When Susie was a...

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Does anyone else remember chanting this as kids? It was like a song that always started with 'when susie was a baby' and continue to when she was dead, and when she was a skeleton , a ghost etc.

Not sure why but it came into my head the other day. Do children still sing it?

I don’t remember it either. I remember a skipping one that went something like this…

Not last night, but the night before, 24 coppers came knocking on my door

And another one…

my boyfriend gave me and apple, my boyfriend gave me a pear. Then he gave me a kiss on the lips and threw me down the stairs!

Oh and we used to play ‘Elastics’ I think this actually called French skipping and we had to jump over the elastic the was held by 2 people’s legs, either at ‘ankles’ ‘kneesies’ or ‘thighsies’. One of the rhymes for that was ‘England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Inside, Outside, Inside, Out’

This was London late eighties/early nineties.

Yes I'm off the Goo ga and knit knit tribe.

Norfolk, sang it in the late 80s/early 90s

My kids are 6 and 9 and learned this at school - I had never heard of it!

I did know ‘on top of spaghetti’ from brownies though!

I remember it as “ left my knickers in Batman’s car”!

That’s the saucy bit I remember. Use to sing it while doing that while doing the paired clapping game, with mime/actions added on each round? The dinner ladies on playground duty used to go spare.

Yes! I've also been singing this since reading the thread. This one was brilliant. I wonder who originally came up with it!

I sing something similar in nursery but it ends

he are up all the soap
hes lying in the bath with a bubble in his throat
bubble Bubble BUBBLE POP!!

And then my poor meatball rolled under the door
it rolled in the garden and under a bush
and now my poor meatball is covered in mush

The version I remember is
Baby - Waa Waa Waa Waa Was
Child- Miss Miss I can do this I got my knickers in a awful twist
teen- ooh ahh I lost my bra I left my knickers in my boyfriend car
mum- brush your teeth comb your hair Don’t forget your underwear
gran - knit Knit you silly little twit
dead - silent
skeleton- rattle rattle rattle rattle rattle
ghost - BOO!!

Does anyone remember

i went to a Chinese restaurant to buy a loaf of bread bread bread
They wrapped it up in a five pound note and this is what he said said said
My name is Elvis Presley girls are sexy
Sitting on the back seat drinking pepsi
if you drink Pepsi you are sexy
if you drink coke you will smoke

“Elvis Presley, girlfriend Lesley,
sitting on the doorstep drinking Pepsi”

is the variation I remember

Our schoolgirl Susie (early 80s) went, “miss, miss, I can’t do this! I’ve got my knickers in an awful twist!”

That and the teenager line were the bits which stuck with me. It’s amazing how entertaining knickers are to small girls!

DSis and I were talking about 'my boyfriend gave me an apple' the other day and wondering how we got away with

'I took him to the sweet shop to buy some bubblegum
And when he wasn't looking, I shoved it up his bum'

At the age of 8 in the school playground

I remember that for sure! And “Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack all dressed in black black black”

I don’t remember the last two lines of that one. Definitely had the sitting on the back seat drinking Pepsi but I don’t think it ended like that.

my boyfriend gave me and apple, my boyfriend gave me a pear, my boyfriend gave me a kick up the bum, and he threw me down the stairs.

I gave him back his apple, I gave him back his pear. I gave him back his kick up the bum, and I threw him down the stairs.

I threw him over England, I threw him over France. I threw him over a football pitch, and he lost his underpants.

My cousin Billy had a ten-foot willy,
And he showed it to the girl next door.
She thought it was a snake,
And she hit it with a rake,
And now it’s only two foot four

Ours was

My boyfriend gave me an apple, my boyfriend gave me a pear, my boyfriend gave me a kiss on the lips and he threw me down the stairs.

I gave him back his apple, I gave him back his pear, I gave him back his kiss on the lips and I threw him down the stairs.

I took him to the sweet shop to buy some bubblegum, and when he wasn't looking I shoved it up his bum.

I threw him over England, I threw him over France, I threw him over the USA and he lost his underpants.

I remember the Belle Stars’ version!

I’m nearly 60 and also remember Susie and the meatball song. Great thread!

I also remember skipping to:

Not last night but the night before
24 robbers came knocking at the door
I ran oooooouuuuuuut
to let them in
and this is what they said to me
Spanish lady turn around
Spanish lady touch the ground
Spanish lady do the high kicks
Spanish lady do the splits

but we would change the last line to
Spanish lady show your knicks.

We were obsessed with knickers in the 70s! Happy days ❤️

I've never heard this rhyme. But I do recognise the 'Miss miss, I can't do this, I've got my knickers in a right old twist' from 'The Nativity film.

Please remember to tie a knot in your pyjamas
Single beds were only made for one, two, three in the bed and the little one said....

That's it!!! Knew I had missed a bit but would have been wrong to google to fill my memory gap deceitfully! Thank you!

I went to school in the 80s and we were equally obsessed with knickers.

We three kings of Leicester Square
Selling knickers, 2p a pair,
They're fantastic - no elastic!
Why don't you buy a pair?

Oooo-ooooo....

See that lady down the street
Wearing knickers down to her feet
They're fantastic - no elastic!
Why don't you buy a pair?

Oh. My. God!
50 years have just melted away!

Billy’s willy was left at 5 foot 4 in our version!

You're welcome 😊

Does anyone remember this one
One banana, two banana, three banana, four
All lined up for the Second World War
One with a tommy gun
One with a stick
And one with an atom bomb tied to his la la la, la la la la