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Lyndiloo Tue 23-Oct-18 03:54:19

Can anyone remember that 'clapping' game we played as children. (Girls only.) You would have your two hands up in front of you, and smack the hands of the little girl playing with you. (Very hard to describe in words ...!) Firstly smack with two hands, then with one - right hand to right hand, then left hand to left hand, then two hands again, etc. There was also an 'up and down' smack.

There were loads of songs that went with this - but, sadly, I can only remember just one - and this might remind you of the game:

"A sailor went to sea, sea, sea,
To see what he could see, see, see.
But all that he could see, see, see,
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea."

Ooh - just remembered the beginning of another. It's coming back to me ...!

"My mother told me, when I was goodie,
That she would buy me a rubber dolly,
But when I told her I'd kissed a soldier,
She wouldn't buy me a rubber dolly ......................?

Can't recall how this fascinating rhyme ends! confused

Any more ...?

(Going to teach granddaughter, if I can get a few more songs.)

cavewoman Tue 23-Oct-18 04:13:41

My mother said
I never should
Play with the gypsies
In the wood

If I did
She would say
Naughty girl
To disobey

Then one that started with.. "Your Grandma and my Grandma sitting by the fire" ... Anyone??

mimiro Tue 23-Oct-18 04:48:17

iko iko is the only one i know that starts my grandma...
lyrics
www.lyricsfreak.com/i/indigo+girls/iko+iko_20766311.html

but it wasn't by the indigo girls way older before they were born/it has creole words in it. ah wait
mentalfloss.com/article/48862/iko-iko-wan-dey-what-do-words-mardi-gras-song-mean

mimiro Tue 23-Oct-18 04:50:54

i love musical mysteries.
as for the clapping game .we had jumprope rhymes that we used for the same purpose..

tiredoldwoman Tue 23-Oct-18 05:27:49

3 , 6, 9
The goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco
on the streetcar line .
The line broke
the monkey got choked
and we all went to heaven in a little rowing boat !

My mama told me if I was goody...............

ninathenana Tue 23-Oct-18 06:49:58

We sang the same words as tiredoldwoman

gillybob Tue 23-Oct-18 07:41:03

Miss Lucy had a baby
She called him tiny Tim tim tim
She put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swim swim swim

He swallowed half the water
He swallows half the soap soap soap
Miss Lucy got excited so she grabbed him by the throat throat throat

Miss Lucy called the doctor
Miss Lucy called the nurse nurse nurse
Miss Lucy called the lady with the alligator purse purse purse

Chop his head off said the doctor
Chop his head off said the nurse nurse nurse
Chop his head off said the lady with the alligator purse purse purse.........

Horrible isn’t it ? hmm

LullyDully Tue 23-Oct-18 08:03:20

All those rhymes are in need of "cleaning up" by the PC brigade! ( note tone of despair. ).

Izabella Tue 23-Oct-18 10:50:43

Oh tiredoldwoman that took me right back to the playground!