I remember that - we used to like the coloured rubber bands, and we'd try to get the thicker flat ones, because they lasted longer! Hurt more when they hit you, though.
that reminds me of the cat's cradle game that nobody seems to play anymore
that reminds me of the cat's cradle game that nobody seems to play anymore
I used to play that in the mid 80s - even had a book on it which was pretty popular at the time. I remember it taking me forever to get Fish In A Dish and Cats Eye right.
this way valerie, that way valerie, this way valerie, all the day long. Here comes <name>, big fat <name>, here comes the other one just the same. it was a game where one person would be cawed in then another one would jump in at the end. The original person would jump out and the rhyme started again using the remaining girls name. To caw the rope was to make it go in circles. Maybe a scottish word?
I grew up on the coast so there were always bits of rope we could get our hands on, from boats etc.
I remember skipping on huge heavy ropes sometimes. 2 or 3 big lads (maybe 14/15 years old) would get on each end of the rope and get it moving. Then us girls (who were probably 8 or 9) would go in and skip and more girls would join in and we'd end up with several of us all skipping at once.
This rope might be about 8" in diameter and it took all the boys strength to keep it moving. If it stopped or you tripped it was very painful because it was so heavy and would knock you right over.
'on top of old Smokey where nobody goes'
there stood 'name of girl' without any clothes
along came 'Name of boy'...clippity clop
down with his trousers and out with his ****
Followed quickly by...
Charlie ahd a pigeon a pigeon a pigeon
Charlie had a pigeon a pigion he had
it flew in the morning,he flew in the night when he came home he was covered in *****
...
Ontop of ol' Smokey...and it went on, oh how we laughed, or maybe that's just Hartlepool ;-)
Keep the kettle boiling - miss a loop, you're out.
Sausage in the pan, sausage in the pan
Turn them over turn them over
sausage in the pan
Jelly on the plate, jelly on the plate
(Can't remember next line! )
Bluebells, cockle shells, easy ivy, - over!
Colours, where the rope swings backwards and forwards and each person jumps through and says a colour. If someone repeats it they are out and have to take the end of the rope.
Jelly on a plate, Jelly on a plate
Wibble Wobble Wibble Wobble
Jelly on a plate.
The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh, the ally-ally-oh
Oh, the big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
On the last day of September.
The captain said it will never, never do
Never, never do, never, never do
The captain said it will never, never do
On the last day of September.
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
On the last day of September.
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
The deep blue sea, the deep blue sea
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
On the last day of September.
I remember most of these but some we used to play two balls against a wall with rather than skipping.
Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Jews
Bought his wife a pair of shoes;
When the shoes began to wear
Nebuchadnezzar began to swear
When the swearing had to stop
Nebuchadnezzar bought a shop
When the shop began to sell
Nebuchadnezzar bought a bell
When the bell began to ring
Nebuchadnezzar began to sing:
Doh Rae Me Far So Laa Tee Doh
I remember most of these but some we used to play two balls against a wall with rather than skipping.
Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Jews
Bought his wife a pair of shoes;
When the shoes began to wear
Nebuchadnezzar began to swear
When the swearing had to stop
Nebuchadnezzar bought a shop
When the shop began to sell
Nebuchadnezzar bought a bell
When the bell began to ring
Nebuchadnezzar began to sing:
Doh Rae Me Far So Laa Tee Doh
In the east end of London, we used this version -
Archibald bald bald, king of the jews jews jews
Bought his wife wife wife a pair of shoes shoes shoes
When the shoes shoes shoes began to wear wear wear
Archibald bald bald began to swear swear swear.
When the swear swear swear began to stop stop stop
Archibald bald bald bought a shop shop shop
When the shop shop shop began to sell sell sell
Archibald bald bald bought a bell bell bell
When the bell bell bell began to ring ring ring
Archibald bald bald began to sing sing sing
Doh Rae Me Fah So Lah Tee Doh
Who stole my wife I do not know.
theres a very good book called the lore and Language of schollchildren by Opie (can't remember 1st name), which is full of traditional rhymes and games in different parts of the country. Worth a look.
On top of mount everest
All covered in snow
I shot my poor teacher
with a bow and arrow
I shot her with pleasure
I shot her with pride
I couldnt have missed her
shes 40 feet wide
:eek:
Under the ocean
and over the sea
Bomb, bomb, bomb
Jonny broke a bottle
and blamed it on me
Bomb, bomb, bomb
I told mumma
he told pappa
Jonny got smack
On his
B-U-M BUM!
These are bringing back loads of memories. I was a born in the 80s, I didn't realise half the songs we sang at school were from way before that.
My daughter is currently learning about life in the 50's and 60's and her homework was to research skipping rhymes, and interview someone about childhood games. Quite an interesting topic.
These are great! Bless us, we were easily pleased back then.
Does anyone remember French skipping? Two people stood at either end, with feet apart, with a giant loop of elastic around their ankles, made by joining lots of rubber bands together.
Then someone in the middle performed different jumps, crossing the elastic over, or jumping in and around, or treading on the elastic. Then if you completed the jumps, you went up to the next level! The elastic was raised to knee height, then waist I think?!
Did we sing during it?
I DO remember it hurting like hell, as the elastic slid up and down your bare legs, taking the hair with it! :eek:
Ooh I remember that. Ours went:
England(You'd jump so one foot was outside & one foot was inside the bands) Ireland (Jump across, so the foot that was outside is now inside & vice versa) Scotland (Jump back to where you started) Wales(Jump across again) Inside (self explanatory) Outside Inside On :eek:
Vote, vote vote for little (name)
Someone's knocking at the door
(name) is the one, that will have some jolly fun
And we won't vote for (name) any more
Shut the door.
Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick.
So she phoned for the doctor to be quick, quick, quick.
The doctor came with his bag and hat,
And knocked at the door with a rat tat tat.
He looked at the dolly and shook his head,
And said "Miss Polly put her straight to bed."
He wrote a pad for a pill, pill, pill.
I’ll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill.
On top of Old Smokey,
All covered with snow,
I lost my true lover,
For courting too slow.
For courting's a pleasure,
But parting is grief,
And a false-hearted lover,
Is worse than a thief.
A thief will just rob you,
And take what you have,
But a false-hearted lover,
Will lead you to your grave.
The grave will decay you,
And turn you to dust,
Not one boy in a hundred
A poor girl can trust.
They'll hug you and kiss you,
And tell you more lies,
Than crossties on a railroad,
Or stars in the sky.
So come ye young maidens,
And listen to me,
Never place your affection
In a green willow tree.
For the leaves they will wither,
The roots they will die,
And you'll be forsaken,
And never know why.
We used to use meatball to the same tune
On top of Spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door.
It rolled down the garden, and under a bush,
And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush!
The mush was as tasty, as tasty could be,
And then the next summer it grew into a tree.
The tree was all covered, all covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs, all covered with sauce.
So if you have spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
Hold onto your meatball, 'cause someone might sneeze.
The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh, the ally-ally-oh
Oh, the big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
On the last day of September.
The captain said it will never, never do
Never, never do, never, never do
The captain said it will never, never do
On the last day of September.
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
On the last day of September.
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
The deep blue sea, the deep blue sea
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
On the last day of September.
Oh yes what those Salford kids were singing on the film of "A Taste Of Honey"
Not related to rhymes, but I remember at school, we used to have massive skipping games with about 30 girls, and "boundaries" - when it got to your turn, you ran in, jumped, ran out, and then had to run round the boundaries and join the queue again. If you missed your jump, you had to turn the rope. To make it more difficult, we sometimes jumped in "against" the rope, that's with the rope turning away from you, so you had to avoid tripping over it on the way out.
We must have been extremely fit compared with kids these days!
Just remembered another rhyme:
My mammy told me
If I was good - ee
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My auntie told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly
You did "doublers" at the end of each line, I think.
Not related to rhymes, but I remember at school, we used to have massive skipping games with about 30 girls, and "boundaries" - when it got to your turn, you ran in, jumped, ran out, and then had to run round the boundaries and join the queue again. If you missed your jump, you had to turn the rope. To make it more difficult, we sometimes jumped in "against" the rope, that's with the rope turning away from you, so you had to avoid tripping over it on the way out.
We must have been extremely fit compared with kids these days!
Just remembered another rhyme:
My mammy told me
If I was good - ee
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My auntie told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly
You did "doublers" at the end of each line, I think.
3-6-9 the goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line
The line broke, the monkey got choked
Now they all live together on a little rowboat
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that reminds me of the cat's cradle game that nobody seems to play anymore
I was a kid in the 80s and also remember most of these.
I used to play that in the mid 80s - even had a book on it which was pretty popular at the time. I remember it taking me forever to get Fish In A Dish and Cats Eye right.
I remember skipping on huge heavy ropes sometimes. 2 or 3 big lads (maybe 14/15 years old) would get on each end of the rope and get it moving. Then us girls (who were probably 8 or 9) would go in and skip and more girls would join in and we'd end up with several of us all skipping at once.
This rope might be about 8" in diameter and it took all the boys strength to keep it moving. If it stopped or you tripped it was very painful because it was so heavy and would knock you right over.
My mother said
I never should
Play with the Gypsies
In the wood
If I did
She'd sure to say
Naughty Girl
To Disobey, disobey
there stood 'name of girl' without any clothes
along came 'Name of boy'...clippity clop
down with his trousers and out with his ****
Followed quickly by...
Charlie ahd a pigeon a pigeon a pigeon
Charlie had a pigeon a pigion he had
it flew in the morning,he flew in the night when he came home he was covered in *****
...
Ontop of ol' Smokey...and it went on, oh how we laughed, or maybe that's just Hartlepool ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQWBWr0XBk
second part here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk99T0_dCUQ
Jelly on a plate, Jelly on a plate
Wibble Wobble Wibble Wobble
Jelly on a plate.
THE BIG SHIP SAILS ON THE ALLY-ALLY-OH
The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh, the ally-ally-oh
Oh, the big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
On the last day of September.
