What playground songs did you used to sing?

[Slubberdegullion]

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

Sorry, totally irrelevant to the OP!

Finger of fudge....

It's full of cadbury goodness
and very small and neat
a finger of fudge is just enough
to give your kiiiids a treeeeeat.

When Susie was a baby, a baby Susie was,
She went "Ga, ga, ga-ga-ga."

When Susie was a toddler, a toddler Susie was,
She went "Naughty, naughty, I am naughty."

When Susie was a school girl, a school girl Susie was,
She went "Miss, Miss, I can't do this, I've got my knickers in an awful twist."

When Susie was a teenager, a teenager Susie was,
She went "Ooh, aah, I lost my bra, I left my knickers in my boyfriend's car."

When Susie was a mother, a mother Susie was,
She went SMACK, SMACK, SMACK SMACK SMACK.

When Susie was a granny, a granny Susie was,
She went...DEAD!

And that was the full version of Susie's wonderful life. Sorry if someone already did it but I skimmed the whole thread and didn't see it.

EmNot
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
It's full of Cadbury's goodness
And very small and neat
A finger of fudge is just enough to give the kids a treat.

Sorry X-post

I'm loving this thread! thank you OP!

Here's my Susie one[only Susie was Mary down our way]lots of actions:
When Mary was a baby,a baby,a baby
When Mary was a baby,a baby was she
[hold your hands in front of you to make a cradle and rock them]
She went this way and that way and this way and that way
When Mary was a baby a baby was she.

When Mary was a girlie...etc
[twirl hands in skipping mime]

When Mary was a schoolgirl....etc
[mime putting alternate hands in the air to answer questions]

When Mary was a young lass etc
[pat alternete cheeks and mime looking in mirror with pursed lips]

When Mary had a boyfriend,a boy friend..
[make kissing noises and hug yourself!]

When Mary got married,got married...
[mime putting a ring on]

When Mary was a mummy,a mummy a mmummy....
[repeat first action of rocking cradle]

Phewwwww

Oh, someone copy and paste this to somewhere other than chat, quick! It can't die, I'm enjoyin the nostalgia too much.

We had six old ladies stuck in the lavatory - otherwise as per previous posts but a chorus that went (to the approximate tune of Johnny's So Long At The Fair):

'The first one's name was Elizabeth Humphries
She sat there so long she couldn't get her bum free

Am really enjoying this thread! DH taught me the Brasso one, his grandad sung it to him, but I never heard it at my schools.

We did the 'Ballerina touch your toes' etc when we were playing elastics.

My dad thought 'Ooh Ahh, I lost my bra, I think I left it in my boyfriend's car' was hilarious.

Has anyone posted
'Draw a snake upon your back:
which finger did THAT?' (stab back with finger - then the person has to guess which finger and every time she picks the wrong one, you add another 5 seconds onto the time the others get to hide.)

Who could forget the simple elegance of
Georgy Best
Superstar
Looks like a woman and he wears a bra

Oh, and the quartermaster's stores is another RAF one. My mum's version started:

'There were rats, rats, big as blooming cats, in the stores, in the stores' x 2

'My eyes are dim I cannot see I have not got my specs with me, I have. not. got. my. SPECS! WITH! ME!'

And then loads of other versions about whatever you can think of that might have been in the stores...

a couple of the songs above with a few different versions

We are the (something) girls
We wear are hair in curls
We wear are dungerees
Up to are sexy knees
I met a boy one day
He asked me round to play
He gave me 50 pence
To go behind the fence
He pushed it in and out
He made me scream and shout
My tummy grew and grew
I died my hair bright blue
I nearly jumped for joy
It was a baby boy

or something like that

Daisy Daisy all for the love you
I'm so crazy my balls are turning blue
I can't afford a condom
A plastic bag will do
But you'll sweet
Upon a sheet
With me on top of you

Ooh Mamagoblin! we did that and

Dot dash question mark
Dot dash question mark
Dagger in the back
Dagger in the back
Blood rush up
Blood run down x2
Dagger in the back
dagger in the back
Tight squeeze, warm breeze
Crack an egg upon your head.

Weird

What do you do if you can't find the loo in an English Country Garden?
Pull down your pants and fertilize the ants in an english country garden.
Pick up a leaf and wipe your underneath in an english country garden.
Pick up a spade and bury what you made in an english country garden.
Thats what you do if you cant find the loo in an English country garden.

