OK: Silly kid rhymes, games, and taunts you remember

[pepperbear]

When I was in 1st grade in NM, we used to have this one:"(some kid's name)is a nut / he has a rubber butt / everytime he turns around / he goes putt putt"

"boy and girl sitting in a tree / k-i-s-s-i-n-g, etc....."

those paper fortune tellers where you'd choose numbers and colors

(to a kid who's trousers were too short)"the flood's over/the streets are dry /
why do you wear your pants so high?"

"Liar, liar pants on fire / hang 'em on a telephone wire"

The "miss lucy" songs: "miss lucy had a steamboat/the steamboat had a bell/miss lucy went to heaven/the steamboat went to hell-o operator, etc......"

"Shut don't go up / prices do / take my advice and shut up, too"

"I know you are but what am I?"

I am rubber and you are glue/whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."

[emilyg]

1. Bobbie, Bobbie wash your feet - the

Board of Health is across the street.

[Iggo]

2. Eddie buh-skeddi, your meatballs are ready.

[nolabear]

3. I wish I could do the little melody for you, but:

(Insert name here) has a bunion,
a face like a pickled onion,
a nose like a squashed tomato,
her hair is like wire.
Her teeth are so rotten
they bend like a piece of cotton.
Her ears are like radar.
Her eyes are fried eggs.

[marzipanni]

4. Mid '50s - early '60s stuff

When we were about eight years old my friend traveled to see her relatives in Scotland, and she said kids chanted, "Skinna-ma-linky long-legs with um-ba-relli feet, You dirty little Americans think you're pretty neat!" I thought it was funny and asked her to repeat it so I could remember it.

"So what do you want, a Hoodsie®?" In the 'fifties my older brothers and their friends might say this if a kid was a little too full of himself after doing something well.

(A Hoodsie was, and still is, a little cup of ice-cream with a flat wooden 'spoon'- first made in 1947)


A kid would call out, "Hey dreamboat!" and if someone turned around to look, they'd say, "Not YOU, shipwreck!"


These were little dense cardboard tiles a bit larger than a deck of cards. You would push a little stick through a dot on the front and a little rolled up piece of paper would fall out of the hole it had been in. The paper told your fortune, or an answer to a question you had just asked .

[IcyPeas]

16. Skinny malinky long legs...

I heard it as:

skinny malinky long legs
um-br-ella feet

went to the pictures
but couldnae find a seat

when the picture started
skinny malinky farted

skinny malinky long legs
big banana feet

lol

[csziggy]

5. "Great big gobs of gooey greasy gopher guts..."

I don't remember the rest of it but for some reason the first line stuck in my mind.

[yankeepants]

6. mutilated monkey's feet

concentrated birdie's beaks and a half-quart-pint of all purpose porpoise pus swimmin' in pink lemonade. And I forgot my spoooooooon!

[csziggy]

11. That's it!

:rofl:

[Brickbat]

13. We sang it differently.

Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, mutilated monkey meat, dirty little birdie feet! Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, and me without my spoon!

But I got a strawwwww.....

[kimi]

50. Oh, I've had it wrong all these years.

My own personal Mondegreen. I thought it was "Greasy grimy gopher guts, Mertilated (it never made sense, now I know why) monkey butts . . . "

I never knew the rest, I was always brought up short by the word "mertilated". :shrug:

[yankeepants]

56. That's funny!

[snagglepuss]

14. I remember a slightly different version. "Great big gobs of gooey greasy gopher guts..

mutlialted monkey meat, little pggies hairy feet, all topped off with vulture vomiting and me without a spoon."

[Lasher]

7. I don't shut up, I grow up.

What I throw up, you lick up.

Neener.

[Pool Hall Ace]

8. I see your hiney

It's big and shiney
It makes me giggle
to watch it jiggle

[IcyPeas]

27. we had a slightly different one..

I see your hiney,
it's big and shiny,
you better hide it,
before I bite it.

[Arugula Latte]

40. That's a good one. I'm going to teach it to my kids.

:rofl:

[Pool Hall Ace]

53. Yeah, I've heard IP's version, too. It's especially fun to sing

to someone as you are standing outside of the bathroom while they are sitting on the commode! :D

[Bertha Venation]

9. we called those paper fortune tellers "cootie catchers"

I don't know why.

Kids taunted me with a play on my last name: Hey, Bertha, where'd you hide your brick? hahahah hilarious. It bugged me.

[grilled onions]

10. Chicago mid 50's

A group would hold hands and the end one would hold onto the fence(this was school,after all. Everyone would sing this little poor spelled song while going under and around each player RAT-TLE-S-annaK-spell RATTLESNAKE. It was a nice little game they required no props and no decent singers!!

[meow2u3]

12. I remember quite a few as a kid growing up in New York

This one is specific to New York City, sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques":
Marijuana, marijuana
LSD, LSD
Rockefeller takes it
Mayor Lindsay makes it
Why can't we?
Why can't we?
This rhyme was popular in 1968-1970; teens started it and passed it down to the younger kids. I found out when I was older that this was a protest against the Rockefeller drug laws enacted when Mr. Moneybags was governor.


2, 4, 6 8
Who do we assassinate?
Teacher, teacher, boooo, teacher!
Why? Why? Because he's gonna die!
When? When? At 2 PM!
Where? Where? In the electric chair
Pulling down his underwear!

[musette_sf]

31. I remember # 1 too

PS, Rocky drug laws went into effect September 1, 1973. Don't ask me why I remember the effective date :-)

The rhyme pre-dates Rocky drug laws,

[Odin2005]

52. That first one made me LOL!!!

[KurtNYC]

15. To the tune of 'Frere Jaques': Marijuana, marijuana

Marijuana, marijuana
LSD, LSD
Doctors make it,
teachers take it.
Why can't we ? Why can't we ?

(we liked that one because it scared any adults within earshot)

edit to add: should have read #12 before -- we got this apolitical version around 1970.

[IcyPeas]

17. red rover, red rover, we call [name] over

there would be two teams. each team would join hands facing each other at a distance. one team would call/sing: red rover, red rover we call over. that kid then had to run through the other team trying to bust through the other teams chained hands. If they failed they were then to join that team. and then the next team would go....

[Manifestor_of_Light]

24. The other kids all tried to kill me. Seriously.

Trip me and make me fall flat on my face.

I hated P.E. Red Rover was just about lethal.

[siligut]

18. London Bridge is Falling Down

London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.

Two kids would make a bridge with their arms and sing the song, letting their arms fall around the kid who was under them at the end of the song. Fond memories. I was in NM too, Albuquerque, '61, Comanche Elementary.

[siligut]

19. I see London, I see France, I see someone's underpants.

I am pretty sure we sang this whether really we saw said undies or not.

[Iggo]

20. If you're feeling kind of funny 'cause your nose is wet and runny...

...you may think it's funny, but it's snot.

[eShirl]

21. jump-rope rhymes

a lot of rhymes for jumping rope asked a "how many X" question, which was answered by jumping rope at double speed (a.k.a."pepper"), such as

Cinderella
dressed in yella
went downtown to
get some mustard
on the way her
girdle busted
how many people
were disgusted?
red, hot,
PEPPER! (on "pepper!" the rope started going double-fast, and you counted how many jumps the rope-jumper made before screwing up)

[ohheckyeah]

25. We did it differently:

Cinderella
dressed in yella
went downstairs to see her fellow
made a mistake
kissed a snake
how many doctors did it take?
(Then you count the number of times you jumped the rope double dutch.

[eShirl]

59. Teddy Bear (another jump rope rhyme)

teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around
teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground
teddy bear, teddy bear, do the split
teddy bear, teddy bear, give a kick
teddy bear, teddy bear, go upstairs
teddy bear, teddy bear, say your prayers
teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the light
teddy bear, teddy bear, say goodnight

[murielm99]

22. Old Lady Witch! Fell in a ditch! Found a penny and

thought she was rich!

[Arugula Latte]

23. That's so funny, the first one that popped into my head was the rubber butt one, BUT

to my great shame, we used to sing it on the playground about McGovern! I was in first grade during the '72 election. Yes, my early years were spent as a little Republican (parroting the ol' parents). Reagan quickly turned me into a hardcore liberal and thank goodness my prents came around eventually.

[Iggo]

26. Okay. One more. (Surprise! It's booger related!)

Everybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it.

Pickin' their nose and chewin' it, chewin' it.

Thinkin' it's candy, but it's really not.

It's a hot snot sundae with a moco on top.

[geardaddy]

28. How about this one from 70s Minneapolis

Ink a bink
a bottle of ink
the cork fell out
and you stink
not because you're dirty
not because you're clean
just because you kissed a girl
behind a magazine

[geardaddy]

29. How about the ones used to pick who was "it"

Everyboy gets in a circle and puts their foot in and someone recites these and counts the feet.

"my mother and your mother were out washing clothes
my mother punched your mother right in the nose
what color was the blood
Purple!
P-U-R-P-L-E and you are not it."

continue until only one person left.

"bubble gum bubble gum in a dish
how many pieces do you wish"

same drill as above.

[geardaddy]

30. Who remembers the "diarrhea rhymes"

[fizzgig]

45. i did not feel anything burst while sliding into first

nor were my pants full of foaming sliding into home, i'll tell you that much

[geardaddy]

69. I never heard that one!

Ours were:

Dia-rhee-uh-uh
Dia-rhee-uh-uh
Some people think it's funny
but it's really brown and runny
Dia-rhee-uh-uh
Dia-rhee-uh-uh
some people think it's gross
others like it best on toast

[musette_sf]

32. "Baby, baby, stick your head in gravy,

Wash it off with bubble gum and send it to the Navy"

"Your mother wears Army boots and drives a beer truck"

"Go take a flying leap at a rolling donut"

"Milk, milk, lemonade,
Go around the corner where the fudge is made"
(I grew up in Brooklyn, but have seen this one in UK)

[nolabear]

33. Peeping through the knothole on Grandpa's wooden leg...

Who'll wind the clocks when I'm away?
Go get the axe; there's a hair on baby's chest.
A boy's best friend is his mother...his mother.

[trof]

34. "Trick or treat, smell my feet.

Give me something good to eat."

And the more risque...
Coca Cola, pig's asshola,
Who flung dung in my Victrola?

I have no idea where that came from or why.

Plus the ever popular ditty...
There's a place in France where the women wear no pants.
And the men go 'round with their weenies hanging out.
:evilgrin:
woohoo

And when I'd stand between someone and the TV set...
"Get out of the way. Your daddy wasn't a glassblower ya' know."

And I once kicked a can all the way from school to my house about 25 blocks away.
Just to see if I could.
Guinness Book?
;-)

[Arugula Latte]

35. Say say oh playmate

I cannot play with you
My dolly has the flu
She'll barf all over you

[Arugula Latte]

36. Politically incorrect one:

The Addam's Family started
When Uncle Fester farted
They all came out retarded
The Addam's Family!

[trof]

37. Not NEARLY as non-PC as the 'Eeny-meeny' we did in B'ham, AL in the 40s.

WAY bad.

[Arugula Latte]

39. Oh yeah. I know that one. By the time I was a kid, "[email protected]#$%^r" was replaced with "tiger"

My dad told me what it had been when he was a kid and I was shocked.

[Arugula Latte]

38. Jingle Bells, Batman smells

Robin laid an egg
The Batmobile lost a wheel
And the Joker got away.

[Auggie]

64. Variation: Jingle Bells, Santa Smells...

Easter's on its way.

Oh what fun it is to ride

in a beat up Chevrolet.

:wtf:

[Arugula Latte]

41. (So and so) and (so and so) sittin' in a tree!

K- I- S- S- I- N- G!
First comes love
Then comes marriage
Then comes baby in a baby carriage
Sucking his thumb
Wetting his pants
Now he's doing the hula dance!

[Celeborn Skywalker]

54. We had a bad one for that.

Adam and Alice together in a tree
F-U-C-K-I-N-G
First come sex
Then comes marriage
Then come the baby in the baby carriage!




I guess we were raised kinda rough here in southern NM haha

[eShirl]

42. Fatty Fatty Two-By-Four

fatty fatty two-by-four
couldn't fit through the bathroom door
so he piddled on the floor
lapped it up and peed some more

[GoddessOfGuinness]

43. Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah! You can't catch a nanny goat!

Ring around the rosie
A pocket full of posy
Ashes, ashes
We all fall down.

That has to have some enigmatic meaning...

