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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
GEORGIE, PORGIE, PUDDING AND PIE,
KISSED THE GIRLS AND MADE THEM CRY,
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE THEM?
ONE, TWO, THREE.....
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
JOHNNY IN THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY IN THE SEA,
JOHNNY KISSED A GIRL
AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA,
MA TOLD PA,
JOHNNY GOT A LICKING,
HA, HA, HA!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
HIDE AND SEEK
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
IF YOU'RE NOT READY, HOLLER "I"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TABLE VERSE (BOY
WE ARE TABLE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE. WE ARE TABLE NUMBER ONE, WHERE IS NUMBER THREE. WE ARE TABLE NUMBER THREE, NUMBER THREE, NUMBER THREE. WE ARE TABLE NUMBER THREE, WHERE IS NUMBER SEVEN. ETC.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERED THIS FROM BOY SCOUT EXPERIENCE IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
GAME TAUNT
I WENT INTO THE HOUSE,
JUST LIKE ME.
I WENT UP THE STAIRS,
JUST LIKE ME.
I WENT INTO A ROOM,
JUST LIKE ME.
THERE I SAW A MONKEY,
JUST LIKE ME.
Where learned: San Francisco ; PORPOISE BOOKSHOP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
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