebug03 [e-mail]
 

i heard it like this: I’m craving great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutalated monkey meat, dirty little birdy feet, french fried eyeballs sitting in a pool of blood, and i forgot my spoon………but i got a straw!!

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Thanks for all the info…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 30, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
Original author: Anonymous
 

Thanks for all the info on rope jumping. I remember as a child of late 40’s St. Louis, Missouri, jumping rope for hours on the school playground. My families move to Los Angeles in 1951 ended my jumproping days. The kids in LA were too sophisticated, I guess. It was great seeing the rhymes again. I know there were many more and so much fun! There has been a book printed about the subject. Guess I’ll have to look for it now, for my 1/2 Chinese grandaughter. She’ll love learning the rhymes as I did.

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Jumprope

Terri (from 8/17/00) Here…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 26, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsSeptember 26, 2000
Original author: Ann
 

Terri (from 8/17/00) Here are all the verses I have for the song “I Wish I Were…”. Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap, Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap, For I’d slippy and I’d slidy Over everybody’s hidey Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap. Oh I wish I were a little mosquito, Oh I wish I were a little mosquito, For I’d nippy and I bity Under everybody’s nightie Oh I wish I were a little mosquito. Oh I wish I were a little bottle of coke, Oh I wish I were a little bottle of coke, For I’d go down with a slurp And I’d come up with a burp Oh I wish I were a little bottle of coke. Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow, Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow, For I’d sitty on the steeple And I’d spitty on the people Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow. Oh, I wish I were a little hunk of mud. Oh, I wish I were a little hunk of mud. I would ooey and I

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the one we used to sing…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 26, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsSeptember 26, 2000
Original author: Elaine Burton
 

the one we used to sing went like this: I had a little teddy bear. His name was Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub to teach him how to swim. First he ate the washcloth, then he ate the soap, so I called the doctor, the doctor said no hope; so, last night he died with a bubble in his throat! (love your page – thank you)

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I heard it a little differently:…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 22, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsSeptember 22, 2000
Original author: l997699
 

I heard it a little differently: There was a jolly dutch boy, his name was Johnny Rabeck. He used to deal in Sausage meat and saurkraut inspect. He made the finest sausages that ever you did see. Until on day he invented the sausage making machine. Oh, Mr. Mr. Johnny Rabeck how could you be so mean. We told you you’d be sorry for inventing that machine. Now all the neighbours cats and dogs will never more be seen. They’ll all be ground to sausage meat in Johnny Rabeck’s machine. There was a jolly dutchboy, came walking in the store. He bought a pound of sausage meat and laid it on the floor. The boy began to whistle, he whistled up a tune. And all the little sausages were dancing round the room. Oh, Mr. Mr. Johnny Rabeck how could you be so mean. We told you you’d be sorry for inventing that machine. Now all the neighbours cats and dogs will never more be seen. They’ll all be ground to sausage meat in Johnny Rabeck’s machine. On day the thing got broken. The darn thing wouldn’t go. So Johnny Rabeck, he climbed inside to see what made it so. His wife, she had a nightmare, while walking in her sleep. She gave the thing a heck of a yank, and Johnny Rabeck was meat. Oh, Mr. Mr. Johnny Rabeck how could you be so mean. We told you you’d be sorry for inventing that machine. Now all the neighbours cats and dogs will never more be seen. They’ll all be ground to sausage meat in Johnny Rabeck’s machine.

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER: …

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 21, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
Original author: farfarglog
 

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER: Oh Dundebeck, Oh Dundebeck How could be so mean? As to ever have invented the sausage meat machine. Now all the rats and pussycats will never more be seen. They’ll all be ground to sausages in Dundebecks machine. I CAN”T REMEMBER THE REST…

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