Which Play ground ditty's do you remember? Like eani meanie miny mo?

Question

We all used to use them. When you trying to decide whos "it" You all put your feet in and you do your little ryhme whilst pointint to each foot, where the ryhme ends that person is out. till there one left. But by the time you finished and decided whos "it". the bell has gone and it's playtime over. (i'm 27, and i'm not compleatly mental)

But which ones do you remember? Which ryhmes did you use?

Answer 1

I can't believe no one mentioned Ms. Suzy!



Ms. Suzy had a steamboat,

the steamboat had a bell. (ding ding!)

Ms. Suzy when to heaving,

the steamboat went to

HELLo operator,

please give me number nine,

and if you disconnect me,

I'll chop of your

BEHIND the 'fridgerator,

there was a piece of glass,

Ms. Suzy sat upon it,

and broke her little

ASK me no more questions,

I'll tell you no more lies,

The boys are in the bathroom,

zipping up their

FLIES are in the city,

the flies are the park,

Ms. Suzy and her boyfriend

are kissing in the

D-A-R-K

D-A-R-K

Dark, dark, dark!



The Dark is like a city,

the city's like a show,

the show is on the TV set,

and that is all I know



I know my ma

I know I know my pa,

I know I know my sister

with her pink and purple BRA!

Answer 2

"Red rover, red rover let ______ come over"!



"London Bridge is falling down - 2 kids would hold hands facing each other to make a bridge" to go under and when you got to the "my fair lady" part, they would "lock up" a child in there arms until the end of the song! Silly I know but it spent the time in a fun way.



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



OMG I am having flash backs!! YEAH...what great times being a kid back then! Wish we could bring some of it back!





EDIT: Wow everyone!! I just read some of the posts that showed up before I submited mine!! MEMORIES!!



GREAT QUESTION by the way!!

Answer 3

Inky Pinky Ponkey

Father bought a donkey

Donkey died, father cried

Inky Pinky Ponky



Ip Dip Dash

My blue sash

Sailing on the water

Like a cup and saucer

Ip Dip Dash, my blue sash.



Yellow matter custard, green snot pie

All mixed together with a dead dog's eye

Slap it on a butty, Slap it on thick

And then wash it down with a cup of cold sick



(A 'butty' is Northern slang for a sandwich)

Answer 4

Eeny meeny miny mo,

Catch a tiger by the toe,

If it screams let it go,

Eeny meeny miny mo.



There was another one we used to do where we would say draw a snake upon your back (whilst drawing a snake on someones back with any one finger) which finger did that? (you'd hold out your hands, fingers spread and they would have to guess which finger you used.)



And then of course there was the old adage:

Ip dip dog s***

You stepped in it!

Answer 5

Ip dip do

The dog's done a poo

The cat's done a whoopsie,

Out goes you!



My daughter nows does this rhyme whilst clapping hands with you...



I went to a Chinese restaurant,

To buy a loaf of bread, bread, bread,

He wrapped it up in a five pound note,

And this is what he said, said, said;



My name is Elvis Presley,

Girls' so sexy,

Sitting on the back seat,

Drinking Pepsi,

Had a baby

Named her Daisy,

Took her to the pictures,

Wet her knickers (!!??)

Sat on a bumble bee..... OUCH!



LOL! I remember the first part but the rest is nothing to do with me!

Answer 6

eeny meeny miney mo, catch a fish by its toe, if it screams, let it go, eeny meeny miney mo (fish don't even have toes!!)

coca cola, pepsi cola, coca cola, fizz (some drinks company must have invented that one!)

boy sprout, walk out (what?!)

eeny meeny destininey you are the one for me the education liberation i like you down down baby down by the water side sweet sweet cherry lips no place to go... (that one was weird)

and another about a fish.

wow that was a blast from the past thingy lol



by the time you had said the rhyme, argued over which to use, whether they cheated or not, if who it lands on is "it" or not "it", decided whether to use feet or hands or just point, lunch / break is over!!

Answer 7

Nebucanezar? the king of the jews

Bought his wife a pair of shoes

When the shoes began to wear

Nebucanezar began to swear

When the swearing began to stop

Nebucanezar bought a shop

When the shop began to sell

Nebucanezar bought a bell

When the bell began to ring

Nebucanezar began to sing



We used to chant this when we were playing two ball.



When we were skipping we used to chant::-



North Staffordshire railway loopy line

I say number one

North Staffordshire railway loopy line

I say number two (and so on.)



When we were choosing we would chant

One potato, two potato, three potato, four, five potato, six potato, seven potato more.

Answer 8

Ours was the eany meany miney mo, catch an un paid, black, sugercane worker in the West Indie's, by the toe, version, only shorter.

You can't say N*g*er any more---------- worse than F**k .



PS You can't write the word in full on Yahoo either!!!

When's "Honkey" going to be outlawed as well?

Answer 9

Ronga ringa roses pocket full of posies ..... Loved that one at school. Ofcourse not being native speakers of the english language we had no idea it was actually a tragic song.

Answer 10

one

two

three

mother caught a flea

put it in a teapot

made a cup o tea



flea jumped out

mother gave a shout

in walked dad with his shirt hanging out

Answer 11

I remember 'The Farmer wants a Wife' too. Lol

Answer 12

lol the one i remember is ... ip dip dog s**t your not it ..but a skipping one was as each person jumped the two holders would say short ..fat ..hairy legs and quick soldiers was another skipping one.ahhhh it was a long time ago !!!

Answer 13

Skunk's in the barnyard....



Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish....



And then, of course, Eenie meenie miney moe, but on the end of it we would say "my mother says to choose the very best one and you are not it!"

Answer 14

"Pinch or punch or join our bunch or tell us your boyfriend's name".

It would start with 2 girls, then we'd go around the playground saying it to every girl we met. Obviously no-one wanted to be pinched or punched, or tell us who they fancied, so it would end up with a massive bunch of girls stomping round the playground arm in arm. Oh happy days *sigh*

Answer 15

down down baby etc.....whosever hand you smacked was out.



concentration.concentration now begins keep the rythym keep the rythm of the game

Answer 16

Skipping song:

you know lately I've been thinkin'

what the hell have you been drinkin'

is it water,is it wine

Oh my God it's turpentine.

Answer 17

"THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE".....and only the oldies will remember that one lol

Answer 18

skipping with a rope we would sing 'salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper, salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper.'