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OH, MARY MACK,
ALL DRESSED IN BLACK,
WITH SILVER BUTTONS ,
ALL DOWN HER BACK.
SHE ASKED HER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS,
TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE.
THEY JUMPED SO HIGH,
THEY REACHED THE SKY,
AND DIDN'T COME BACK,
UNTIL THE FOURTH OF JULY
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME IS RECITED DURING A GAME IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE CLAP HANDS,
CRISS-CROSSING AND ALSO CLAPPING THEIR LEGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-972
MY BACK IS BREAKING, MY GIRDLE'S TOO TIGHT, MY HIPS ARE SHAKING
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. LEFT, RIGHT...
Submitter comment: THIS IS USE TO TEACH CHILDREN THEIR LEFT FROM THEIR RIGHT SIDES.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; POSITION--LEFT AND RIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-04-1972
HAND-CLAPPING RHYME
THE RHYME IS AS FOLLOWS:
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
A SAILOR WENT TO CHOP, CHOP, CHOP
TO SEE WHAT HE COULD CHOP, CHOP, CHOP
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD CHOP, CHOP, CHOP
WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP BLUE CHOP, CHOP, CHOP
A SAILOR WENT TO KNEE, KNEE, KNEE
TO SEE WHAT HE COULD KNEE, KNEE, KNEE
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD KNEE, KNEE, KNEE
WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP BLUE KNEE, KNEE, KNEE
A SAILOR WENT TO TOE, TOE, TOE
TO SEE WHAT HE COULD TOE, TOE, TOE
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD TOE, TOE, TOE
WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP BLUE TOE, TOE, TOE
A SAILOR WENT TO SEE, CHOP, KNEE, TOE
TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEE, CHOP, KNEE, TOE
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD SEE, CHOP, KNEE, TOE
WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP BLUE SEE, CHOP, KNEE, TOE MM
TWO PEOPLE STAND OR SIT FACING EACH OTHER. FIRST EACH WOULD SLAP
THEIR HANDS ON THEIR KNEES PALMS DOWNWARD, THEN CLAP THEIR HANDS.
THEIR RIGHT HANDS WOULD MEET DIAGONALLY WITH PALMS TOGETHER. EACH
WOULD CLAP THEIR OWN HANDS THEN THEIR LEFT HANDS WOULD MEET. THIS
WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A GESTURE APPROPRIATE TO THE LINE OF THE VERSE.
THIS SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS IS REPEATED FOR EACH LINE OF THE RHYME. THE
GESTURE FOR THE FIRST VERSE IS TO SHADE THE EYES WITH ONE HAND THREE
TIMES IN A ROW, FOR THE SECOND VERSE ONE HAND MAKES A CHOPPING MOTION
THREE TIMES ON THE BENT ELBOW OF THE OTHER ARM, FOR THE THIRD VERSE
YOU TAP YOUR KNEE THREE TIMES, FOR THE FOURTH YOU TOUCH YOUR TOE
THREE TIMES AND FOR THE FIFTH YOU DO EACH OF THE FOUR ACTIONS ONCE
IN A ROW.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD AND USED IT TO PASS TIME. ONE VARIANT WAS
TO SPEED UP THE VERSES AND THE GESTURES WITH EACH VERSE. IF THERE
WERE MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE, YOU COULD ALL STAND OR SIT IN A CIRCLE.
INSTEAD OF CLAPPING RIGHT HANDS OR LEFT HANDS, YOU WOULD CLAP YOUR
RIGHT HAND WITH THE PERSON ON YOUR RIGHT AND AT THE SAME TIME CLAP
YOUR LEFT HAND WITH THE PERSON ON YOUR LEFT. MY SISTER'S ROOMMATE,
SUSIE HAKIM OF SOUTHFIELD INTRODUCED ME TO ANOTHER VERSE WHICH SHE
RECITED BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD VERSES OF MY VERSION. IT WAS
ACCOMPANIED BY HOLDING YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HIPS AND MOVING YOUR HIPS
FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE WORDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A SAILOR WENT TO SHE-BOP, SHE-BOP
TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SHE-BOP, SHE-BOP
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD SHE-BOP, SHE-BOP
WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP BLUE SHE-BOP, SHE-BOP
SUSIE OMITTED THE FINAL VERSE.
