Category Archives: Clap and Rhyme

What a great discussion…

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Original author: Polly [e-mail]
 

What a great discussion ! And what great memories all this brings back ! I especially enjoyed visiting the link to the kids games that someone posted… Red Rover… Ghost In The Graveyard… Mama May I… Red Light Green Light… ahh, man!! I played all that when I was a kid! I loved Chinese jumprope too and like many others here I’d love the rules from someplace if anyone has them, I’d love to teach my young cousins how to do it. Never did the “double dutch” jumping… not adept enough! It was all I could do to keep going if we were doing a game where we had to do fast jumping! Haha!! These rhymes are all so familiar as well ! Thanks for a great little memory jolt and something pleasant to pas a slow and quiet Sunday afternoon ! Take care!

Remember this one? You all…

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Original author: Ridgecliff [e-mail]
 

Remember this one? You all sat or stood in a circle and placed your hands by the person next to you so on your right your hand was above their hand (horizontal, palms up) and on the left below the person on the left, below their hand. Then you’d sing this song and the person who started would take their right hand and slap the henad of the person to their left, and it would be a chain reaction around the circle..whoever the song stopped on would be out until 2 people were left, then the winner: Down on the banks of the Hanky Panky Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky Said eeps ipes opes umps Listen to the ker…PLOP! ——– Whoever was hit last was kicked out and the game started again.

I spent endless hours jumping…

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Original author: carol
 

I spent endless hours jumping double dutch in the 60’s outside of Phila. Germantown area. I recently went back there , found my old girlfriends and pulled them into Daniel St. We coughed and laughed alot and we could remember how to turn and jump but only half remembered the rhymes. I have begun to form a group here in Charlottesville Va. so that my daughter will hopefully have this memory too!It’s ashame that kids just don’t do this anymore. I aim to change that. Remember Lover boy love him so can’t let him go no,no,no! Or Winston tastes good like an eeny meany disalleeny oo aah aah malleeny, hotchy cotchy liberace i love you, take a peach take a plum take a stick of chewing gum don’t like it don’t take it do the Alabama shake it, hotdog baby chicken in the gravy here comes mama with the balled headed baby. wrap it up in tissue paper throw it down the elevator first floor stop chicken baby, second floor stop chicken baby etc..

Here’s the version I know…

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Original author: Marion Mallory
 

Here’s the version I know of the MTA song: Now let me tell you a story ’bout a man named Charlie On this tragic and fateful day He put ten cents in his pocket Kissed his wife and family Went to ride on the MTA CHORUS But did he ever return No he never returned And his fate is still unlearned (Poor old Charlie) He may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Boston He’s the man who never returned Charlie handed in his dime At the Kendal Square Station And he changed for Jamaica Plain When he got there the conducter Told him “one more nickel” Charlie couldn’t get off of that train CHORUS Now all night long Charlie rides through the tunnel Saying “What will become of me?” How can I afford To see my sister Chelsie Or my cousin in Roxbury? CHORUS Charlie’s wife goes down To the Scolley Square Station Every day at quarter past two And through the open window She hands Charlie a sandwich As the train comes rumbling through CHORUS

I remember that one Ali!…

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Original author: Anonymous
 

I remember that one Ali! I don’t remember the other verse though 🙁 About the gum wrapper chains go to www.gumwrapper.com It’s the webpage of the man who has the world reccord for longest gum wrapper chain…There are VERY good instructions

miss lucy had a baby named…

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Original author: some kid [e-mail]
 

miss lucy had a baby named him tiny tim put him in the bathtub to see if he can swim he drunk up all the water ate up all the soap tried eat the bathtub wouldn’t fit down his throat so miss lucy called the doctor the doctor called the nurse the nurse called the lady with the allaigater purse purse purse out went the doctor out went the nurse in stayed the lady with the alligater purse purse purse down down baby down by the rollercoaster sweet sweet baby I’ll never let you go chimmy chimmy ccoc pop chimmy chimmy pow chimmy chimmy coco pop chimmy chimmy pow grandma grandma sick in bed call the doctor and the doctor said lets the rythem of the head ding dong(shake your haed side to side)lets the rythem of the head ding dong lets get the rythem of the hands(clap clap)lets lets get the rythem of the hands lets get the rythem of the feet(stomop stomp) lets get the rythem of the feet lets the rythem of the hooootdog(move your hips in a circle)lets get the rythem of the hotdog put them all together and what you get ding dong clap clap stomp stomp hotdog put them backwards and what you get hotdog stomp stomp clap clap ding dong.

does anyone remember: ___…

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Original author: Ali
 

does anyone remember: ___ and____ sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G (it was something like) first came love then came marrage then came the baby in the baby carrage (then I think there was another verse) then, thats not all, thats not all here comes the baby drinking al-co-hol. there was some more does anybody remember any more?

miss Suzy had a baby she…

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Original author: Anonymous
 

miss Suzy had a baby she named him tiny tim she put him in the bath tub to see if he could swim he drank up all the water he ate up all the soap he tried to eat the bath tub but it wouldn’t fit down his throught miss suzy called the doctor, miss suzy called the nurse, miss suzy called the lady with the aligator purse. thats all i remember…

I was just looking for jump…

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Original author: B Jaggers
 

I was just looking for jump rope rhymes on the internet and found the Rich man , poor man one. It goes like this… Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Her shoes will be wood,leather,highheel,low heel,sandals, wooden. Her dress will be made of silk,satin, cotton, batten, rags. Her house will be Big house, little house, pigpan, barn. Her rings will be made of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, glass. How many children will she get? 1,2,3… By the way there are hundreds of trick to do with a jump rope. My daughter is on a jump rope team called the Indy Air Bears. They do shows and also compete against other jump rrope teams. They use single ropes and double dutch as well as long ropes. They have jumped at NBA games halftimes, festivals, and many more places. Their national competition in this weekend at Disney World. There will be teams there from all over the country. You would be amazed at what these kids can do with a jump rope…. it sure isn’t like we used to do on the playground!! If you want more information about jump rope or our team, email me at . We would love to share more with you