What childhood song comes to your mind?

imthatawesome

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:44 am

amother Oxfordblue wrote:

There was some song we used to sing in camp, maybe it was a jumprope song, I'm not sure... I don't remember all the words properly. Something like this -

On a mountain, in the woods, I saw a lady I do not know
All she wanted was gold and silver, all she needed was a punch in the nose...

On a mountain, lived a lady, who she is I do not know
All she wants is gold and silver,
all I gave her was a punch in the nose
So jump in [name of person jumping into the rope]
Don’t remember what comes next

DreamerForever

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:45 am

What about this one:

Yellow socks never get dirty,
the longer you leave them, the greener they get
Sometimes, they think of the laundry
But something inside them
Says- no, not yet!

Year ____ never get tired
the longer you leave them
the crazier they get
Sometimes they think of their beds
but something inside them
says NO, NOT YET!!

silverlining3

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:46 am

Taking bullets
I'm safe
shoot you

refined way

taking water
I'm safe
splash you

Right over right over we call [name] right over

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

DreamerForever

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:47 am

imthatawesome wrote:

I know it as

On a mountain, stands a lady
Who she is- I do not know
All she wants is gold and silver
all she wants is a bottle of wine

So come in my dear____
my dear____
my dear____
So come in, my dear____
And out goes _____

I feel like some have been kosherised to make them less aggressive and more child friendly Very Happy

imthatawesome

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 9:54 am

Sweetmommy wrote:

Thank you OP for these memories! I know most of these songs... good memories..

Poor old cow
Poor old cow
There was a collision...
[Forgot words]
It happened long ago
But we're thinking of it now
Picking up the pieces of the
Poor old cow

Row row row your boat...
And another version,
Tear tear tear your skirt
Gently down the seam
Oops oops oops oops
Mommy's gonna scream

Georgie porgie pudding and pie
Kissed the girls
And made them cry
When the boys came out to play
Georgie porgie ran away

I am a pretty little Dutch girl
As pretty as pretty as can be
And all the boys around my block
Go crazy over me me me
I have a boyfriend Chaim
He comes from Yerushalayim
With a pimple on his nose
And three black toes
And this is the way my story goes...
.......

Did you ever stop to think
When you're standing by the sink
About the water going down the drain
It used to be in the big blue sea
And before that it was rain
Then it turned into snow
For the Eskimos
To use in snowball fights
Then it went down south
Till it reached your mouth
To brush your teeth at night
Hey someone's gonna use it after me
After you
Someone's gonna use it when you're through...

Yes! I recently remembered this song

Poor old cow
Poor old cow
There was a terrible collision on the railroad tracks
The cow didn’t see
The red light flash
It happened long ago
But theyre working on it now
Picking up the pieces of the
Poor old cow

imthatawesome

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:05 am

These are two gruesome ones my sister learned in camp

Suffocation, lack of respiration
Suffocation, this is how it goes
First you you take a plastic bag
Then you put it over your head
Plastic bag
Over your head
Go to bed
Wake up dead
Tra la la la la

Then there’s this one;
Oh, the cemetery is a very solitary place
They put you in the ground and they cover up your face
And the worms crawl in
And the worms crawl out
And they crawl in through your stomach
And they crawl in through your mouth
And your eyes pop out
And your chest caves in
Oh, what a sorry mess your in
Do me a favor;
Don’t die!

amother

Salmon

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:06 am

amother NeonPink wrote:

Love this thread, bringing back such fond memories!

There was one hand game where we sang something like this, was never sure exact words: " akwaka duleomma kwa kwa, San Rita Rita... Velour , velour potatoes on the floor, velour, achat, shtayim shalosh....
There was a chant , I can't remember the beginning, but it ended off with "my sister has a boyfriend, he comes here every night... I peek through the key hole and what do I see, sugar baby sugar baby won't you marry me... I'm cringing just thinking about this, we had no clue what we were saying lol!!

OMG never heard this one!

amother

Peony

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:38 am

Did anyone play this with 4 ppl at a time
And slap towards left,then right .then high and low with the girl in front :

Uno, dos-ee-ay-say Said east, west,

met my boyfriend at the candy store

He brought me ice cream He brought me cake

He brought me home with a belly ache

Mama, mama, I'm so sick

Call the doctor Quick, quick, quick!

Doctor, doctor, will I die

Count to five and you'll be alive

One two three four five

I'm alive, yeah!

#BestBubby

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:42 am

Who know this jump rope song?

