What school chants do you remember?

[OneUmberJoker]

When we were in an activity weekend it was we're from (village name)

Hey you over there
What's it like to have no hair
Is it hot or is it cold
What's it like to be bald.

Im loving this thread. Does anyone else remember alternative words for the song "English country garden"?

I remember so many of these. One I haven’t seen:

Gorgie Porgie Pudding and Pie,
Kissed the girls to make them cry.
When the boys came out to play,
he did it again, ‘cos he was gay. 🙈🙈

And seasonally various options for While Shepherds watched:

while Shepherds washed their socks by night, all seated round the tub,
the angel of the Lord came down and they began to scrub. (If teachers were in earshot)

while shepherds watched their cocks by night all seated on the bank,
the angel of the lord came down and they began to wank.
(No teachers to be seen).

What do you do if you can't find the loo in an English country garden
Pull down your pants and suffocate the ants in an English country garden.

Can't remember any more but would be interested if anyone else can!

We four Beatles of Liverpool are
John in a taxi, Paul in a car
George on a scooter tooting the hooter
Following Ringo Starr

Seasonal variation:

We three kings of Orient are
One in a taxi
One in a car
One on a scooter
Beeping his hooter
Playing the bass guitar.

Oh star of wonder
Star of night
Sit on a box of dynamite
Northward leading
Through the ceiling
See you on the moon tonight.

I think this is sung to the tune of 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home'. There was a more vulgar version doing the rounds when I was at school forty-odd years ago. I can't remember the words but it had something to do with exhumations and necrophilia!

Mummy, you know that boy next door
Mummy, he got me on the floor
Mummy, look at my tummy, it’s getting bigger and bigger each day.

Herbert, Look what you’ve done to me
Herbert,, well have a family
Herbert, well call it Sherbert, there will be Herbert and Sherbert and Me.

We sang this but it was smacks not spanking

I think the mother was something like
no no dont do that and something about getting a smack?

I remember grandma was
knit knit you silly little twit!

"Build a bonfire,
Build a bonfire,
Put the teachers on the top.
Put the prefects in the middle,
And burn the fucking lot!"

Usually around Guy Fawkes night.

lots in a book called The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

England, Ireland Scotland Wales, inside outside inside scales was what we chanted while skipping using a big rope. Do kids skip anymore? Suspect not, sadly. It was great fun and great exercise.

This one brings back memories. My cousins taught it to us! Sadly I have bad brain fog due to illness so can’t remember any other verses.

We had this too, but the last bit was

A boy for you, and a girl for me
Ay-tiddle-ay-tai
SEXY!
(shout the last word while lifting up your skirt to flash your pants 😯)

England, Ireland Scotland Wales, inside outside inside scales was what we chanted while skipping using a big rope.

One girl skipping:
'I like coffee, I like tea, I like Susie in with me.'

Susie joins in, then repeat with more girls joining in until there's no more room on the rope, someone trips on the rope, or the bell goes.I

or
Queenie, Queenie, who's got the ball?
is she short or is she tall?
is she fat or is she thin?
can she play the violin?

or
What's the time, Mr Wolf?

Willie was a watchdog sitting on the grass,
Along came a bumble bee and stung him up his...
Ask no questions, tell no lies,
I saw a policeman doing up his..
Flies are a nuisance, bees are worse,
This is the end of my silly little verse.

Sung on repeat in the minibus all the way from Hampshire to North Wales in the late 80s.Those poor teachers.

Also,
Mary had a little lamb,
She thought it was a Billy
She threw it up in the air and caught it by its willy.

Eetle ottle black bottle,
Eetle ottle out.
If you want a piece and jam, just step out.

Mary had a little lamb,
She kept it in a bucket,
And every time she let it out,
The bulldog tried to bark at it.

Tell tale tit,
Yer mammy canna knit,
Yer daddy canna wa-alk,
Withoot a walking stick.

Mary had a little lamb
She also had a bear
I've often saw her little lamb
But never seen her bear

If a boy did/said/wore/listened to/read something that was seen as not masculine, the chant went up, with emphatic pointing:

”Lassie-boy, lassie-boy!”

Or even more wittily- “I’ve never seen her little lamb, but I’ve often seen her bare.”

A sailor went to sea sea sea
To see what he could see see see
But all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea

Have a cigarette sir
No sir, why sir
Because I've got a cold sir
Where d'you get the cold sir
From the North Pole sir
Whatcha doing there sir
Catching polar bears sir
How many did you catch sir
1-2-3 sir
Very good indeed sir

Down in the meadow where nobody goes
There's a big fat mamma who's washing her clothes
She's got the lips, hips, legs of a star
She walks like a movie star

This clapping one used to be adjusted for your name

Elaine bomb bain
Sticker ain
Fi fain
Fi fain
Bomb bain
That's how you spell Elaine

Cat's got the measles, the measles, the measles
Cat's got the measles, the measles got the Cat's

And the old favourite for singing on school trips

"Charlie had a pigeon, a pigeon, a pigeon
Charlie had a pigeon , a pigeon had he.
It flew in the morning, it flew in the night
And when it came back it was covered in...
Charlie had a pigeon...etc etc