I was running down the lane and I felt a little pain.. diarrhea, diarrhea..

School bus songs were Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut yesterday x2, Didnae like it, didnae like it.....

The front of the bus they cannae sing, they cannae sing, they cannae sing x2
The back of the bus they cannae sing etc etc.

Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy. A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?

(Only all the words ran together to sound like 'mairzie doats and lambsie doats and lidl lambzee dyzee, a kiddle dyzee too...)

We sang......

We are the (name of village) kids
We fight with dustbin lids
We give a shout
When we knock em out
We are the (name of village) kids

Obviously, this was before wheely bins

Wheresclaire - oooh! Yes, we did that one too.

And:
(to conga tune)
Oh mummy I'm unhappy,
There's something in my nappy.
It's big and brown
I can't sit down.
And when I went to bed
I nearly fell down dead.
I looked at it
It was a lump of shhhhh (we didn't sing the rest!)

My name is Shirley Temple,
I'm a movie star,
I've got the frilly frilly knickers
and the see through bra
I've got the lips, the hips, the legs of a star,
so if you wanna marry me, just jump in my car!

Cee cee my playmate,
come down and play with me,
my fathers got the flu,
chicken pox and measles too,
climb down the drainpipe
on to the cellar floor,
and we will be best friends
for ever M-O-R-E more!

My mummy told me FULL STOP
if I was goody FULL STOP
that she would buy me FULL STOP
a rubber dolly FULL STOP
my auntie told her FULL STOP
I kissed a soldier FULL STOP
now she won't buy me FULL STOP
a rubber dolly FULL STOP

Ooh, thinking of more now!

Following from conga tune....

I've done a little wee wee,
Its running down my knee knee,
I'll get in trouble.
I've made a puddle.

Totally loved found a peanut! I ate it, I ate it, I ate it yesterday....

Loving this thread, it's all coming back to me now

Our school bus song was

Stop the bus I want a wee wee
Stop the bus I want a wee wee
Stop the bus I want a wee wee
'Cos the people at the back can't swim!

Also remember the country garden and found a peanut rhymes

ging gang gooly gooly gooly watcha ging gang goo ging gang goo

ging gang gooly gooly gooly watch ging gang goo ging gang goo

hala oh hala shala oh hala shala hala oo-oo
hala oh hala shala oh hala oh shala hala hala oooooo

shalley walley shalley walley shalley walley
shalley walley

um pa um pa um pa um pa um pa um pa

and repeat loads

and

five little angels
all dressed in white
tried to get to heaven
on the end of a kite
but the kite string was broken
down they all fell
tried to get to heaven but the all went to
and so on and so forth 4, 3, 2, 1

can be repeated with
five little devils all dressed in red
tried to get to heaven on the end of a bed
but the bed stead was broken

and with other little things

Maybe it's an irish thing,do any of ye remember bang bang rosie?

-(chorus)--
bang, bang rosie,
rosie bangs all day,
who will bang for rosie,
if rosie goes away

Rosie had a boyfriend,
his name was diamond dick,
he always showed his diamond,
but never showed his...
(as we were all about 12 years of age the deleted word was left out on
purpose, and we went straight into "bang, bang, rosie...")

Chorus

rosie had a pet dog,
he was full of fun and frolicks,
she threw him in the air,
and caught him by the...

chorus

rosie had a brother,
his name was tiny tim,
she threw him in the river,
to see if he could swim.
he swam down the river,
he swam down the falls,
rosie got excited,
and she grabbed him by the bang, bang rosie....

I went to a chinese restarant
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 high low chicalo
Chicalo high low
High low chicalo chicalo high

Mmmm... made sense when we were kids!!

Another Chelsea girls verse:

We wear our bras so tight
to show that we can fight

again sure it made sense when we were kids

Theres another but its far too rude to post

DH favorite to make the DC laugh;

Hey diddle diddle the cat did a piddle
All over the kitchen floor.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
So the cat did a little bit more.

Of course, there's always Hitler with his lonesome Bollock!

My uncle Billy had a ten foot willy
and he showed it to the lady next door
she thought it was a snake
and hit it with a rake
and now it's only four foot four!

Oh and:
Milk, milk (point to nipples)
lemonade (point to crotch)
Round the corner, chocolate's made (point to bottom)

Obv we were comedy geniuses...

I was walking down the lane,
when I saw Mr Lane (our headteacher)
DIARRHOEA, DIARRHOEA!!!

Again, it was hilarious at the time...