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TO CHOOSE "IT" THE CHILDREN PUT THEIR FEET INTO A CIRCLE.
THEN ONE PERSON POINTS TO ONE FOOT ON EACH WORD AS HE SAYS:
EENIE, MEENIE, MINIE, MOE,
CATCH A MONKEY BY HE TOE.
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO.
MY MOTHER SAYS TO CHOOSE THE VERY BEST ONE,
AND O-U-T SPELLS OUT YOU GO.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON WHOSE FOOT THE CALLER IS POINTING AT ON THE
LAST WORD IS OUT. THE PROCESS IS REPEATED UNTIL ONE
PERSON IS LEFT. HE IS "IT."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE, GUM
IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
THEN COUNT DOWN FROM THE NUMBER WISHED, AND "YOU ARE IT)
Submitter comment: THIS IS USED TO DETERMINE WHO WILL BE IT IN A GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM,
IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH
(SAY NUMBER, THEN SPELL IT) AND YOU ARE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN GOES OFF THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
(YES, OR NO, SPELL IT OUT)
Y-E-S SPELLS YES AND OUT YOU GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
TO DETERMINE WHICH CAPTAIN OF A TEAM GETS THE FIRST PICK
OF A TEAMMATE IN A GAME USING A FOOTBALL, A NEUTRAL
PLAYER SPINS A FOOTBALL BEHIND THE BACK OF A CAPTAIN AND
ASKS "LINES, LACES OR WIDE OPEN SPACES?" THE FIRST
PERSON TO GUESS CORRECTLY GETS THE FIRST PICK. "LINES,
IF THE UPPERMOST PART IS A SEAM, "LACES," IF THE
UPPERMOST PART IS LACES, AND "WIDE OPEN SPACES, IF THE
BALL ENDS UP IN ANY OTHER WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
IBBITY, BIBBITY, SIBBITY, SAB,
IBBITY, BIBBITY, CANABA,
O-U-T SPELLS OUT AND OUT GOES HE (SHE)
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS USED IN THE 1920'S TO CHOOSE "IT" IN
SEVERAL GAMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
EENY, MEENY, DIPPER DAY,
DEETER, DOTTOR, DUMUNAY,
UTCHA, PUTCHA, DUMUNUTCHA,
EE TA TOUCH,
UGLA,BUGLA, BOO AND OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY USED THIS AS A CHILD IN THE 1920'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN A DISH,
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
(ONE MUST PICK A NUMBER FROM 1-10)
E.G. 6; 1,2,3,4,5,6 AND YOU ARE NOT IT.
Submitter comment:
THIS CONTINUES UNTIL ONLY ONE PLAYER IS LEFT AND
BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION HE IS DETERMINED IT.
I ACTUALLY USED THIS AS A CHILD IN THE LATE 1950'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
IBIDY, BIBIDY, SIBIDY, SAB,
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS THE WAY OF PICKING A PERSON TO
BE "IT" IN A GAME OF TAG. YOU MOVE FROM ONE PERSON TO
THE NEXT WITH EVERY WORD. THE PERSON POINTED TO ON THE
WORD GUM IS"IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE WASHING CLOTHES.
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR BLOOD DID SHE HAVE?
ALL THE CHILDREN PUT THEIR FEET IN A CIRCLE AND ONE PERSON
SAYS THE VERSE, TOUCHING EACH FOOT ON EACH WORD. THE
PERSON GETTING THE WORD "HAVE" WILL SAY A COLOR AND THAT
COLOR IS SPELLED OUT, TOUCHING EACH FOOT. WHEN THE LAST
LETTER OF THE COLOR IS SAID, THAT PERSON TAKES ONE FOOT
OUT. THIS PROCEDURE CONTINUES UNTIL THERE IS ONE FOOT
LEFT AND THAT PERSON IS "IT" OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
IN ORDER TO FIND WHO SHALL BE IT, OR WHO WILL GO FIRST IN
A CERTAIN GAME, THERE IS A VERSE THAT IS SAID TO FIND
THAT PERSON:
THE SKY IS BLUE,
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
WHILE TOUCHING EVERY FOOT IN THE CIRCLE. WHEN HE STOPS
AT A FOOT AFTER SAYING YOU, THAT PERSON GIVES HIS AGE AND
THEN THE NUMBER IS COUNTED OUT. AFTER THE COUNTING, WHERE-
EVER THE COUNTER STOPS, THAT PERSON IS OUT AND REMOVES
BOTH HIS FEET AND IS THEN OUT. THE POEM AND ACTIONS ARE
ARE REPEATED TIL ONE PERSON IS LEFT AND THAT PERSON IS
"IT" OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE,
SPEEDING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN GOES OFF THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
MY MOMMY TOLD ME TO PICK THIS ONE,
OUT GOES Y-O-U.
Submitter comment: USED BY THE INFORMANT TO MAKE A CHOICE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PORT CHESTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
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ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR;
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
VERSE IS FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
WHATEVER IS HAPPENING. THE PERSON WHO IS "MORE"
IS ELIMINATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
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THE SKY IS BLUE,
HOW OLD ARE YOU.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
(YOU'RE NOT "IT")
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, LIVE ACROSS THE WAY,
AND EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT,
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY;
ICKABOCKA, SODA-WATER, ICKABACKA BOO,
ICKOBOCKA, SODA-CRACKER; OUT GOES YOU!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |