What childhood song comes to your mind?

#BestBubby

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 6:09 am

amother Firebrick wrote:

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't why she swallowed a fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird
How absurd she swallowed a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the fly
I don't why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she'll die

I don't remember but I think it goes on....

And then it finishes there was an old lady who swallowed a horse. She died of course!

This is so fun LOL

This is famous

They made a picture book "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly"

And the last line is about swallowing a horse LOL

BH Yom Yom

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 7:12 am

amother Raspberry wrote:

And then the chorus :
Were gonna rick tick tick tick tickety tock

Yea forgot that part!

BH Yom Yom

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 7:15 am

This is the song that never ends
It just goes on and on, my friends
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they just kept on singing it forever just because it is the song that never ends…

rgr

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 7:44 am

Hush little baby don't say a word, mamas gonna buy you a mocking bird
And if that mocking bird don't sing, mamas gonna buy you a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring don't shine, mamas gonna buy you a bottle of wine
And if that bottle of wine do crack mamas gonna give you a big fat smack!

Pretty sure I'm missing some here

rgr

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 7:46 am

amother Firebrick wrote:

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat, imagine that! She swallowed a cat!

amother

Midnight

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 8:03 am

Thank you for starting this thread! I haven't thought about so many of these songs in years! We actually sang a bunch of them in Shabbos groups at shul lol

The farmer picks a wife
The farmer picks a wife
Hi ho the cherry o the farmer picks a wife

The wife picks something... something

The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone
Hi ho the cherry o the cheese stands alone
(So sad)

amother

NeonOrange

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:01 am

amother Raspberry wrote:

Did anyone say this one yet?

I'm being swallowed by a Boa constrictor
I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor
I'm being swallowed by a Boa constrictor
And I don't like it at all..

Oh no, oh no, it's got my toe, my toe
Oh me , oh me, it's got my Knee, my knee
Oh fiddle, it's got my middle
Oh Shreck oh Shrek (they probably changed this word)
It's got my neck my neck
Oh dread oh dread
it s got my head my head
Ahhhhh

The punchline is "I'm dead"

amother

NeonOrange

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:04 am

amother Winterberry wrote:

I called myself on the telephone
Just to see if I was home
......
I'm a neb, I'm a neb, I'm nebby

I took my self to a Broadway show
I sat myself in the very first row
??
I got so fresh I slapped my face

I'm a neb..

I can sing and I can dance
I have ruffles on my underpants
I'm a neb, I'm a neb, so nebby

DreamerForever

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:21 am

Anyone know this one? Teachers, it's pretty mean- don't take offense!

da la la bumpsa hey,
We have no school today
the teachers in dismay
we killed them yesterday.

Where is the principal?
She's in the hospital
Where is the cook?
She's on the hook
Where is the secretary?
She's in the cemetery

....... Surprised

imthatawesome

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:33 am

amother OP wrote:

We always used to end it cocoa puffs KISS

Oh yes! You’re right! I guess my brain mixed it up at some point

amother

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:33 am

I ran around the corner I ran around the block..to a bakery shop....thanks for the donut goodbye

Chester have you heard from harry

amother

Dimgray

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:33 am

Apples peaches plums and pie
If you're not ready please say I

imthatawesome

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:36 am

amother NeonOrange wrote:

In our days it was called Alibaba and the forty thieves.

Oh that sounds so familiar. How was that played? Something with different motions?

scruffy

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:36 am

On top of spaghetti
All covered with cheese
I lost my poor meat ball
when somebody sneezed

It rolled off the table
And onto the floor
And then my poor meat ball
Rolled out the door

It rolled in the garden
And under a bush
And then my poor meat ball
Was nothing but mush.

There is also a version to the same tune "On top of a school bus" about shooting your teacher with a Bazooka... can't remember all the words.

scruffy

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:38 am

Eeny beeny popsalini
Ooh aah ambalini
Potchy Botchy boomarotchy
I love you

Down down baby
Down by the roller coaster
Sweet sweet baby
No place to go

Play with your classmates
Naughty naughty
Throw them in the ditches
Lazy you

Eeny beeny popsalini
Ooh aah ambalini
Potchy Botchy boomarotchy
I say freeze

Queen Of Hearts

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:40 am

DreamerForever wrote:

We sang it like this:

La la la doomsday
We've got no school today
The teacher passed away
Where is the principal
She's in the hospital
Where is the secretary
She's in the cemetery
Where is the cook
She's on the hook

Sad

imthatawesome

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:41 am

There was some song about cockroaches and bedbugs

The bedbugs hit a home run and kicked me out of bed
Flypaper flypaper ewwy gooey goo
Flypaper flypaper Always sticks to you
A man was Sitting on the tracks
waiting for a train
Yisgadal vyiskadash
Vyimaru Amein

BH Yom Yom

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:43 am

And the green grass grows all around, all around
And the green grass grows all around
(Forgot the rest of it)