s/o Kids' rhymes and nonsense songs
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Anonymous
I remember Miss Susie being so risque for me 
Recently, my son loves listening to the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom CD... there's a rhyme on there that goes "Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider; Girls go to college to get more knowledge." And each and every time I hear it, I can't help but think well if the boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider; then the girls must go to Venus to get more...hm what rhymes with Venus, oh yes, penis. Yes, as an adult woman, that is what runs through my head every time. |
Anonymous
Come up to my room to see my etchings and I will explain it to you. |
Anonymous
Trouser snake! They're the most dangerous kind. |
Anonymous
We did this verson. 
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And lest we forget...
X and Y, sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G First comes love, Then comes marriage, Then comes baby (or name of a third kid) in the baby carriage! |
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| midwesterner 30something who remembers Miss Susie's steamboat rhyme well. Lots of these had very particular hand motions too. Miss Susie had simple ones but there was a version of Yankee Doodle that started 'say say say, yo yo yo, yankee doodle went to town..." that had very elaborate ones that took a while ot learn. Of course now it's a permanent memory I'll probably be able to do in the nursing home. |
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There was also a devil song
Oh little devil Come out and fight with me And be my enemy Climb up my devil tree Drown in my rain barrel Slide down my cellar door And we'll be enemies forever more |
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| I just realised this just now too. She made a phallic mistake.. |
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OMG, what a walk down memory lane!!! I haven’t thought about some of these in decades!
Great thread!! |
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| Boys go to college to get more knowledge girls go to china to get a bigger virgina |
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We sang it as “girls go to Mars to become movie stars” |
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Ours was My dollies have the flu They might throw up on you I did a folklore course in grad school and was shocked at how much sticking power those playground rhymes have, especially given the relatively short “generations” of an elementary school. Folklorists collected children’s rhymes in England in the 50s that I learned from friends in a rural IL school in the 80s and my kids learned in a suburban school 30 years later. https://www.opiearchive.org/ |
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Blondie and Dagwood went downtown
Blondie bought an evening gown Dagwood bought a pair of shoes Cookie bought the Daily News And this is what it said: Close your eyes and count to ten If you miss, you take an end ### Larlo and Larlee (Name of jumper and her"crush") Sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G First comes love, Then comes marriage Then comes Larlee With a baby carriage. ### Not a jumping rhyme, but I remember learning this in kindergarten I'm a little teapot Short and stout Here is my handle Here is my spout When I get all steamed up I will shout: "Tip me over and pour me out!" |
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With the hand motions of course -
Do you know exactly how to eat an Oreo? Well to do it You unscrew it Very fast 'cause a kid'll eat the middle of an oreo first, And save the chocolate cookie outside for last! |
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Anyone remember this one? It was a pattycake (although we didn't use that word). I'm 53 and I could still do most of the hand motions to this. I grew up in West Texas - late '70's/early '80s.
Down, down, baby Down by the roller coaster Sweet, sweet, baby Never gonna let you go Shimmy, Shimmy Ko Ko Pop Shimmy, Shimmy Wah, Wah Shimmy, Shimmy Ko Ko Pop Shimmy, Shimmy Wah, Wah We also did Miss Mary Mack, Susie, Tiny Time. I believe we mashed them all together. |