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I'M GOING DOWN TOWN TO SMOKE MY PIPE
AND I WON'T BE BACK TIL SATURDAY NIGHT,
AND IF THAT OLD WITCH CATCHES YOU
I'LL SPANK YOU TILL YOU'RE BLACK AND BLUE.
Submitter comment: TYPE OF TAG GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
CHARLIE OVER THE WATER,
CHARLIE OVER THE SEA,
CHARLIE CAUGHT A BLACKBIRD,
BUT HE CANNOT CATCH ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TAG GAME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
TAG TYPE GAME
DUMMY DUMMY DODO
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN (NAME) CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
DUMB DUMB DOTO CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN YOU CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
RING AROUND THE ROSEY, A POCKET FULL OF POSIES
ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.523 |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
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
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 |
COUNTING OUT
MY MOTHER AND YOURS WERE HANGING UP SOME CLOTHS,
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE.
Submitter comment: THE PERSON WHO IS IT WHEN THE WORD NOSE COMES UP IS OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
COUNTING OUT
AZA, TOOZA, KITCH CAN ASH CAN,
BOOZA BAM, SEE SAW BUCK, YOU'RE OUT.
Submitter comment:
INSTRUCTIONS--GROUP PUTS BOTH FEET IN A CIRCLE.
ELIMINATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
COUNTING DEVICE
1, 2, BUTTON MY SHOE
3, 4, SHUT THE DOOR,
5, 6, PICK UP STICKS,
7, 8, LAY THEM STRAIGHT,
9, 10, YOU'RE A BIG, FAT HEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE, COMING DOWN THE RAILROAD LINE,
WHICH COLOR DO YOU CHOOSE, GREEN--G-R-E-E-N, YOU ARE NOT IT.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME IS SAID AMONG MANY CHILDREN PLAYING TAG. ONE
PERSON RECITES THIS RHYME AND WHILE DOING SO, HE POINTS TO
A DIFFERENT PERSON ACCODING TO THE RHYTHM OF HE TUNE.
THE PERSON HE POINTS TO AT THE END OF THE TUNE IS LEFT
OUT OF THE CHOOSING FOR WHO WILL BE IT. THIS SYSTEM
CONTINUES UNTIL ONE PERSON IS LEFT WHO IS CHOSEN TO BE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING RHYME
ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE.
THREE, FOUR, CLOSE THE DOOR.
FIVE, SIX, PICK UP STICKS.
SEVEN, EIGHT, CLOSE THE GATE
NINE, TEN, BIG FAT HEN.
ELEVEN, TWELVE, GO TO HELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT RHYME
OSA TWSA, KITCHAN ASKCAN BUZZABAN, SEE-SAW BUCK. DONE AS YOU TAP ON THE TOES OF THE PLAYERS.
Submitter comment: CHICAGO VERSE
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
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
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 |
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
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO,
THREE POTATO, ORE
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO,
SEVEN POTATO, ORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
FOOTBALL CHEER
OU SA SA SA
OU SA SA SA
HIT 'EM ON THE HEAD WITH A BIG
Submitter comment:
THIS CHEER WAS DONE BY A SCHOOL WHOSE TEAM WAS
NICKNAMED THE POLISH IRONMEN.
Data entry tech comment: UNFINISHED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A GROUP OF CHILDREN SIT IN THE CIRCLE AND ONE MEMBER PASSES
HIS OR HER SHOE TO THE PERSON HE WISHES, AND THIS PERSON
MUST DO WHAT THE OTHER PERSON SAYS, IF HE CANNOT, HE MUST
KEEP THE SHOE. THE CHILD IN THE END WITH THE MOST SHOES
IS THE LOSER. THIS RHYME IS SAID DURING THE GAME:
YOU MUST PASS THE SHOE FROM ME TO YOU
YOU MUST PASS THE SHOE AND DO WHAT I DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |