England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales Inside, Outside, puppy dogs‘ tails…
A constant refrain of my playground days and I remember setting up two dining room table chairs to practice at home as well. Because once you succeed at ankle height you get to move up through ‘kneesies’ and ‘underbums’ through up to ‘necksies’ if you were really good. And then you got to go to the next rhyme… or the next move… Diamonds?! I can’t even remember how that went… skipping, clapping games, knucklebones… 80s playground mash up… GO!
Down down baby, down by the rollercoaster. sweet sweet baby, I will never let you go shimmy shimmy cocoa puff, shimmy shimmy pow! shimmy shimmy cocoa puff, shimmy shimmy pow!
On top of spaghetti
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.
Bubbles go haatchi tachi (knee, knee, flick)…
you are my darling…
Bubbles… hatchi tatchi
Bubbles… hatchi tatchi
Bubbles… hatchi tatchi (getting faster and faster until someone breaks the rhythm)
Shoo!
Under the bambushes under the sea Boom boom boom boom
True love for you my darling
True love for me
When we get married
We’ll raise a family
With 16 children all in a
Row row row your boat Gently down the stream, Fling your teacher overboard And listen to her scream.
Under the bambushes
Under the sea
Bom bom bom
True love for you my darling True love for me
When we get married we’ll raise a family A boy for you
And a girl for me
I-tiddly-I-tie sexy
Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
[Name] stole the cookies from the cookie jar. Who me?
Yes you!
Couldn’t be!
Then who stole the cookies from the cookie jar ?…
Concentration, concentration, now begin Keep the rhythm, keep the rhythm moving. Start now… 1 -2, 2-8, 8-4…
Out of breath? Me too. Apparently you have more energy when you’re 8…
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