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LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN,
LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN,
MY FAIR LADY.
Submitter comment: SONG
Where learned: YOUNGER YEAR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-21-1968
HA DA UME BOO ESAM
HA DA LABISS EL KATHOM
HA DA TOOL EL LA THULIE
HA DA LICK KATH EL IREE
HA DA IT TEEL EL MUMLIE
HA DA ZENK EL ES WAA RA
HA DA COO E SULEE
HA DA USHL EL US TOORA
THIS IS THE FINGER WITHOUT A NAME (BABY)
THIS ONE WEARS A RING
THIS ONE IS LONG FOR NOTHING
THIS ONE LICKS THE PAN
THIS ONE KILLS THE ANTS
THIS ONE WEARS A BRACELET (WRIST)
THIS ONE CARRIES THE BASKET
THIS ONE THE BIRDS NEXT IN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A LEBANESE RHYME WHICH DEFINES ALL THE FINGERS ON THE HAND (THUMB INCLUDED), THE WRIST, THE ELBOW JOINT, AND TH SHOULDER JOINT. MOTHERS OFTEN USE THIS RHYME WHEN TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN THE NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF THESE CERTAIN BODY PARTS. TRANSLATED IT WOULD BE:
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
FOLLOWING FRENCH VERSE IS RECITED WHILE THE PAPA BOUNCES
HIS LITTLE ONE ON HIS KNEE.
PETIT GALOP, PETITGALOP, PETIT GALOP, PETIT GALOP,
GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP.
Submitter comment:
THE EQUIVALENT IN ENGLISH IS LITTLE GALLOP, ETC.,
FOLLOWED BY BIG GALLOP. THE FATHER FIRST BOUNCES
SLIGHTLY, THEN BOUNCES CHILD VIGOROUSLY, WHILE
RECITING VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
EYE-BLINKER, NO-BLEEDER, CHIN-CHOPPER.
Submitter comment:
ABOVE IS SAID TO CHILD OR BABY WHILE SPEAKER POINTS
TO LISTENER'S EYE, NOSE AND NOT THE CHIN, BUT INSTEAD
IS QUICKLY TICKLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
FONTANELLA, FONTANELLA,
A QUA CI BEVE LA PECORELLA
LA PECORELLA DI SAN GIOCCHINO
VA CANTANTO LA LITANIA
DEL VIVO E DEL MORTO
PER NOI PATRE NOSTRO
PER LA MORTE E PER LA VITA
PER NOI SAN ANTONINO
LITTLE FOUNTAIN, LITTLE FOUNTAIN
HERE THE LITTLE SHEEPS COMES TO DRINK
THE LITTLE LAMB OF SAN JACOM
GOES SINGING THE LITANY
OF THE LIVING AND OF THE DEAD
FOR US AN HOUR FATHER (OUR FATHER?)
FOR THE DEAD AND FOR THE LIVING
FOR US SAN ANTONINO.
Submitter comment:
A CIRCLING MOTION IS MADE WITH THE INDEX FINGER IN THE PALM
OF THE BABY'S HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SAN JACOB?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ITALIAN:
MICI MICSE MISCELLA
LE GEITTO E LA BUCHELLO
QUENDO E COTTE MANGIATELLO
SPURSTE, SPURSTE.
TRANSLATION:
KITTY, KITTY CAT
THE CAT AND THE BEEF
WHEN IT'S COOKED YOU EAT IT.
SCAT, SCAT.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THE INFORMANT SAYING THIS WHILE HOLDING HER
GRANDSON, 1-1/2 YEARS OLD, IN HER LAP. SHE TOOK THE
CHILD'S HANDS AND STROKED HIS CHEEKS WHILE SAYING THIS
RHYME. TOWARDS THE LAST LINE OF THE RHYME THE STROKING
BECAME FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-06-1971
ITALIAN
PIZZA, PIZZA A TATA
A MAMMA LA FRETTATA
A PAPA UN CAPPONE
E A (NAME) UN SCHIAFFONE.
TRANSLATION
PIZZA, PIZZA FATHER
TO MOTHER ONE OMELETTE;
TO FATHER ONE CHICKEN;
AND TO (NAME) ONE PAT ON THE FACE.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THE INFORMANT SAYING THIS TO HER GRANDSON,
1-1/2 YEARS OLD, WHILE HE WAS IN HER LAP. SHE WAS CLAPPING
THE CHILD'S HANDS WHILE SAYING THE RHYME, ENDING UP WITH A
SLIGHT SLAP ON THE CHEEKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-06-1971
A MOTHER CHANTS THIS WHILE CLAPPING THE BABY'S HANDS IN HERS:
PATTY CAKE, PATTY CAKE, BAKER MAN,
BAKE ME A CAKE AS FAST AS YOU CAN
SLAP IT AND PAT IT AND MARK IT WITH "B"
AND PUT IT IN THE OVEN FOR BABY AND ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BASEBALL CHANT
WE WANT A PITCHER, NOT A GLASS OF WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FIVE LITTLE SOLDIERS, STANDING IN A ROW.
(HERE--BEND THE TWO LAST FINGERS DOWN TO DENOTE BENT SOLDIERS: )
THREE STOOD STRAIGHT, AND TWO STOOD SO.
ALONG CAME THE CAPTAIN AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?
(ON THE WORD "STRAIGHT" STRAIGHTEN THE LAST TWO FINGERS.)
THEY ALL STOOD STRAIGHT AS QUICK AS A WINK.
