Category Archives: Clap and Rhyme
I thought it was just me!…
Victoria, boy does that…
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Victoria, boy does that bring back memories. I taught this to my grandson when he was younger and he loved it along with hit the stick (bouncing a spaldeen between two cement boxes in front of my house)as Therese says she did with her grandson. This goes to prove that kids of all generations enjoy the simple games that kids have been playing for years. Isn’t this a great website?
In Brooklyn in the 50’s…
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In Brooklyn in the 50’s we sang while bouncing a ball: Oh, I won’t go to Macy’s any more, more, more There’s a big fat policeman at the door, door, door He’ll grab you by the collar And make you pay a dollar So I won’t go to Macy’s Anymore, more, more We sang this while bouncing a ball and crossed our leg over the rhyming words..more, door, collar, etc.
I grew up in Woodside, Queens…
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I grew up in Woodside, Queens in the seventies and loved Red Rover, Red Rover, Red Light, Green Light, etc. I remember the boys playing stick ball,etc. Being a girl, we did alot of the jumprope games/rhymes, and also more “girlie” steet games. I recall one being called “germany”, where you needed four concrete “squares” and would have to step for “one”, hop for “two”, Skip for “three”, etc. I think it went up to nine, and you couldn’t touch any “lines” and couldn’t step into “germany”, or the third box. Sound familiar to anyone? WE also played “girls, girls, out” This one used six boxes and had different categories in each box like, colors, girls names, boys names, etc. You would have to hop into the box twice saying “girls, girls out”, then go over each box saying a different girl’s name twice, then go into the next category and do boys names, etc. If anyone has more info on these games, please share. Love this website – it’s so nostalgic!
In the Bronx, New York,…
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In the Bronx, New York, in the 50’s we played a game called Russian 10 which sounds a lot like the games two of the other posters wrote about. First we would throw the ball up (or against the wall?) Then followed a series of claps. (Some behind the back?) I seem to remember the one hand against the wall position as well. No one I’ve ever mentioned this to had heard about it. I find it fascinating that a similar game with almost the same name was played in Chicago in the 40’s.
Does anyone know the clapping…
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Does anyone know the clapping rhyme that starts My mother told me to open the door, I opened the door he sat on the floor it’s the old bald headed ________.Cha Cha Cha My mother told me to get him a drink I got him a drink he swallowed the sink, it’s the old bald headed _________. Cha Cha Cha And it keeps going….