George Washington
Never told a lie
So we ran around the coooooooooorner
( jump out. Run around an ender. Jump back in)
And stole a cherry pie
How many cherries were in the pie?
Close your eyes and you will see
( jump with closed eyes)
1, 2, 3......

Saralle

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:44 am

(Original version, I think)
On the mountain
Stands a lady
Who she is
I do not know
All she wants
is gold and silver
All she needs
is a nice young man

Nobody likes me
Everybody hates me
I think I'll go eat worms
First you bite off the head
Then you suck out the juice
And you eat up the skins
Nobody knows but I could go on
Eating worms three times a day
Long thin slimy ones
go down easy
But the short thick fuzzy ones stick
Ick!
The short thick fuzzy ones
stick to your throat
and they make a sound like this:
ccchhhhh!

I caught a little baby bumblebee
won't my mommy be so proud of me
cuz I caught a little baby bumble bee
Oooww! It bit me!
So I squashed my little baby bumblebee
won't my mommy be so proud of me
cuz I squashed my little baby bumblebee
eeeww! It's gooey!
So I wiped my little baby bumblebee
won't my mommy be so proud of me
cuz I wiped my little baby bumblebee
Oh no! Here comes Mommy!

Rikki Tikki Tembo Nosy Rambo Huri Buri Bushki Peri Pim Po (I know I must have the words wrong!)

Saralle

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:47 am

Yiddish:

Mir zenen di yentas fin town
mir shpatziren di gassen up and down
mir heren zich tzi vus yeder tit shmeesen
alle lushen haras fin town
Yenta hut aza expensive dress
Devoirah's sheitel is aza mess, ha ha!
Sheindel hut shoin gezehn
fiftzig mul di same!
Yunchy, chulent'dige dress, loo la lei!

scruffy

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:49 am

amother Ginger wrote:

Hello, my name is Joe, I work in a button factory...

My kids sing this

I heard this version recently (it's from after my days I think)

Yoish my name is Moish
I learn in yeshiva night and day
I have a wife and kid and three on the way
One day my Rosh Yeshiva came over to me
He said "Moish, are you shteiging?" I said "No"

"So shteig away with your right hand" (thumb in air motion...)

Saralle

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:50 am

I'm a Chiquita banana
And I'm here to say
That bananas tend to ripen
In a special way
When they're Messed with brown
and have a golden hue
Bananas taste the best
and are the best for you
You can put them in a salad
You can put them in a pie -eiei
Anyway you wanna eat them
It's impossible to keep them
Bananas ????
At the tropical equator
Pattampompompompattattattam
Don't you ever put them in the refrigerator
n-n-n-no!!

honey36

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 10:57 am

Sisi my playmate
Come out and play with me
And bring your jolly three
Climb up my apple tree
Slide down my rainbow
Into my cellar door
And we'll be jolly friends
Forever more, more,...

Don't worry we had the Bad version too:
Sisi my enemy
Come out and fight with me
And bring your garden hose
I'll stick it up your nose
And bring some bubble gum
I'll stick it up you bum
Forever more
Slam the door

We had a different version of the cooooorner song:
Motorcycle, motorcycle 248
I ran around the cooooooorner
And slammed on the breaks

Take me out to the ballgame...
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks...

Eeny meey miny moe
Pick a tiger
By the tow
If he hollars let him go
Eeny meeny miny now
My mother told you...

Black shoe, black shoe,
Change your black shoe

honey36

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 11:01 am

This is a really bad one too:

In the land of France
Where the ladies don't wear pants
And the men don't care
Cuz they dont wear underwear
And the children don't mind
Cuz their naked all the time
And along came a genie
With an artificial...

Saralle

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 11:02 am

Alte babbe Surah ligt in bet
Mit a shmatte tzigedegt
oy vey mein kup tit vei...

Once I had a candy store
and business was so bad
I asked my mother
what to do
and this is what she said
take a can of gasoline
and put it by the door
take a match
and give a scratch
and no more candystore!

(Ball game)
Dear Diary,
Today is Tuesday and on this terrific Tuesday etc. etc.

Pizza Pizza
cheese and sauce
cheese and sauce
eat a lotta eat a lotta eat a lotta pizza x2
oh no! don't drop the pizza x2
if you drop the pizza nobody eatsa x2

I ran around the corner
and I ran around the block
and I ran right into a bakery shop
and I picked up a donut
and I wiped off the grease
and I handed the baker a five cent piece
and he looked at the nickel
and he looked at me
and he said, "hey, mister, can't you plainly see
there's a hole in the nickel, there's a hole right through"
said I, "there's a hole in the donut too!"