Category Archives: Clap and Rhyme
OOH AAH Ooh Aah I…
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OOH AAH Ooh Aah I want a piece of pie. The pie too sweet, I wanna piece of meat. The meat too rough, I wanna ride the bus. The bus too full, I wanna ride ah bull. The bull too black, I want my money back. [additional verses] My money too green, I want a jelly bean. jelly bean too white, Goodnight. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite. If they do get a shoe and beat them black and blue. [This version collected from a number of Internet and non-Internet sources. This is posted especially for bordrkween on Tuesday, September 5, 2000 – 12:04 am who said “i dont know the whole thing and its buggin me SOO much” BTW, bordrkween started her {his?} rhyme: “abc as easy as 123 my mommy takes care of me my daddy has funky feet” [I’ve known that beginning to be used for other handclap rhymes]
I LOVE COFFEE I love…
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I LOVE COFFEE I love coffee I love tea I love {boy’s name} and he loves me [or] I love the boys and they love me [or] I love a Black boy and he loves me so step back White boy you don’t shine I’mma get a Black boy to beat your behind **** [the rest of this handclap rhyme then goes] I met my boyfriend at the candy store. He bought me ice-cream, he bought me cake, he brought me home with a belly-ache. Mamma, Mamma, I feel sick. Call the doctor – quick, quick, quick. Doctor, Doctor, will I die? Count to five and you’ll be alive. 1-2-3-4-5. I’m alive. **** [I’m posting this especially for Anonymous on Tuesday, September 19, 2000 – 12:47 pm who said ” I came to this site, hoping to find the first line to a verse — someone typed it here, but the first line is still missing”… These are some first lines for that rhyme. The last example is the way I’ve heard it most often in Pittsburgh, PA in late 1980s and now; I’ve seen that version on other websites too].
I remember the [Not] Last…
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I remember the [Not] Last Night And the Night Before” rhyme being performed as a jump rope rhyme{from Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1950s}.. Two enders turned the rope and one girl or boy jumped in the middle as the enders and others recited this rhyme: Last night the night before twenty four robbers at my door I got up to let them in and this is what they said to me. Lady bird,lady bird turn around around around Lady bird,lady bird touch the ground the ground, the ground Lady bird, lady bird say your prayers, your prayers, your prayers Lady bird Lady bird step right OUT! {or as an alternate, “go to bed, bed, bed”} At that the person jumping in the middle jumped out and it was the next person
I’ve collected a number…
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I’ve collected a number of different versions of this handclap rhyme from Pittsburgh, Penn. I also have a version from Erie Pa, Cleveland, Ohio, and New York City. In those cities, it is usually called “Tweeleelee”. That title & some of the words to this rhyme comes from Michael Jackson’s recording “Rockin Robin”. Here’s one “clean” version of Tweeleelee: Tweleelee Tweleelee Tweleelee Tweleelee Tweleelee Popsicle, Popsicle, Your butt stinks! He rocks in the treetops all day long a rockin and a boppin and ah singin his song. All the little birds on Jay bird street like to hear the robin go
my hanky panky was different…
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my hanky panky was different it went……down by the riverside hanky panky do that do that hanky panky fe fi fo fum listen to the boys drum c that house on top of that hill thats where me and my boyfriend live smell that chicken smell that rice come on girls lets shoot some dice….thats all i remember tho
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K. Traxler, I found this…
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K. Traxler, I found this while looking for the steps to a game we called “Africa.” My daughter is in fifth grade, and I’ve been racking my brain! Thanks for jogging my memory on the steps..I also remember leaning on one arm against the wall and tossing the ball under and around it and catching it; bouncing it ‘overhand’ clapping and then catching it without it bouncing; standing with back to the wall and bouncing it between the legs and turning to catch it without moving your feet. Goodness knows how many varieties there are! I grew up in NH :o) thanks again!