FINAL ITERATION
THREEFOLD REPETITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001968
CHILDREN'S RHYME
I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT, SHORT AND STOUT
HERE IS MY HANDLE, HERE IS MY SPOUT
WHEN I GET ALL STEAMED UP HEAR ME SHOUT
TIP ME OVER AND POUR ME OUT MM
ON THE FIRST HALF OF THE SECOND LINE, PLACE ONE HAND ON YOUR HIP AND
ON THE SECOND HALF, EXTEND YOUR OTHER ARM WITH THE ELBOW BENT TO FORM
A SPOUT. ON THE LAST LINE BEND SIDEWAYS AS IF POURING TEA OUT OF THE
SPOUT.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER LEARNING THIS IN KINDERGARTEN IN ENDWELL, NEW YORK BUT IT
WAS ALSO WELL KNOWN IN SOLON, OHIO. MY ROOMMATE JULIE SCHMOKE AND
OTHER STUDENTS FROM MICHIGAN ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001963
CHILDREN'S GAME
HOP HOP HOP TO GRANNY'S HOUSE TO GET A POUND OF BUTTER. HOP HOP
HOP BACK HOME AGAIN AND FALL IN THE GUTTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS RECITED WHILE BOUNCING A CHILD ON YOUR KNEES. WHEN YOU GET
TO "FALL IN THE GUTTER," YOU SEPARATE YOUR KNEES, CAUSING THE CHILD
TO FALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
PATTYCAKE SONG
MARY MACK, MACK, MACK,
ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK,
WITH SILVER BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS,
DOWN HER BACK, BACK, BACK.
SHE ASKED HER MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER,
FOR FIFTY CENTS, CENTS, CENTS,
TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS,
JUMP THE FENCE, FENCE, FENCE,
THEY JUMPED SO HIGH, HIGH, HIGH,
THEY REACHED THE SKY, SKY, SKY.
THEY DIDN'T COME BACK, BACK, BACK,
TILL THE FOURTH OF JULY, JULY, JULY.
Submitter comment:
WHEN ASKED BY THE INSTRUCTOR IF THIS WAS A SONG, THE COLLECTOR SAID
YES, BUT WITH PATTYCAKE MOTIONS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
PAPAS Y PAPAS
PAPAS Y PAPAS PARA PAPA,
LAS TOSTADITAS PARA MAMA.
Submitter comment:
A CLAPPING RHYME FOR CHILDREN, IT IS TRANSLATED AS POTATOES FOR
FATHER, THE BURNT ONES FOR MOTHER.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
"TEMU DALA"
TU TU MYSKA ZROBILA JAYKO
(HERE A LITTLE MOUSE LAID AN EGG)
GROWN-UP PUTS HIS INDEX FINGER IN THE PALM OF A BABY'S HAND. MM
TEMU DALA
(GAVE SOME TO HIM)
GROWN-UP SAYS THIS FOUR TIMES, ONCE ON EACH OF THE BABY'S FOUR
FINGERS. MM
TEMI NIC NIE DALA
(THIS ONE GOT NOTHING)
THE GROWN-UP SAYS THIS WHILE HOLDING THE BABY'S THUMB MM
POSIED, POSIED, POSIED
(HE WENT, WENT, WENT)
THE GROWN-UP'S HAND CRAWLS UP THE BABY'S ARM MM
A TEMI TEPEK URWALA
( AND PULLED OFF ITS HEAD)
THE GROWN-UP TICKLES THE BABY
Submitter comment:
EVERY BABY THAT HAS COME IN CONTACT WITH MY FAMILY HAS PLAYED
THIS GAME. FURTHERMORE, EVERY BABY, INCLUDING MYSELF, ENJOYED
THE GAME. THOUGH I'M CONVINCED THE GROWN-UPS ENJOY IT MORE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980
CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN
CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN, SITTING ON A FENCE,
TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF 55 CENTS.
