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SAILOR, SAILOR, DRESSED IN BLUE,
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU MUST DO.
SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN, BOW TO THE KING,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
READY OR NOT
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER I.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM
HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
HIDE AND SEEK
A GAME KNOWN AS "HIDE AND SEEK" PLAYED BY CHILDREN, USUALLY
AT NIGHT, HAS ONE WARNING USED THAT SOMETIMES SOUNDS LIKE
THIS: APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE, WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER
I. THIS IS SAID BY THE PERSON PURSUING THOSE WHO ARE IN
HIDING, AS A WARNING THAT HE'S COMING FOR THEM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND
ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME HIDE AND SEEK. THIS IS ONE OF THE
SAYINGS USED BY THE PERSON WHO IS TO COME LOOKING FOR
THOSE WHO ARE HIDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
FOOTBALL CHEER
GIVE ME A B (CROWD ANSWERS "B")
GIVE ME A B (DITTO)
GIVE ME ANOTHER B (DITTO)
ANOTHER B (DITTO)
ANOTHER B (DITTO)
ONE LAST B (DITTO)
WHAT DOES IT SPELL?
Submitter comment:
THEN BY VIBRATING ONE'S CLOSED LIPS, WITH HIS FINGERS,
SOMETHING LIKE A CHILD OFTEN DOES, THE PEOPLE WILL
ANSWER WITH: BBBBBBBBB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOTBALL CHEER
AGITATE THEM, AGITATE THEM,
FORCE THEM INTO A BLUNDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
1, 2, 3 A LARRY, 4, 5, 6 A LARRY
7, 8, 9 A LARRY AND 10 A LARRY U.S.A.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECALLS SAYING THIS WHEN BOUNCING A BALL
AGAINST A WALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
A LEENIE A LARRY, A WHIRL AROUND TO BABSIE,
RIGHT HAND, LEFT HAND, HIGHEST EAVES,
LOWEST EAVES, TOUCH YOUR KNEE, TOUCH YOUR HEEL,
TOUCH YOUR TOE AND AWAY WE GO.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS DOING THIS USING A BALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
BLUEBIRD GAME
BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD, IN AND OUT MY WINDOW (REPEAT)
OH JOHNNY ARE YOU TIRED?
TAKE A LITTLE GIRL AND TAP HER ON THE SHOULDERS (REPEAT 3X)
OH JOHNNY ARE YOU TIRED?
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID AS A GROUP ARE HOLDING HANDS IN A CIRCLE
AND ONE STARTS OFF TAPPING OTHERS FORMING A LINE THAT
SWAYS THROUGH THE CIRCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
EENIE, EINIE OVER
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECALLS SAYING THIS WHILE THROWING A BALL
OVER A ROOF TO SOMEONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
A TISKET, A TASKET, A GREEN AND YELLOW BASKET,
I WROTE A LETTER TO MY LOVE
AND ON THE WAY I DROPPED IT.
Submitter comment:
SUNG AS ONE SKIPS AROUND A CIRCLE OF OTHERS. AT THE END
HE DROPS A HANKIE BEHIND SOMEONE AND THEY PLAY TAG
AROUND THE CIRCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
FOOTBALL CHEER
RETARD THEM, RETARD THEM!
MAKE THEM RELINQUISH THE BALL!
Submitter comment: TAKEOFF ON MORE MUNDANE FOOTBALL CHEER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HERE WE COME (1ST TEAM)
WHERE FROM? (SECOND TEAM)
NEW ORLEANS (1ST)
WHAT'S YOUR TRADE? (2ND)
LEMONADE (1ST)
GIVE ME SOME (2ND)
NO (RUNS AWAY) (1ST)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SCHMEE, SCHMY,
SCH-HOSH-EN-FEFFER
HOOTCHE, COOTCHE,
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR (THEN REPEAT)
Submitter comment: WALKING RHYME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
GAME CHANT
IN ANY GAME WHICH HAS A GOAL, THE "IT" SAYS THIS TO WARN
THE PLAYERS HE IS READY TO START CHASING THEM. "1,2,3, GET
OFF MY APPLE TREE OR ELSE YOU ARE IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
GAME CHANT
DURING GAMES OF TAG, EVERYONE CAN YELL THIS AT THE PERSON
WHO IS IT, "(THE PERSON'S NAME) COUNTERFEIT. CAN'T GET
OVER HER ARITHMETIC."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
CHEER--BASKETBALL
ONE, TWO THREE, KILL THE REFEREE.
THREE, TWO, ONE, KILL THE OTHER ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PRAYER
LOVELY LADY, DRESSED IN BLUE, TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY, GOD WAS JUST YOUR LITTLE CHILD, AND YOU KNOW THE WAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MANY YEARS AGO.
Data entry tech comment: WE USED TO SING THIS SONG IN SCHOOL.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
LADY BUG, LADY BUG, FLY AWAY
YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE
AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL BURN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
I HAD A LITTLE TURTLE, HE LIVED IN A BOX,
HE SWAM IN THE RIVER AND CLIMBED ON A ROCK.
HE SNAPPED AT A MINNOW, HE SNAPPED AT A FLEA,
HE SNAPPED AT A MOSQUITO, AND HE SNAPPED AT ME.
HE CAUGHT THE MINNOW, AND HE CAUGHT THE FLEA,
HE CAUGHT THE MOSQUITO, BUT HE DIDN'T CATCH ME.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Language
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY, COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD / Updated on 1-13-2011
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-00-1968