[blueamy66]

44. You have all made my day.

My guy is napping, but I'm sure if I woke him up, he'd come up with a whole slew of good ones.

:-)

I've had a rough day.....this thread is making me laugh this afternoon.

[Arugula Latte]

46. Baseball taunts:

We want a pitcher
Not a belly itcher!

Pitcher's off his rocker
Looks like Betty Crocker!

Hey, batter, batter, batter SWING!

[geardaddy]

78. We want a catcher

not a belly scratcher

[Arugula Latte]

47. Racist one:

We Chinese
We play joke
We go pee pee in your Coke!

[Arugula Latte]

62. Thought of another racist one:

Chinese (pull on your eyelids -- oy vey)
Japanese (ditto as above)
Dirty knees
Look at these! (Then you pull your shirt out in two places to make it seem like you have big boobs.)

I hope this one has died out!

[Iggo]

66. Oh my goodness. I think that one died out while I was still a kid.

Good thing, too.

[Arugula Latte]

48. Here's a funny one we didn't say, but I've heard as an adult:

Taco
Burrito
What's comin' outta your Speedo?
With that much gas
You can really float,
Puttin' around like a motor boat!

[Arugula Latte]

49. I heard this one from my daughter:

Girls go to college to get more knowledge
Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupid-er.

[Odin2005]

51. Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg...

...The batmobile lost a wheel, and the Joker ran away, HEY!!!

[nolabear]

55. Lulu had a steamboat; the steamboat had a bell

Lulu went to heaven but the steamboat went to
Hello operator, give me number nine
if you will not do it, I'll kick you in the
behind the 'frigerator, there is a piece of glass
if you are not careful you will cut your little
ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies.
That's what Lulu told me, just before she died.

[Iggo]

57. So. So. Suck your toe, all the way to Mexico.

That was in response to anyone who replied to something you said with the single word "So?"

[Iggo]

58. Ya missed me! Ya missed me! Now ya gotta kiss me!

(I don't remember that one being as fun as it sounds...heh.)

[eShirl]

60. "Want a Hertz doughnut?"

-PUNCH-

"Hurts, don't it."

[Arugula Latte]

61. Also, "Want a hundred dollars?"

Then you give them a doll. "I said 100 DOLL HAIRS! Ha ha ha!"

[Iggo]

65. Oh, BURN!!!

:rofl:

[geardaddy]

70. I remember that one.

lol

[Heidi]

63. "There once was a boy named Perkin..." (nt)

[raccoon]

67. "Same to you, and more of it. " nt

[geardaddy]

68. When someone asks you the time...

Half past the monkey's ass
Quarter to his balls.

[geardaddy]

71. Sung to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school
We have tortured every teacher, we have broken every rule.

I forget the rest.

[Ptah]

72. Hey Hey, LBJ, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today? n/t

[geardaddy]

73. Beans, beans

the musical fruit
the more you eat
the more you toot
the more you toot
the better you feel
so eat beans
at every meal

[Arugula Latte]

75. A variation on that one:

Beans, beans
they're good for your heart
the more you eat
the more you fart ...

[geardaddy]

77. Yep, I've heard that one.

:D

[geardaddy]

74. Man, I just keep remembering them!

Comet, it makes your teeth turn green
Comet, it tastes like gasoline
Comet, it makes you vomit
So, buy some Comet and vomit
today!

[Arugula Latte]

83. Oh yeah. That was a classic.

We all thought it was VERY clever. :)

[Arugula Latte]

76. You hold a dandelion and say: "Mama had a baby and her head popped off"

and then behead the flower with your thumb.

[geardaddy]

79. Oh yeah!

[RedCloud]

80. Kindergarden baby, wash your face in gravy.

[Arugula Latte]

81. Happy birthday to you

You live in a zoo
You look like a monkey
And you smell like one too.

[Arugula Latte]

82. The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out

the worms play pinochle in your snout.

[Arugula Latte]

84. The ants go marching

The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stopped to suck his thumb,
And they all go marching down, to the ground, to get out of the rain boom boom boom.

The ants go marching:
Two by two/take a poo
Three by three/take a pee
Four by four/slam the door
Five by five/take a dive
Six by six/pick up sticks
Seven by seven/at a 7-11