HE MISSED, HE MISSED, HE MISSED LIKE THIS.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WHILE STANDING. THE PLAYERS GATHER AROUND ONE
ANOTHER AND ALTERNATELY CROSS AND UNCROSS THEIR LEGS WITH EVERY
BEAT OF THE VERSE. AT THE END OF THE VERSE , THE CHILD OR CHILDREN
STANDING WITH THEIR LEGS CROSSED LOSE THAT ROUND. THE GAME CONTIN-
UES THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS WITH NO APPARENT WINNER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001968
PASTIME
THE FOLLOWING IS A VERSE SUNG AND PLAYED BY YOUNG CHILDREN. IT IS
ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS HAND MOTIONS WHICH ARE PLAYED AGAINST A
SECOND PERSON'S BACK. MM
GOING ON A TREASURE HUNT
X MARKS THE SPOT.
DOT, DOT, DASH, DASH, QUESTION MARK.
POKE HER HERE,
POKE HER THERE.
CLIMBING UP THE LADDER,
STEP BY STEP,
GUSHING THROUGH THE MUD.
COOL OCEAN BREEZE.
TIGHT SQUEEZE.
AND NOW YOU HAVE THE CHILLS.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS FIRST HEARD BY THE COLLECTOR IN 1976 FROM A GRADE
SCHOOL AGE SISTER. THIS IS USUALLY CONSIDERED A PASTIME. HOWEVER,
WHEN THE OBJECT IS TO GIVE THE PERSON THE CHILLS, A GOAL IS
ESTABLISHED AND SUCCESS DEPENDS ON ITS ACHIEVEMENT. THE HAND
MOTIONS CORRELATE TO THE LINES SUNG. HERE, GUSHING IS AN EXAMPLE
OF AN ONOMATOPEIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; USA ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): ONOMATOPEIA: GUSHING
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 06-00-1976
CHILDREN SONG
O JESSIE MACK, MACK, MACK, ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK,
WITH SILVER BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS, ALL DOWN HIS BACK, BACK, BACK,
ASKED HIS MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER, FOR 15 CENTS, CENTS, CENTS
TO SEE THE ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT GO JUMP THE FENCE, FENCE,
FENCE, HE JUMPED SO HIGH, HIGH, HIGH, UP IN THE SKY, SKY, SKY,
THAT HE DIDN'T COME BACK, BACK, BACK TO THE 4TH OF JULY.
Submitter comment: WE SUNG THIS SONG WHILE PLAYING JUMP ROPE AND HAND PATTING GAMES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
HAND SLAPPING GAME
THE 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 OCEAN
SEA, SEA, SEA, THE SAILOR WENT TO CHOP, CHOP, CHOP TO SEE WHAT HE
COULD CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, BUT ALL THAT HE COULD CHOP, CHOP, CHOP WAS
THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CHOP, CHOP, CHOP. THE SAILOR WENT TO
COO-WASH-A-COO TO SEE WHAT HE COULD COO-WASH-A-COO, BUT ALL THAT HE
COULD COO-WASH-A-COO WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN COO-WASH-A-COO.
THE SAILOR WENT TO CHINA TO SEE WHAT HE COULD CHINA BUT ALL THAT HE
COULD CHINA WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CHINA. THE SAILOR WENT TO
SEA, SEA, SEA, CHOP, CHOP, CHOP; COO-WASH-A-COO CHINA TO SEE WHAT
HE COULD SEE, SEE, SEE; CHOP, CHOP, CHOP; COO-WASH-A-COO, CHINA BUT
ALL THAT HE COULD SEE, SEE, SEE CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, COO-WASH-A-COO,
CHINA WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN SEA, SEA, SEA, CHOP, CHOP, CHOP
COO-WASH-A-COO, CHINA.
Submitter comment:
TWO PEOPLE WOULD SLAP HANDS TOGETHER AND WHEN THEY WOULD SAY,
SEA, THEY WOULD STOP AND SALUTE; CHOP, THEY WOULD CHOP THEIR ARMS
COO-WASH-A-COO, THEY WOULD DO THE HULA; CHINA, DRAG THE WORD CHINA .
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.580 |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
HAND SLAPPING GAME
HAVE YOU EVER, EVER, EVER, IN YOUR LONG LEGGED LIFE SEEN A LONG
LEGGED SAILOR AND HIS LONG LEGGED WIFE? NO I NEVER, NEVER, NEVER,
IN MY LONG LEGGED LIFE SEEN A LONG LEGGED SAILOR AND HIS LONG
LEGGED WIFE. HAVE YOU EVER, EVER, EVER, IN YOUR SHORT LEGGED LIFE
SEEN A SHORT LEGGED SAILOR AND HIS SHORT LEGGED WIFE? NO
I NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, IN MY SHORT LEGGED LIFE SEEN A SHORT LEGGED
SAILOR AND HIS SHORT LEGGED WIFE.
