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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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"Standing on the Corner"
This is a children's hand clapping game. The song is sung,"
Standing on the corner, chewing a piece of gum,
Along came a boy saying give me some.
I said, "no, dirty boy does your momma know you're out,
With your hands in your pocket and your shirt tail out.
Einy beeny a baline, a ba hebalini-me and my brother George.
A peach, a plum, have a stick of chewing gum,
This is what he said,"Ilias dilias, assis, assis, tell me this.
Cafeteria, ra, ra, ra."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sandusky
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
Zing, Zing, Zing, like a washing machine. She rocks in the tree
tops all day long, huffin' and a puffin' and a singin' that song.
all the little robins on jay bird street love to hear the robins go
tweet, tweet, tweet. Rock-a-robin, tweet, tweet, tweet-a-la-di,
rock-a-robin, tweet, tweet, tweet-a-la-di. All the little robins
gonna really gonna rock tonight tweet, tweet, tweet-a-la-di.
Submitter comment: A children's rhyme sung while playing a game with the hands.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Down by the ocean, down by the sea, Johnny broke a bottle and he
blamed it on me. I told mama; mama told papa; Johnny got a whippin'
so ha! ha! ha!
Submitter comment: Rhyme sung by children while playing a hand game.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
Old Mary Mack
There's a children's song entitled 'Old Mary Mack' and it goes
like this:
Old Mary Mack Mack Mack
All dressed in black black black
With silver buttons buttons buttons
All down her back back back
She went to the store store store
With fifteen cents cents cents.
Submitter comment: This was sort of one of those patty cake chants.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Children's songs
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
MY HAT IT HAS THREE CORNERS
THREE CORNERS HAS MY HAT.
AND HAD IT NOT THREE CORNERS,
IT WOULD NOT BE MY HAT.
REPEAT, OMITTING THE WORD HAT, BUT STILL GO THROUGH
THE MOTIONS AS BEFORE. DO THE SAME FOR THE WORD
THREE, AND CORNERS .
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
CHING CHONG CHINA MAN
CHING CHONG CHINA MAN
SITTING ON A FENCE
TRIED TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT
OF FIFTY FIVE CENTS.
HE MISSED, HE MISSED
HE MISSED LIKE THIS.
WHILE DOING THIS, THE PERSON HAS LEGS STRADLE THEN
CROSSED. THE OBJECT IS TO END UP WITH LEGS APART AT
THE END OF RHYME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 11-10-1973