Submitter comment:
BEGIN THE RHYME BY COUNTING ON THE HAND THE FIVE SOLDIERS:
RECITED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
CHILDRENS' SONG OR GAME
I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT, SHORT AND STOUT,
(HERE HE PUTS HIS HAND ON HIS HIP, WITH HIS ARM CURVED
OUTWARD AS A HANDLE WOULD BE.)
HERE IS MY HANDLE, HERE IS MY SPOUT--
(HERE HE CURVES HIS ARM OUT FROM THE SIDE OF HIM, LIKE A
SNAKE.)
WHEN I GET ALL STEAMED UP, I BEGIN TO SHOUT,
(HERE HE BENDS TO THE SIDE OF THE "SPOUT" AND PRETENDS HE
IS GOING TO POUR OUT TEA.)
TIP ME OVER AND POUR ME OUT.
Submitter comment: THE PERSON BEGINS THE SONG STANDING UP:
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
EENSY BENSEY SPIDER WENT UP THE WATER DRAIN,
DOWN CAME THE RAIN AND WASHED THE SPIDER OUT,
OUT CAME THE SUN AND DRIED UP ALL THE RAIN,
EENSY, BEENSY SPIDER WENT UP THE DRAIN AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
AS THE POEM IS RECITED, THE CHILD MOVES HER HANDS
FIRST UPWARD LIKE A WALKING SPIDER. SHE THEN LOWERS HER
HANDS, PALMS OPEN, VERY FAST TO DENOTE THE RAIN FALLING.
SHE THEN FORMS A ROUND CIRCLE WITH HER HANDS TO DENOTE
THE SUN AND THEN AGAIN MOVES HER HANDS LIKE A WALKING
SPIDER FOR THE FINAL LINES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
DID YOU EVER, EVER, EVER, IN YOUR BEATNICK LIFE,
SEE A BEATNICK SAILOR WITH HIS BEATNICK WIFE?
NO, I NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER, IN MY BEATNICK LIFE,
SAW A BEATNICK SAILOR WITH HIS BEATNICK WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
THIS IS A GAMEYOU PLAY WITH CHILDREN. YOU TOUCH EACH TOE,
STARTING WITH THE BIG ONE, AND RECITE A LINE FROM THIS
VERSE UPON TOUCHING EACH TOE.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY STAYED HOME.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY ATE ROAST BEEF.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY ATE NONE.
AND THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT WEE! WEE! ALL THE WAY HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ITSY BITSY SPIDER CLIMBED UP THE WATER TROUGH,
DOWN CAME THE RAIN AND WASHED THE SPIDER OFF.
UP CAME THE SUN AND DRIED ALL THE RAIN
AND THE TEENSY, WEENSY SPIDER CLIMBS UP THE SPOUT AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
HAND MOVEMENTS: THUMB AND INDEX FINGER OF OTHER HAND
UPWARDS AND AGAIN DOWNWARDS.
FINGER GAME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
REFRAIN:
BOOM, BOOM, AIN'T IT GREAT TO BE CRAZY
BOOM, BOOM, AIN'T IT GREAT TO BE CRAZY
SILLY AND FOOLISH, ALL DAY LONG.
BOOM, BOOM, AIN'T IT GREAT TO BE CRAZY.
VERSES:
A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE
SAT ON A CURBSTONE SHOOTING DICE
THE HORSEY SLIPPED AND IT FELL ON THE FLEA.
AND THE FLEA SAID, "OPPS, THERE'S A HORSEY ON ME."
A PENGUIN BY THE NAME OF JOE,
WAY UP NORTH WHERE THERE'S ICE AND SNOW,
GOT SO TIRED OF BLACK AND WHITE,
THAT HE WORE PINK PAJAMAS TO A PARTY ONE NIGHT.
Submitter comment: DONE TO A SYSTEM OF HAND CLAPPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
FINGER GAME
HERE IS THE CHURCH (FINGERS INTERLOCKED, POINTING DOWN)
HERE IS THE STEEPLE (ADD 2 INDEX FINGERS, POINTING UP TO
FORM THE STEEPLE)
OPEN THE DOORS (FINGERS INTERLOCKED POINTING UPWARDS)
AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE (SAME AS ABOVE)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHILE I WASOUT A WALKIN'
I HEARD MY BOYFRIEND TALKIN'
TO A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL
WITH STRAWBERRY CURLS.
AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID:
I L-O-V-E LOVE YOU
I'LL K-I-S-S KISS YOU
AND I M-I-S-S MISS YOU
IN THE D-A-R-K DARK.
TO BE SUNG BY TWO PEOPLE WHO CLAP HANDS WITH EACH OTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AH, AH, KOTKI DWA, SZARE BURE OBY DWA. TRANSLATION: OH, OH, KITTENS
TWO, GRAY AND BLACK ARE THE TWO
Submitter comment: RECITED WHILE ROCKING INFANT TO SLEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; COLORS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.366 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-20-1974
POLISH PLAY RHYME
ABRAHAM NIE HADZ TAM BO CIE MISZKA ZROBI HAM. TRANSLATION: ABRAHAM
DON'T GO THERE, CAUSE THE MOUSE WILL DO YOU HARM. ACCOMPANYING
GESTURE: MOTHER TOUCHES BABY'S FACE IN VARIOUS PLACES AND AT THE
WORD HAM (HARM) PUTS HER FINGER INTO THE CHILD'S MOUTH SO THAT
HE CAN BITE ON IT WHEN TEETHING.
Submitter comment: SPELLING AND TRANSLATION CAME FROM INFORMANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-20-1974