Submitter comment:
AFTER SAYING LONG LEGGED AND SHORT LEGGED YOU STOP, SLAPPING
HANDS AND SPREAD YOUR ARMS ACCORDINGLY TO EACH LENGTH.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
HAND-CLAP CHANT
OH MARY MAC, MAC, MAC
ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK
WITH SILVER BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS
ALL DOWN HER BACK, BACK, BACK
SHE ASKED HER MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER
FOR FIFTEEN CENTS, CENTS, CENTS
TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS
JUMP THE FENCE, FENCE, FENCE
SHE JUMPED SO HIGH, HIGH, HIGH
SHE REACHED THE SKY, SKY, SKY
AND NEVER CAME BACK, BACK, BACK
TILL THE FOURTH OF JULY, LY, LY
SHE JUMPED SO LOW, LOW, LOW
SHE STUBBED HER TOE, TOE, TOE
AND THAT WAS THE END, END, END
OF THE ELEPHANT SHOW, SHOW, SHOW
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A HAND RHYTHMIC GAME WHERE YOU CLAP HANDS, THEN
CLAP ON YOUR TWO THIGHS TOGETHER. THEN YOU ALTERNATE
CLAPPING HANDS TOGETHER, THEN CLAP WITH THE RIGHT HAND
WITH THE SAME HAND OF YOUR PARTNER, THEN HANDS TOGETHER,
THEN LEFT HAND WITH PARTNER. CONTINUE TILL THE END OF
THE RHYME.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MARY MACK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
PAT-A-CAKE CHANT
PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE BAKER'S MAN
BAKE ME A CAKE AS FAST AS YOU CAN
YOU ROLL'EM AND YOU ROLL'EM AND YOU MARK IT WITH A "K" AND YOU
PUT IT IN THE OVEN FOR KELLY AND ME.
Submitter comment: WHILE CHANTING THIS CLAPPING IS CUSTOMARY ALONG WITH THE BEAT.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.360 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
"TROT, TROT TO BOSTON TO GET A LOAF OF BREAD.
TROT, TROT HOME AGAIN THE OLD GRAY HORSE IS DEAD."
THIS WAS SUNG WITH A BABY ON YOUR KNEES. YOU LIFTED
YOUR KNEES UP IN RHYTHM WITH THE VERSE. AT THE END
OF THE VERSE YOU LET THE BABY FALL BACKWARDS AND CATCH
HIM.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; LISBON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
Uno, Go See Action
Uno, go see action
Say a east, a west.
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.
I said, Mama, Mama, Mama again, I feel sick.
Doctor, Doctor,
QUICK, QUICK, QUICK!
Doctor, Doctor, will I die?
Close your eyes and count to five.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE
I'm alive.
Submitter comment: This is usually said while playing a hand clapping game.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1987
Zing Zing Zing
Zing, Zing, Zing like a washing machine.
You're gonna rock to the treetops all day long
Huffen and a puffen and a singing a song.
All the little birdies on Jay Bird Street
Love to hear the robin go Tweet, Tweet, Tweet.
Chorus: Rockin' Robin, tweet tweet, tweetl-eet.
Rockin Robin, tweet tweet, tweetl-eet.
Submitter comment: Sung while playing a clapping game.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1987
Shame
Shame, Shame, Shame,
I don't want to go to Mexico, no more more more.
There's a big fat policeman at the door door door.
He'll grab you by the collar, make you pay a dollar.
I don't want to go to Mexico, no more more more.
Submitter comment: This is said in many clapping games.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1987
Having a Baby
My mama is having a baby.
My daddy is going crazy.
If it's a girl, I'll give it a curl.
If it's a boy, I'll give it a toy.
If it's twins, I'll wrap it up in toilet tissue,
And throw it on the elevator.
First Floor, STOP.
Second Floor, STOP.
Third Floor, STOP.
Fourth Floor, STOP.
Fifth Floor, STOP.
Now lets clap till our hands get hot.
Submitter comment: This is a rhyme said while playing a clapping game.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1987