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SWAY TO THE LEFT
SWAY TO THE RIGHT
STAND UP, SIT DOWN
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT
Submitter comment:
CAN BE USED FOR BASKETBALL CONTESTS.
AS THE CHEER IS BEING SAID, THE SPECTATORS DO AS THEY ARE
SWAYING, I.E., THEY SWAY AND STAND, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOTBALL CHEER
REPEL THEM, REPEL THEM,
MAKE THEM RELINQUISH THE BALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOTBALL CHEER
AGITATE THEM, AGITATE THEM,
FORCE THEM INTO A BLUNDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BUSHEL OF WHEAT,
BUSHEL OF RYE,
WHO'S EVER NOT READY
HOLLER I.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RENO HALL LOBBY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
BASKETBALL CHEER
IN THE AIR, OVER THE RIM,
COME ON (NAME OF PLAYER), PUT IT IN.
Submitter comment: THIS CHEER IS USED WHEN A PLAYER IS FOUL-SHOOTING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOTBALL CHEER
GIVE ME A B (CROWD ANSWERS "B")
GIVE ME A B (DITTO)
GIVE ME ANOTHER B (DITTO)
ANOTHER B (DITTO)
ANOTHER B (DITTO)
ONE LAST B (DITTO)
WHAT DOES IT SPELL?
Submitter comment:
THEN BY VIBRATING ONE'S CLOSED LIPS, WITH HIS FINGERS,
SOMETHING LIKE A CHILD OFTEN DOES, THE PEOPLE WILL
ANSWER WITH: BBBBBBBBB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BEFORE PLAYING TAG OR HIDE AND SEEK, THE ONE WHO IS "IT"
CALLS OUT: APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE, WHO'S NOT READY
HOLLER I.
Submitter comment:
IF NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING, THE GAME BEGINS. IF SOMEONE CALLS OUT "I" THEN THE ONE WHO IS "IT" CALLS OUT THE ABOVE RHYME
AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
RACING, CHASING GAME
DUM, DUM DODO, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN (INSERT A NAME) (CAN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
A GROUP OF CHILDREN SIT IN THE CIRCLE AND ONE MEMBER PASSES
HIS OR HER SHOE TO THE PERSON HE WISHES, AND THIS PERSON
MUST DO WHAT THE OTHER PERSON SAYS, IF HE CANNOT, HE MUST
KEEP THE SHOE. THE CHILD IN THE END WITH THE MOST SHOES
IS THE LOSER. THIS RHYME IS SAID DURING THE GAME:
YOU MUST PASS THE SHOE FROM ME TO YOU
YOU MUST PASS THE SHOE AND DO WHAT I DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
HIDE AND SEEK
A GAME KNOWN AS "HIDE AND SEEK" PLAYED BY CHILDREN, USUALLY
AT NIGHT, HAS ONE WARNING USED THAT SOMETIMES SOUNDS LIKE
THIS: APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE, WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER
I. THIS IS SAID BY THE PERSON PURSUING THOSE WHO ARE IN
HIDING, AS A WARNING THAT HE'S COMING FOR THEM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND
ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME HIDE AND SEEK. THIS IS ONE OF THE
SAYINGS USED BY THE PERSON WHO IS TO COME LOOKING FOR
THOSE WHO ARE HIDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
READY OR NOT
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER I.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM
HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
FOOTBALL CHEER
OU SA SA SA
OU SA SA SA
HIT 'EM ON THE HEAD WITH A BIG
Submitter comment:
THIS CHEER WAS DONE BY A SCHOOL WHOSE TEAM WAS
NICKNAMED THE POLISH IRONMEN.
Data entry tech comment: UNFINISHED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAILOR, SAILOR, DRESSED IN BLUE,
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU MUST DO.
SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN, BOW TO THE KING,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
FOOTBALL CHEER
REPEL THEM, REPEL THEM.
MAKE THEM RELINQUISH THE BALL!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOTBALL CHEER
INFLICT PAIN, INFLICT PAIN,
RENDER THEM IMMOBILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, ORE.
Submitter comment:
ALL MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN A GAME HOLD OUT THEIR HANDS--
CLENCHED IN FISTS. ONE MEMBER TAKES HIS RIGHT FIST AND
WHILE SAYING THE RHYME, HITS EACH OTHER FIST IN TURN.
THE PERSON WHOSE FIST IS CALLED "ORE" REMOVES IT FROM
THE CIRCLE. WHEN BOTH FISTS OF ONE PERSON HAVE BEEN
ELIMINATED, HE PERSON IS OUT. THE LAST PERSON WITH
ONE FIST LEFT IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
GAME VERSE
WHEN PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK, A PERSON COUNTS TO 100 AND
THEN CHANTS:
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PI,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER I.
Submitter comment:
IF A PERSON IS NOT HIDDEN YET, HE YELLS "I" AND THE PERSON
WHO IS IT HAS TO COUNT OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
FOOTBALL CHEER
CLAP YOUR HANDS, STAMP YOUR FEET,
WE WANT BLOOD, ON EVERY CLEAT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHAT'S YOUR NA,E
PUDDEN TAME
ASK ME AGAIN
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SAME.
Submitter comment: USED WHILE PLAYING JACKS AND ALSO WHILE JUMPING ROPE
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN,
FIRE ON THE SEA,
YOU CAN'T CATCH ME.
Submitter comment: USED FOR JUMP ROPE AND TUG
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN