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Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it....

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youngestisapsycho · 17/08/2026 11:19

Anyone remember more of the 'you are not it' rhymes from school days in the 80s?
I know we had lots of different ones we used to use, but cant remember what any of them were!

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Denim4ever · 18/08/2026 22:56

CherryogDog · 17/08/2026 19:19

Anyone remember playing "two balls" against the wall?
We'd chant "PK penny a packet, first you lick it then you small it, then you stick it to your jacket, PK penny a packet".
Then there was "Titsalina bumsquash, big banana feet, went to the pictures and fell through the seat. When the picture started, Titsalina farted, Titsalina bumsquash, big banana feet"

Similar. In the 70s we said:

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

The seas/sees were the changeover from one person to the next

Wipeywipey · 18/08/2026 23:04

HauntedBungalow · 18/08/2026 22:50

That's an actual song isn't it? Lyrics altered slightly but it's a song. Tennessee wig walk. Lena zavaroni covered it, so kids in the 70s would have heard it on telly.

I never heard it! I was at primary in the 80/90s... Might have to google that now!

Lovehearts82 · 18/08/2026 23:11

Ip dip dog shit
Hanging on a lady's tit.

Was the rhyme we sang, I have no idea how the rest of it went.

HauntedBungalow · 18/08/2026 23:18

TeaFizzy · 17/08/2026 13:06

We had a variation on this:

Mary had a little lamb, she thought him rather silly
She threw him by the left leg and caught him by the…
Willie was a watchdog sitting on the grass
Along came a bumblebee and stung him on the…
Ask no questions, tell no lies
i saw a policeman doing up his…
Flies are a nuisance, bugs are worse
And that is the end of my sweet country verse

Also, does anyone else remember “There was an old lady of 92, who did a fart and missed the loo”? It’s really long so not going to type it all out, but we used to sing it all the time at Brownies!

The old lady of 92 we sang, with parlez-vous after each sentence. Old woman of 92, parlez-vous (repeatx3) did a poo and away it blew rinky dinky parlez-vous. The poo went rolling down the hill (etc) If you look it's sat there still rinky dinky parlez-vous.

There was also a more violent version, same structure and repeats and parlez-vous etc about dirty Germans crossing the line, fucking the innkeeper's daughter, who had lily white tits and pubic hair, until she was nearly dead, and the innkeeper being so ashamed that he fucked her back to life again. I'm guessing that one was a gruesome hangover from WWII which had ended 30 years previous.

EvangelinaMae · 18/08/2026 23:39

Olly Olly Olly
Tits in a trolley
Balls in the biscuit tin
Lying on the grass
With a finger up your arse
Singing Olly Olly Who's all in

EvangelinaMae · 18/08/2026 23:46

I don't wanna go to Mexico
no more more more
There a big fat mexican on the
Door door door
He grabbed me by the collar
Just to make another dollar
I don't want to go to Mexico
No more more more

I think there was another verse too but I can't remember it.

BashfulClam · 18/08/2026 23:50

IckyTecky · 17/08/2026 12:37

I was at school in the 80s and the original eeny meeny mini mo was still about then.

We said ‘catch a figure by his toe…’

TicTac80 · 18/08/2026 23:53

My ex remembers the Bungle one. I can’t believe I forgot the violent version of The Old Lady of ‘92…also can’t believe I forgot the Chinese Restaurant song!!

I scared my kids yesterday by singing some of these. I think they thought I’d gone mad, I was laughing so much and singing these “random songs”. They didn’t have anything like this in the playground to sing (probably a good thing!).

tupperwaretowers · 19/08/2026 00:05

MNLurker1345 · 17/08/2026 12:07

Each, peach, pear, plum,
something? Something, bubble gum.

Can anyone remember?

Each, peach, pear, plum
Out popped Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb in a cellar
Out popped Cinderella
Cinderella in a basin
Out popped Larry Grayson
Larry Grayson is a star
S T A R
You are not it. Or something to that effect!

mydiorsandals · 19/08/2026 00:20

Dip, dip, dip, my blue ship,
Sailing on the water, like a cup and saucer,
O. U. T. spells out !

I know it doesn't rhyme !

We had the baby on the po one and also the potato one as well !

(NW)

mydiorsandals · 19/08/2026 00:21

BashfulClam · 18/08/2026 23:50

We said ‘catch a figure by his toe…’

That one as well...now no longer PC !

DarkLion · 19/08/2026 00:23

Im 30 and forgot all about this 😂 love how major decisions were always based on this as a child

mydiorsandals · 19/08/2026 00:24

Auntie Mary had a canary, up the leg of her draws,
When she farted it departed, down the leg of her draws

Damnloginpopup · 19/08/2026 08:10

HauntedBungalow · 18/08/2026 23:18

The old lady of 92 we sang, with parlez-vous after each sentence. Old woman of 92, parlez-vous (repeatx3) did a poo and away it blew rinky dinky parlez-vous. The poo went rolling down the hill (etc) If you look it's sat there still rinky dinky parlez-vous.

There was also a more violent version, same structure and repeats and parlez-vous etc about dirty Germans crossing the line, fucking the innkeeper's daughter, who had lily white tits and pubic hair, until she was nearly dead, and the innkeeper being so ashamed that he fucked her back to life again. I'm guessing that one was a gruesome hangover from WWII which had ended 30 years previous.

It was a First World War marching song. Our forebears weren't as dainty as they made themselves out to be 😁

'Three German Officers crossed the Rhine'
Tune: 'Mademoiselle from Armentieres'

Three German Officers crossed the Rhine, parlez-vous
Three German Officers crossed the Rhine, parlez-vous
Three German Officers crossed the Rhine
To fuck the women and drink the wine,
(Chorus) Inky-dinky parlez-vous
They came to the door of a wayside Inn, parlez-vous
Pissed on the mat and walked right in, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
'Oh landlord have you a daughter fair?', parlez-vous
'With lily-white tits and golden hair?', parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
'My only daughter's far too young', parlez-vous
'To be fucked by you, you bastard hun', parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
'Oh father dear I'm not too young' parlez-vous
'I've just been fucked by the blacksmith's son', parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
At last they got her on the bed, parlez-vous
And shagged her 'til her cheeks were red, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
They took her down a shady lane, parlez-vous
And shagged her back to life again, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
And then they took her to a bed, parlez-vous
And shagged her til she was nearly dead, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
They shagged her up they shagged her down, parlez-vous
They shagged her all around the town, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
They shagged her in they shagged her out, parlez-vous
They shagged her up her water-spout, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
Now seven months later all was well, parlez-vous
Eight months later she began to swell, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
Nine months later she gave a grunt, parlez-vous
And a little fat Prussian popped out her cunt, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
The fat little Prussian he grew and grew, parlez-vous
He fucked the cat and the donkey too, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)
The fat little Prussian he went to hell, parlez-vous
He fucked the devil and his wife as well, parlez-vous
(Repeat)
(Chorus)

bananaobama · 19/08/2026 08:18

O-u-t spells out

CaptainMyCaptain · 19/08/2026 08:37

HauntedBungalow · 18/08/2026 23:18

The old lady of 92 we sang, with parlez-vous after each sentence. Old woman of 92, parlez-vous (repeatx3) did a poo and away it blew rinky dinky parlez-vous. The poo went rolling down the hill (etc) If you look it's sat there still rinky dinky parlez-vous.

There was also a more violent version, same structure and repeats and parlez-vous etc about dirty Germans crossing the line, fucking the innkeeper's daughter, who had lily white tits and pubic hair, until she was nearly dead, and the innkeeper being so ashamed that he fucked her back to life again. I'm guessing that one was a gruesome hangover from WWII which had ended 30 years previous.

It's based on a song from WW1. I haven't heard the really gross version but the original was about 'Mademoiselle from Armentiere parlez-vous'.

Apologies. This has already been pointed out.

MNLurker1345 · 19/08/2026 08:43

tupperwaretowers · 19/08/2026 00:05

Each, peach, pear, plum
Out popped Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb in a cellar
Out popped Cinderella
Cinderella in a basin
Out popped Larry Grayson
Larry Grayson is a star
S T A R
You are not it. Or something to that effect!

Thank you so much! That’s it. It brings another one to mind, hopefully the little grey cells will start to work.

BashfulClam · 19/08/2026 14:14

mydiorsandals · 19/08/2026 00:21

That one as well...now no longer PC !

I know, this was 40 years ago and would never use it now.

EvangelinaMae · 19/08/2026 20:56

We knew it as catch a baby by the toe, also 80s.

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