Peas Porridge Peas porridge hot, Peas porridge cold, Peas porridge in the pot, Nine days old; Some like it hot, Some like it cold, Some like it in the pot, Nine days old. I like it hot, I like it cold, I like it in the pot, Nine days old.
Hanky Panky Down by the river of the Hanky Panky the bull frog jumped from bank to bank, said e, i, o, u, your mama stinks and so do you, so ping pong ding dong your daddy smells like King Kong.
Miss Suzy had a steamboat, Miss Suzy had a bell (ding ding), Miss Suzy went to heaven, The steamboat went to .. Hello operator, please give me number 9 and if you disconnect me, I’ll chop off your Behind the ‘frigerator, there was a piece of glass Miss Suzy sat upon it and broke her little Ask me no more questions, I’ll tell you no more lies The boys are in the bathroom zipping up their Flies are in the meadow The bees are in the park Miss Suzy and her boyfriend are kissing in the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, Dark, Dark, Dark! The dark is like a movie, a movies like a show, a show is like a TV and that is all I know. I know, I know my ma, I know, I know my pa, I know, I know my sister with the 40 acre bra!
This is the way i learned it Tweeleelee tweeleele Tweet baby tweet baby Your breath sting strong Rockin in the tree top all day long Huffin and a puffin and singing that song All the little girls on jay bird street Love to hear the robin goin tweet tweet tweet Rockin robin tweet tweelee Mothers in the kitchen cookin rice Daddy outside shootin that dice Brothers in jail raising up hell sisters on the corner sellin fruit •••• tail Rockin robin tweet tweelee went downstairs to get a stick of butter saw james brown sittin in the gutter took a piece of glass shoved it up his @$$ i never seen a mutha @$^* run so fast rockin robin Tweet tweelee
I remeber playing a SPALDEEN GAME in the 60’s. We called it “A my name is” How is worked was that you would bounce the ball to “A my name is alice and my husband’s name is Al, we come from Alabama and we sell apples.”. Each time an “A” word was mentioned you had to cross your leg over the ball while bouncing it. You would continue with the whole alphabet. You would either miss crossing over the ball for one of the words, couldn’t figure out a name beginning with the letter, or miss the ball completely.
your mother my mother live across the street 18 19 maple street they had a fight in the middle of the stree and this is what they said to me boys are rotten made out of cotten girls are dandy made out of candy itcha backa soda cracka itcha backa boo itcha backa soad cracka out goes you.
I learned the rhythm part of that game from the “Zoom” television show (shows you how old I am.) You maintain a rhythm by hitting both your thighs at the same time with both your hands, then clapping once, then snapping with first your left hand then your right. So there’s 4 parts to the rhythm. While maintaining the rhythm, you say: hands up and 85 we’re gonna get the names of (pick a subject, like “girls) no repeats no hesitation no obligation so let’s go to the show ready or not here we go starting with… then each person has to say a girl’s name starting with letters of the alphabet. (like Allison, then Betty, then Carla, etc.) Until someone misses the beat or can’t come up with a name. The answers fall on the thigh clap and the next person has to say a name on the next thigh clap.
my brother learned this one at camp. I guess it’s not really a handclapping rhyme, more like a campfire song. the first person sings a verse and the second person repeats it exactly. there was a man named Nathan Stone he had a goat that he called his own one day this goat got to feelin fine ate three red shirts right off the line when Nathan saw what the goat had done he told that goat that his time had come so he took him on down to the railroad tracks and tied him there so he’d never come back then the train came along and the whistle blew that poor old goat knew his time was through (sorry, i can’t remember how it ends. i know he “took 3 shrieks in mortal pain”)