What playground songs did you used to sing?

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My mind has gone blank. What did we used to sing in the playground? I'm pretty sure I sang something.

I'm doing a 100 yesr of memories thing/badge with Rainbows (to tie in with the centenary obv) and one of the activities is teaching them playground songs of yore.

So I have all the old ones (oranges and lemons, london bridge etc) which I NEVER sang and would like to teach them something from my era 1970-80s.

Anything with actions would be superb.

tvm

Ooooh I know that one of the verses of the "susie" rhyme was "miss miss I cant do this I got my knickers in a twist"

Also, a hand clap we did (with actions) was:

Miss Mack, Miss Mack,
Miss Mack from California,
Sitting on her rocking chair eating sticky rock,
watching the clock go tick tock
tick tock bananarama
ABCDEFG wipe those cobwebs off my knee
Moonshine moonshine moonshine me
moonshine moonshine moonshine freeze!

I am in total It's all coming back I sort of want to run to the hills with my pfb and keep her innocence

We used to sing

1,2,3 a leerie
I saw Mrs Meerie
Sittin on her bumbaleerie
Kissin Yogi bear!

Three craws sat upon a wa',
Sat upon a wa', sat upon a wa',
Three craws sat upon a wa',
On a cauld and frosty mornin'.
The first craw was greetin' for his maw,
Greetin' for his maw, greetin' for his maw,
The first craw was greetin' for his maw,
On a cauld and frosty mornin'.

The second craw fell and broke his jaw,
Fell and broke his jaw, fell and broke his jaw,
The second craw fell and broke his jaw,
On a cauld and frosty mornin'.

The third craw, couldnae caw at a',
Couldnae caw at a', couldnae caw at a',
The third craw, couldnae caw at a',
On a cauld and frosty mornin'.

An that's a', absolutely a',
Absolutely a', absolutely a',
An that's a', absolutely a',
On a cauld and frosty mornin'.

Oh ye cannae shove yer grannie aff the bus,
Oh ye cannae shove yer grannie aff the bus,
Ye cannae shove yer grannie
For she's yer mammie's mammie,
Ye canna shove yer grannie aff the bus.

Ye can shove yer ither Granny aff a bus.
Ye can shove yer ither Granny aff a bus.
Ye can shove yer ither Granny
'Cos she's yer Faither's Mammy
Ye can shove yer ither Granny aff a bus. (my mum loved this one)

Not last night but the night before
24 robbers came a knocking at my door
As I rushed out (run out of rope)
they rushed in (run back in other side)
and this is what they said
Ballerina, ballerina turn around (spin round)
Ballerina, Ballerina touch the ground (touch ground)
Ballerina Ballerina do the high kick (big kick)
Ballerina Ballerina do the splits (foot on either side of rope)

All quite polite really!

Sorry all my spaces disappeared! I went to school in Scotland if you didn't guess!

England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Inside outisde, puppy dogs tails

sung while doing Lastics can't remember the moves, well apart from inside and outside of course!

Skipping chant:

Not last night but the night before
24 robbers came knocking at my door
As I went out they came in
This is what they said to me:

Spanish lady turn around
Spanish lady touch the ground
Spanish lady do high kicks
Spanish lady show your nicks!

2 from Brownies

Where will be in a hundred years from now
Where will be in a hundred years from now
They wrap you up in a big sheet
They bury you under 6 foot deep
Ooh Aah, Ooh aah
Where will be in a hundred years from now

Where will be in a hundred years from now
Where will be in a hundred years from now
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out
Your brains come trickling down your snout
Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah
Where will be in a hundred years from now

And

Sit on floor in circle

A ship came from China all laden with tea
All laden with presents for you and for me
They gave me a fan, just imagine my bliss
When I found myself going like this, like this, like this (one hand waving in time)

Repeat song, then 2 hands waving at like this,
repeat then 2 hands one leg crossing other leg
Repeat then add 2 hands and 2 legs crossing
repeat and add nod of the head

"Ooh ahh, I lost my bra,
I left my knickers in my boyfriends car"!

"Ip dip dog shit,
fucking bastard, silly git,
you are not it"!

"England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales,
Inside, outside, Inside, On"! - that was for French skipping with the elastic!

I went to a Chinese restaurant
To Buy a loaf of bread,bread,bread
He wrapped it up in a five pound note
And this is what he said said said

My name is

Ell-i Ell-i
Chickel-i Chickel-i
Om Pom Poodle
Wally Wally Woodle
Chinese Chopsticks
Indian Chief
Wooooo (make red Indian noise)
(Slap hands)...HOW!!!

Enjoying these I must say. Susie was quite the tart as we sang of her in my international schools too.

Haven't read to the end so apologies if this one's already been put forward:

Skipping song, chanting rather than to a tune:

Cinderella, dressed in yella
went upstairs to kiss a fella
Made a mistake and kissed a snake
So how many doctors did it take?
One, two, three etc faster skipping until person trips on the rope.

Don't know if it's been said but this is one I learnt at Brownies on Brownie Camp.

I've got a little baby bumblebee,(hold hand out)
Won't my mammy be so proud of me.
I've got a little baby bumblebee,
Oh O it stung me! (Look socked, hands up)

I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee,(rub hands together)
Won't my mammy be so proud of me.
I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee,
Oh O my hands are dirty. (Hold out hands)

add in correct place with actions
I'm licking up, I feel sick.
I'm sicking up, floors dirty.
Mopping up, mops dirty.
Rinsing out, No more baby bumblebee.

Not too bad, but not great. Also a lovely rude Christmas on.
Jingle bell, Jingle bell, jingle bell rock,
Santa's got a hickey on the end of his cock,
Rudolph's pregnant,
The elves are gay,
Santa's having a shag in the back of his sleigh!

We are the (insert area)girls,
We wear our hair in curls,
We wear our dungarees,
Down to our sexy knees,
There was this boy next door,
He got me on the floor,
He gave me 50p
And stuck it into me,
My mama was surprised,
To see my belly rise,
My Daddy jumped for joy,
It was a baby boy!

Skipping game, in two ropes and do what the teddy bear did.

Teddy bear teddy bear turn around,
teddy bear teddy bear touch the ground,
teddy bear teddy bear do the splits,
teddy bear teddy bear do a high kick!

Clapping game

Miss Susie had a steamboat,
The steamboat had a bell, (ding ding)
Miss Susie went to heaven,
The steamboat went to helll..
O operator,
Please gave me number 9,
And if you discount me,
I'll chop off your behin..
D the refrigerator the
Stood a piece of glass
Miss Susie sat upon it
And cut her little assss..
K me no more questions
I'll tell you more lies,
The boys are in the toilet,
Zipping up their flies..
Are in the meadow,
Bees are in the park,
Miss Susie and her boyfriend
Are kissing in the dark!

All I have at the moment, most inappropriate though!

This is a skipping song 2 beats then next person and in a Scottish accent , wan two get aff the boat ya silly wee goat go up the stairs take aff yer coat there a wee moose ran up yer leg aw...then your name

Clapping game - I can just about remember the hand motions if you want them for Rainbows but can't face typing them here right now

Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack
All dressed in black black black
With silver buttons buttons buttons
All down her back back back

She asked her mother mother mother
For 50 pence pence pence
To see the elephants elephants elephants
Climb up the fence fence fence

They climbed so high high high
They touched the sky sky sky
And didn't come back back back
Til the fourth of july ly ly

Skipping rhyme...

Racing car number 9
Losing petrol all the time
How many gallons did it lose?
1, 2, 3, 4 etc

Eeny meeny miney mo
Put the baby on the po
When it's done
Wipe it's bum
Eeny meeny miney mo

I'm Popeye the sailor man
I live in a caravan
There's a hole in the middle
Where I do a piddle
I'm Popeye the sailor man

Something about a german jail, I'm pretty sure it was awfully inappropriate for seven year olds.

Remember the meatball/mush one.

Some skipping rhyme about keeping the kettle boiling?

My memory is gooey

Great thread

Takver - could your Shine up your buttons be my Larry the Lavatory Cleaner??

Oh Larry the Lavatory cleaner
he cleans all the lavvies by night
But when he gets up in the morning
His boots are all covered in -
So clean up your ah ah with Brasso
It's only tuppence a tin
You can get it from Woolies for nothing
Provided there's nobody in!

As taught to me by my friend's rather posh mum (when we were about 10) and not for little rainbows! I have never known anyone else know it!

Also know Err der maca laca, the bluebells on and Spannish Lady (except it was 29 (or 21) police men knocking on the door)

Our ip dip was very clean
Ip dip dip, my blue ship
floting on the water, like a cup and saucer
O U T spells out

Also what about 'Bingo'
There was a man who had a dog
And Bingo was its name
oh B I N G O, B I N G O, B I N G O
and Bingo was its name

Replace a letter in line 3 with a clap each time, until its all claps.

Ooooh does anyone remember 3 Little Angels??

3 little angels, all dressed in red
Trying to get to heaven on the end of a bed
But the bed leg was broken down they all fell
Instead of going to heaven they all went to..
2 little angels

Then onto devils trying to get there on the end of a kite

These are really taking me back. Though not quite giving me the clapping game ideas for my DD that I was hoping for when I opened the thread! Hear's one of mine:

To the tune of Colonel Bogie

Mummy - I met the boy next door
Mummy - he got me on the floor
Mummy - look at my tummy
It's getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger

We also had the ubiquitous (spelling?) Susie, the Chinese shop and Roll me over in the clover

what about that marilyn monroe one (anyone?) big hips, red lips and a strapless bra ??

what about the skipping one

teddy bear teddy bear touch the ground
teddy bear teddy bearturn around teddy bear teddy bear go upstaris
teddy bear say your prayers
teddy bear blow out the night
teddy bear say goodnight

Trebor mints are a minty bit stronger
Stick em up your bum and they last a bit longer.

Ooh I feel all nostalgic! Funny how we all sang the same songs with minor variations all round the county.

pissovski, I think we only sung the 'Shine up your buttons' bit, and it went almost the same as the version listed earlier, but not quite. IIRC it was:

Shine up your buttons with Brasso
Its only three ha'pence a tin
You can buy it or nick it from Woolies
But that's if they've got any in

2 stood apart with a long bit of elastic round each others ankles
one of us jumped it singing a song raising the elastic each time
signing england ireland scotland wales????

anyone do this?

clapping songs

when susie was a baby

a baby susie was

going goo ga goo goo ga

when susie was a teenager

a teenager susie was

going ohh ahh i lost my bra

it fell off in my boyfriends car

also the 2 tennis balls up the wall,singing

matthew mark luke and john

next door neighbour carry on

next person quicky jumps in singing the rest

Takver, that's close enough for me!!

I've just remembered another one, which was actually an advertising jingle:

A Finger of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
A Finger of Fudge is just enough until it's time to eat

How did it go on?

Love this thread - brought back loads of memories. And the best thing is, a search on YouTube of "The Clapping Song" by the Belle Stars (the "3-6-9 the goose drank wine" one) led me to an Adam Ant video, and I had forgotten how scrummy he was. Am currently re-living my first crush looking at all his videos ha ha!)

Have also just been watching Electric Dreams on one of the BBC channels about technology from the 80s and so am now feeling triply nostalgic......aaaaahhhhhh.......