Category Archives: Clap and Rhyme
Ooh Aah The post…
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Ooh Aah The post by Azizi is very similar to what we sang playing skipping (jump rope) in Trinidad in the early 80s. Except it was prefaced by “oona dosi . . . s . . .r . . .a mama potosi, sitting on a road went to a ? and this is what she saw ooh ahh i wanna piece of pie the pie too sweet i wanna piece of meat the meat too tough i wanna ride the bus the bus too full i want my money back my money turn green say A! B! C!” etc. and you would turn the rope faster to try to “out” the person. We also had one where the rope would turn very slowly as we sang “bluebells, cockle shells” with a rhyme that I don’t remember and then increase the speed with “salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper!”
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I can wash the dishes I…
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I can wash the dishes I can sweep the floor I can kiss the nicest boy Behind the parlor door First he gave me peaches Then he gave me pears Then he gave me fifty cents Kissed me on the stairs Gave him back his peaches Gave him back his pears Gave him back his fifty cents and kicked him down the stairs
Here’s the rhyme I remember,…
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Here’s the rhyme I remember, playing with two rubber balls against the garage door in Dublin, Ireland in the 70s Plainy, a packet of rinso Over, a packet of rinso Uppy, a packet of rinso Downy, a packet of rinso Dashy, a packet of rinso Right Leg, a packet of rinso Left Leg, a packet of rinso Archy, a packet or rinso Plainy, plainy, a packet or rinso, etc. etc. until you were out! We got so good at this we could then do with one hand.
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What a great website! I…
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What a great website! I was trying to think of the one two three alary game – and I think now I have all of them. We used to have ten tricks and they got harder as you went (clapsie, double clapsies, waterfall, etc.). Also to the lady from Toronto with the ball in the toe of a sock – I grew up in small town BC – we used to say “hello hello hello sir, can you come out to play, sir, no sir, why sir, because I have a cold sir, where did you get the cold sir, behind the kitchen door sir, etc.
I was on the employee bus…
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I was on the employee bus tonight and brought up pensie pinky balls. and the games we played. A my name is Alice…. there were 4 other women all aged about 40-55 ish and NOT ONE knew what I was talking about. Grantd I live in Houston now, but some of these women are from back east, like PA. They all thought I was nuts! So here I am Googling it for them.
Does anyone know a rhyme…
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Does anyone know a rhyme that starts out: Flea Fly, Flea Fly Flo Ooh atten watten totten and goes on from there–I can’t remember the rest. It’s quite a long tongue twister as I recall–and very fun to clap with. Any versions you remember would be great! Thanks from a music teacher who is collecting some rhymes for my classes.
What about this? Down…
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What about this? Down bye the bank to the hanky panky where the bull frogs jump from bank to banky where the eeps iips i want a peice of pie piece of pie too sweet i want a piece of meat piece of meat too tough i want to ride a bus bus too full i want to ride a bull bull too black i want my money back money back too green i want a jelly bean jelly bean not cooked i want to read a book book all read i want to go to bed bed not made i want some lemonade lemonade to sour I GOT THE FUNKY POWER! When you say you got the funky power you and your parter (whoever ur clapping with) both freeze till some1 moves… whoever moves loses.