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DO YOU WANT A DOLLAR?
YES
TAKE OFF YOUR SHIRT AND HOLLER.
Where learned: San Francisco ; PORPOISE BOOKSHOP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN, PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY HOLLER "I"
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS ALWAYS RECITED JUST BEFORE THE SEARCHER
IN HIDE AND GO SEEK WENT TO FIND THE HIDERS WHEN I WAS
A CHILD
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
MY FATHER WENT TO SEA, YOU SEE,
TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEE;
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD SEE, YOU SEE,
WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA.
Submitter comment: ACCOMPANIED BY HAND CLAPPING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
STEPPING GAME
STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
STEP ON A LINE, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SPINE.
STEP ON A HOLE, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SUGAR BOWL.
STEP ON A NAIL, PUT YOUR DAD IN JAIL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHAT COMES AFTER 79?
ANSWER: 80
THEN YOU SAY: YOU'RE A FAT LADY.
Where learned: San Francisco ; PORPOISE BOOKSHOP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
LITTLE SALLY WATERS, SITTING IN THE SUN,
CRYING AND WEEPING FOR A YOUNG MAN.
RISE, SALLY, RISE, WIPE OFF YOUR EYES,
FLY TO THE EAST, FLY TO THE WEST,
FLY TO THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE BEST.
Submitter comment: WE PLAYED THIS AS CHILDREN.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
WHEN YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHO IS GOING TO BE "IT" IN A
GAME OF TAG, YOU HAVE ALL THE CHILDREN STAND IN A CIRCLE.
THEY ALL HOLD OUT THEIR HANDS, MAKING FISTS WITH THEM.
ONE PERSON GOES AROUND AND HITS THEIR HANDS, ONE HAND
FOR EVERY WORD, WHILE HE SAYS IBBETY-BIBBITY-SIBBETY-SAB,
IBBETY-BIBBETY KNABBLE. THE LAST PERSON WHOSE HAND IS
HIT MUST PUT THAT ONE BEHIND HIS BACK. THE PERSON AT
THE END WHO HAS A HAND LEFT OUT IS DECLARED "IT."
Submitter comment:
WE USED TO PLAY THIS WHEN I WAS A CHILD. I LEARNED IT
FROM MY OLDER SISTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
THE MOOSE (MOUSE)
ROON ABOOT, ROON ABOOT,
CACH A WEE MOOSE, (MOUSE)
UP THE STAIRS, UP THE STAIRS,
IN A WEE HOOSE. (HOUSE)
Submitter comment:
A PERSON PUS HIS INDEX FINGER ON THE PALM OF A CHILD'S
HAND AND GOES ROUND AND ROUND TICKLING IT, SAYING THE
FIRST THREE LINES. ON THE LAST THREE LINES, HE TICKLES
THE CHILD UP THE ARM AND UNDER THE ARM (IN THE WEE
HOUSE).
THIS IS A TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH ACTION VERSE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
RHYME
APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY HOLLAR I.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME IS OF TEN USED BY THE PERSON THAT IS "IT" IN A GAME SUCH
AS HIDE-AND-SEEK. TO FIND OUT IF EVERYBODY HAS FOUND A HIDING PLACE
QUITE AMUSED BY THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
LITTLE SALLY WALKER
LITTLE SALLY WALKER,
WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S WALKING,
BUT SHE SURE HAS GOT THAT BEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1974
LITTLE SALLY WALKER
LITTLE SALLY WALKER,
SITTING IN A SAUCER,
CRY BABY, CRY BABY, WIPE YOUR TEARY EYES.
POINT TO THE EAST,
POINT TO THE WEST,
POINT TO THE ONE THAT YOU LIKE BEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1974
WHILE CHILDREN WALK TO SCHOOL, THEY PASS THE TIME BY WATCHING WHERE
THEY WALK. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WALK ON LINES OR CRACKS IN THE
SIDEWALK AND AS THEY DO THIS THEY HAVE SAYINGS SUCH AS,
"STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK" AND
"STEP ON A LINE, BREAK YOUR FATHER'S SPINE".
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A PASTIME FOR CHILDREN AS THEY WALK TO SCHOOL THAT
MY SISTERS USED TO DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: CA00001963
COUNTING OUT RHYME
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER LIVE ACROSS THE STREET, EIGHTEEN NINETEEN
BROADWAY STREET. EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT
THEY SAY, ICKI BICKI SODA CRACKER ICKIBICKI BOO ICKI BICKI SODA
CRACKER OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment:
THE CHILDREN SIT IN A CIRCLE AND THE CALLER TOUCHES ONE FOOT
FOR EACH WORD HE SAYS. THE LAST PERSON TOUCHED WITHDRAWS HIS
FOOT. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL ONLY ONE PERSON IS LEFT. HE THEN IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
COUNTING OUT RHYME
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING UP CLOTHES. MY MOTHER
SOCKED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE. WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD
ANY COLOR AT ALL? R-E-D SPELLS RED AND YOU ARE NOT IT.
Submitter comment:
THE CHILDREN SIT IN A CIRCLE AND THE CALLER TOUCHES ONE FOOT
FOR EACH WORD HE SAYS. THE LAST PERSON TOUCHED WITHDRAWS HIS
FOOT. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL ONLY ONE PERSON IS LEFT. HE THEN IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
COUNTING OUT RHYME
INCKA DINCKA BOTTLE OF INK CORK FELL OUT AND YOU DO STINK.
Submitter comment:
THE CHILDREN SIT IN A CIRCLE AND THE CALLER TOUCHES ONE FOOT
FOR EACH WORD HE SAYS. THE LAST PERSON TOUCHED WITHDRAWS HIS
FOOT. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL ONLY ONE PERSON IS LEFT. HE THEN IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
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COUNTING OUT RHYME
EENIE MEENIE MINIE MOE CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE IF HE HOLLERS
LET HIM GO, EENIE MEENIE MINIE MOE.
Submitter comment:
THE CHILDREN SIT IN A CIRCLE AND THE CALLER TOUCHES ONE FOOT
FOR EACH WORD HE SAYS. THE LAST PERSON TOUCHED WITHDRAWS HIS
FOOT. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL ONLY ONE PERSON IS LEFT. HE THEN IS IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 09.10.12
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): Rhyme, Game, Slur,
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
COUNTING OUT RHYME
EENIE MEENIE MINIE MOE CATCH A PICKLE BY THE TOE, IF HE HOLLERS
LET HIM GO, EENIE MEENIE MINIE MOE.
Submitter comment:
THE CHILDREN SIT IN A CIRCLE AND THE CALLER TOUCHES ONE FOOT
FOR EACH WORD HE SAYS. THE LAST PERSON TOUCHED WITHDRAWS HIS
FOOT. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL ONLY ONE PERSON IS LEFT. HE THEN IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
JUMP ROPE RHYME
MISS LUCY HAD A BABY
SHE NAMED HIM TINNY TIM
SHE PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB
TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM
HE DRUNK UP ALL THE WATER
HE ATE UP ALL THE SOAP
HE TRIED TO EAT THE BATHTUB
BUT IT WOULD NOT GO DOWN HIS THROAT
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
FORMULA TALE
ONE, FOR THE MONEY
TWO, FOR THE SHOW
THREE, TO GET READY,AND
FOUR, TO GO
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1974
JUMP ROPE RHYME
PEAS IN THE HOT
PEAS IN THE COLD
PEAS IN THE POT
NINE DAYS OLD
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1964