The captain said it will never, never do
Never, never do, never, never do
The captain said it will never, never do
On the last day of September.
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
On the last day of September.
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
The deep blue sea, the deep blue sea
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
On the last day of September.
I remember most of these but some we used to play two balls against a wall with rather than skipping.
Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Jews
Bought his wife a pair of shoes;
When the shoes began to wear
Nebuchadnezzar began to swear
When the swearing had to stop
Nebuchadnezzar bought a shop
When the shop began to sell
Nebuchadnezzar bought a bell
When the bell began to ring
Nebuchadnezzar began to sing:
Doh Rae Me Far So Laa Tee Doh
In the east end of London, we used this version -
Archibald bald bald, king of the jews jews jews
Bought his wife wife wife a pair of shoes shoes shoes
When the shoes shoes shoes began to wear wear wear
Archibald bald bald began to swear swear swear.
When the swear swear swear began to stop stop stop
Archibald bald bald bought a shop shop shop
When the shop shop shop began to sell sell sell
Archibald bald bald bought a bell bell bell
When the bell bell bell began to ring ring ring
Archibald bald bald began to sing sing sing
Doh Rae Me Fah So Lah Tee Doh
Who stole my wife I do not know.
On top of mount everest
All covered in snow
I shot my poor teacher
with a bow and arrow
I shot her with pleasure
I shot her with pride
I couldnt have missed her
shes 40 feet wide
:eek:
Under the ocean
and over the sea
Bomb, bomb, bomb
Jonny broke a bottle
and blamed it on me
Bomb, bomb, bomb
I told mumma
he told pappa
Jonny got smack
On his
B-U-M BUM!
My daughter is currently learning about life in the 50's and 60's and her homework was to research skipping rhymes, and interview someone about childhood games. Quite an interesting topic.
Of course, Wibble wobble, wibble wobble!
Thanks! Oh well it was over 50 years ago!
Ooh I remember that. Ours went:
England (You'd jump so one foot was outside & one foot was inside the bands)
Ireland (Jump across, so the foot that was outside is now inside & vice versa)
Scotland (Jump back to where you started)
Wales (Jump across again)
Inside (self explanatory)
Outside
Inside
On :eek:
Bluebells, cockleshells, evie, ivy, over.
Vote, vote vote for little (name)
Someone's knocking at the door
(name) is the one, that will have some jolly fun
And we won't vote for (name) any more
Shut the door.
So she phoned for the doctor to be quick, quick, quick.
The doctor came with his bag and hat,
And knocked at the door with a rat tat tat.
He looked at the dolly and shook his head,
And said "Miss Polly put her straight to bed."
He wrote a pad for a pill, pill, pill.
I’ll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill.
On top of Old Smokey,
All covered with snow,
I lost my true lover,
For courting too slow.
For courting's a pleasure,
But parting is grief,
And a false-hearted lover,
Is worse than a thief.
A thief will just rob you,
And take what you have,
But a false-hearted lover,
Will lead you to your grave.
The grave will decay you,
And turn you to dust,
Not one boy in a hundred
A poor girl can trust.
They'll hug you and kiss you,
And tell you more lies,
Than crossties on a railroad,
Or stars in the sky.
So come ye young maidens,
And listen to me,
Never place your affection
In a green willow tree.
For the leaves they will wither,
The roots they will die,
And you'll be forsaken,
And never know why.
We used to use meatball to the same tune
On top of Spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door.
It rolled down the garden, and under a bush,
And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush!
The mush was as tasty, as tasty could be,
And then the next summer it grew into a tree.
The tree was all covered, all covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs, all covered with sauce.
So if you have spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
Hold onto your meatball, 'cause someone might sneeze.
Oh yes what those Salford kids were singing on the film of "A Taste Of Honey"
Oh there she goes
Oh there she goes
Peeri heels and pinty toes
Luk at her feet
She thinks she's neat
Black stockins
And durty feet
Suzy had a baby, she named him Tiny Tim
She put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim
(then my memory goes sketchy until)
And she said "Ooooh ahhh I lost my bra, I left my knickers in my boyfriends car"
Dunno why I remember that bit.:D
This page might be of interest
http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml
We must have been extremely fit compared with kids these days!
Just remembered another rhyme:
My mammy told me
If I was good - ee
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My auntie told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly
You did "doublers" at the end of each line, I think.
We did a similar one it went:
When Suzi was a baby, a baby Suzi was
she went a goo, goo, a goo goo goo
when suzi was a school girl, a school girl Suzi was
she went a miss, miss, I can't do this
When Suzi was a lady, a lady suzi was
she went ooo ahhh I lost my bra, and I left my knickers in the taxi car
when Suzi was a granny, a granny suzi was
she went a knit, knit, a knit knit knit.
~~
I think there may have been other verses about her being a wife and mother, but I can't remember them
3-6-9 the goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line
The line broke, the monkey got choked
Now they all live together on a little rowboat
clap pat
It just came back to me :)
All covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed
It rolled off the table
Right on to the floor
And then my poor meatball
Rolled out of the door.
(Tune of Old Smokey)