Category Archives: Girl games
This is how I’ve heard it…
Original author: Someone
This is how I’ve heard it sung by the little girls in my neighborhood: I went to a Chinese resturant To buy a loaf of bread, bread, bread, They wrapped it up in toilet paper And this is what I said, said, said: My name is Hi Low Picalo Picalo Hi Low Hi Low Picalo Picalow, “Hi!” (each person waves and says “hi”.) I’d also like to ask what the beginning of “…sittin’ in a rocker, eating betty crocker…” goes.
Me and my two older sisters…
Original author: knmeyer
Me and my two older sisters used to play church. Know it sounds lame but it was fun. We had grape juice and we would mash bread into round circles and say “body of christ” “amen” and all that. My dad thought it was wrong, that it was mocking the church. We would also play school bus by arranging all of the chairs in rows…
I remember my mom used to…
Original author: E.Chang
I remember my mom used to play it differently from myself.. She was born and raised in Korea. I had only known the “inside/outside/side-by-side/inside/outside/on”… her’s was a little different, I can’t seem to recall.. my guess is that it could have originated from areas around Asia *shrug* it was nice to see this discussion, I think I’ll go and ask my mom how she used to play.
ABC A.B.C. It
OOH AAH Ooh Aah I…
Original author: Azizi Powell (azizi) [e-mail]
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…
Original author: Azizi Powell (azizi) [e-mail]
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].
Playing Jacks Onsies…
I remember the [Not] Last…
Original author: Azizi Powell (azizi) [e-mail]
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
Here’s another version of…
Original author: Azizi Powell (azizi) [e-mail]
Here’s another version of Down Down Baby {also known as Shimmy Shimmy Co Co Pa}. This one comes from Tanya who lives near Atlanta, Ga, but I’ve collected other similar versions from Pittsburgh, PA and other cities: Down, down, baby down by the roller coaster Sweet, sweet baby I’ll never let you go Shemie, shemie coco butter, shemie shemie pop I like coffee, I like tea, I like a black boy and he likes me So step back white boy, you don’t shine I’ll get a black boy to beat your behind Last night and the night before 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 Mama, mama, I feel sick Call the doctor, quick, quick, quick Doctor, doctor, will I die Close your eyes and count to five 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I’m Alive!