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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 |
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING UP CLOTHES, --1ST PERSON
MY MOTHER SOCKED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE,
WHAT COLOR WAS HER BLOOD?
(COLOR EXAMPLE: BLUE--2ND PERSON)
B-L-U-E SPELLS BLUE AND OUT YOU GO. -- 1ST PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
EENIE, MEENIE, TOOTSA, TEENIE,
OUGA, GOBALEENIE;
OTCHIE, POTCHIE, GUMA, LOTCHIE,
OUT GOES Y-O-U.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES PRACTICE THIS COUNTING-OU RHYME NOW AT
HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LIVONIA, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
ITALIAN COUNT OUT RHYME
PA, LUM, BELLA, SUPPA, SUPPA;
QUANTA, PENA, LAVA, COPA;
AY, LEVA, VENTA, QUA;
UNO, DUA, TREA, QUAT.
HIS GRANDMOTHER PLAYS IT WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN. EACH
CHILD PUTS HIS TEN FINGERS OUT AND THE GRANDMOTHER
STARTS AROUND SAYING ONE WORD FOR EACH FINGER. ON
"QUAT" THAT CHILD MUST PUT THAT FINGER DOWN. TH
CHILDREN WITH ALL THEIR FINGERS DOWN GET CANDY AND THE
CHILD WITH ANY FINGERS STILL UP GETS HIS HANDS SLAPPED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
INCA, BINKA, BOTTLE OF INK.
CORK FELL OUT AND YOU STINK
Submitter comment:
EACH CHILD PUTS ONE FOOT IN A CIRCLE. THE RHYME GOES
IN A CIRCLE AND THE CHILD TOUCHED ON "STINK" IS OUT,
AND "NOT IT." THE RHYME CONTINUES UNTIL ONE CHILD
IS LEFT AND HE IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-13-1972
COUNT OUT RHYME
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER 9
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE
IF THE TRAIN JUMPS OFF THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
(ANSWER YES, NO OR MAYBE)
(BLANK) SPELLS (BLANK)
AND YOU ARE NOT "IT"
THIS RHYME WORKS LIKE ALL COUNT-OUT RHYMES. THE CHILD
PICKED ON"BACK" ANSWERS YES," "NO," OR "MAYBE." THAT
WORD IS SPELLED OUT (EXAMPLE:Y-E-S ETC.) AND THE
CHILD TOUCHED ON "IT" IS OUT. CONTINUE RHYME UNTIL
ONE CHILD IS LEFT AND HE IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BEFORE A GAME, TO CHOOSE WHO IS "IT" OR WHO GOES FIRST,
ALL INTENDING TO PLAY PUT ONE FOOT INTO A CIRCLE. A
DESIGNATED PERSON (FOOT ALSO IN) SAYS THE FOLLOWING
WHILE TAPPING WITH HER FINGER EACH FOOT AS SHE GOES
AROUND THE CIRCLE:
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING OUT CLOTHES,
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR WAS HER BLOOD?
THE PERSON WHOSE FOOT IS TAPPED SAYS AN ARBITRARY
COLOR. THE PERSON TAPING THEN BEGINS SPELLING THE
COLOR, SAYING ONE LETTER ON EACH FOOT UNTIL THE
WHOLE WORD IS SPELLED. SHE CONTINUES TAPPING, SAYING
"AND YOU ARE NOT IT." THE PERSON WHOSE FOOT IS
TAPPED, PUTS HIS FOOT OUT. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL
THERE IS ONE LEFT. SHE IS "IT" OR GOES FIRST,
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PURPOSE WAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001960'S
BEFORE A GAME, TO CHOOSE WHO IS "IT" OR WHO GOES
FIRST, ALL INTENDING TO PLAY PUT ONE FOOT INTO A
CIRCLE. A DESIGNATED PERSON (FOOT ALSO IN) SAYS
THE FOLLOWING WHILE TAPPING CLOCKWISE OR COUNTER-
CLOCKWISE AROUND THE CIRCLE, TAPPING A FOOT AT
EACH WORD:
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH,
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
THE PERSON WHOSE FOOT IS TAPPED SAYS AN ARBITRARY
NUMBER. THE PERSON TAPPING THEN BEGINS COUNTING
WITH THE NEXT PERSON'S FOOT AND CONTINUES UP TO THE
NUMBER GIVEN. SHE CONTINUES TAPPING SAYING, "AND
YOU ARE NOT IT." THE PERSON WHOSE FOOT IS TAPPED,
PUTS HIS FOOT OUT. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL THERE IS
ONE LEFT. SHE IS "IT" OR GOES FIRST, DEPENDING ON
WHAT THE PURPOSE WAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
Submitter comment:
(USING FISTS TO COUNT OUT) EACH PERSON MAKES TWO FISTS
AND THE LEADER GOES AROUND THE CIRCLE SAYING ONE WORD OF
RHYME FOR EACH FIST. THE FIST TOUCHED ON "OR" IS OUT.
LAST PERSON WITH A FIST REMAINING IS "IT" FOR THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT RHYME
I'M GOING DOWNTOWN TO SMOKE MY PIPE,
AND I WON'T BE BACK 'TIL SATURDAY NIGHT.
I'LL WHIP YOU BLACK, I'LL WHIP YOU BLUE,
ESPECIALLY YOU, (UNDERLINE YOU), MY DAUGHTER SUE.
Submitter comment: USED TO CHOOSE "IT."
James Callow comment: COLLECTOR DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ALSO PART OF WITCH GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
EENERTY, FEENERTY, FITHERTY, FEG;
ELL, DELL, DOME-IN-EGG;
IRKY, BIRKY, STARRY-ROCK;
ANN, TAN, TWO'S JOCK.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID TO DETERMINE WHO WAS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
HIPPY, HOP TO THE BARBER SHOP,
TO GET THREE STICKS OF CANDY.
ONE FOR ME, AND ONE FOR YOU,
AND ONE FOR SISTER SANDY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.360 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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 |
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
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
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
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 |
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
FOOTBALL CHEER
INFLICT PAIN, INFLICT PAIN,
RENDER THEM IMMOBILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOTBALL CHEER
REPEL THEM, REPEL THEM.
MAKE THEM RELINQUISH THE BALL!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN