Middle Aged Memories
Comments
-
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 boy behind a magazineAnyone remember this????
0 -
We had lots of those "Eenie, meanie, miney, moe" choosing rhymes and also rhymes to skip rope to:What is the first part of this one? I forget!
.....................................................?
Mama called the doctor, daddy called the nurse,
Brother called the lady with the big fat purse.
(Sometimes it was alligator purse.)
0 -
I see London I see France I see So and So's underpants.
Exciting!!!
0 -
- Miss Susie had a baby
- His name was Tiny Tim
- She put him in the bathtub
- To see if he could swim.
- He drank up all the water
- He ate a bar of soap, soap, soap
- "Mommy, mommy, I feel ill
- "Send for the doctor down the hill"
- In came the doctor
- In came the nurse
- In came the lady
- With the alligator purse
- "Doctor, doctor, will I die?"
- "Yes, my son, but do not cry.
- "Close your eyes and
- "Count to ten."
- 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
- 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10
- Out went the doctor
- Out went the nurse
- Out went the lady
- With the alligator purse
0 -
Some of that sounds familiar...I think we took artistic license with it and changed it, such as" "Mommy, mommy, I feel sick. Call the doctor, Call him quick."
I'm sure you remember this one:
Mary had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell,
Mary went to heaven, the steamboat went to...
Hello operator, give me number nine,
If you don't connect me, I'll kick you right behind
The 'fridgerator there is a piece of glass,
Lulu slipped upon it and broke her little...
Ask me no questions, tell me no more lies,
Mary went to heaven and the steamboat never died.
(That one had some variations too.)
0 -
Wow.....The only one I recognize is the underpants one. I must have been living under a rock!!
0 -
I think there are a lot of variations on these, fun to hear them!
0 -
"Cinderella, dressed in yella'
Went upstairs to kiss her fella
Made a mistake, kissed a snake,
How many doctors did it take (begin counting...)"
That was one we jumped rope to.
0 -
I remember that one!
0 -
That one sounds so familiar!
0 -
What about songs. We took bus trips when I was in JrHi and Hi school. Whether it was for a rival foot ball game, or to go skiing at Tahoe or to Santa Cruz to the beach or even just to San Francisco to see a Shakespeare play w/the English classes. I got really tired of 99 Bottle of Beer on the Wall. But how many verses can you remember of Found A Peanut?
And wasn't there one about a frog?
0 -
How about.....
The bear went over the mountain?
Or, on top of spaghetti all covered with cheese?
We used to sing those on our car trips with my parents.
0 -
Oh good ones Slow. I remember them both.
0 -
Has more verses than I remembered:
On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball,
When somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor,
And then my poor meatball,
Rolled out of the door.
It rolled in the garden,
And under a bush,
And then my poor meatball,
Was nothing but mush.
The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And then the next summer,
It grew into a tree.
The tree was all covered,
All covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs,
And tomato sauce.
So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
Whenever you sneeze.I did remember all of Found a Peanut!
Found a peanut
Found a peanut
Found a peanut just now
Just now I found a peanut
Found a peanut just now.Cracked it open
Cracked it open
Cracked it open just now.
Just now I cracked it open
Cracked it open just now.It was rotten
It was rotten
It was rotten just now.
Just now it was rotten
It was rotten just now.Ate it anyway
Ate it anyway
Ate it anyway just now
Just now I ate it anyway
Ate it anyway just now.Got a tummy ache
Got a tummy ache
Got a tummy ache just now
Just now I got a tummy ache
Got a tummy ache just now.Went to the doctor
Went to the doctor
Went to the doctor just now
Just now I went to the doctor
Went to the doctor just now.Had an operation
Had an operation
Had an operation just now
Just now I had an operation
Had an operation just now.Died anyway
Died anyway
Die anyway just now
Just now I died anyway
Died anyway just now.Got reincarnated
Got reincarnated
Got reincarnated just now
Just now I got reincarnated
Got reincarnated just now.Found a peanut
Found a peanut
Found a peanut just now
Just now I found a peanut
Found a peanut just now.
This song was originally posted at:
http://bussongs.com/songs/found-a-peanut.php0 -
Native - good for you. I remembered all but the reincarnated. Wonder if we dropped that verse or I just don't remember?
0 -
MinusTwo, That version was mainly sung on busses in New Delhi.
0 -
These rhymes are GREAT! My family thinks I am crazy - what fun! Linda
0 -
Meant to say that as a military brat, every post was different, but these playground rhymes were a touchstone wherever I went. Linda
0 -
Actually, the version I remember from my schoolyard days was "came alive again" rather than reincarnated, but close enough, right?
0 -
10 little angels all dressed in white
Trying to get to heaven on the end of a kite
The kite string broke and down they all fell
Instead of going to heaven they all went to
9 little angels all dressed in white.....and so on.
0 -
I do remember that one!
0 -
I recently bought this for my nephews. They were so excited to receive the coin purses. I was happy to find them on the big online store that starts with an "A". I remember my Grandfather carried one of these.
Remember superelasticbubbleplastic????
0 -
I remember both of those!
0 -
Me too.........
0 -
I had one of those coin thingys as a kid, when my holdings were exclusively coinage. I remember businesses used to give them out with their logos on them. It was more for men so that they did not have loose coins in their pockets (wearing them out.) Yes, my Grandpa had one too.
Now you have reminded me of something else. This was a promo item that some savings banks gave away. My uncle gave me one and I still have it. I have seen it in a retro collection in a museum!
Just a Google Image. Mine looks better. ;-)
0 -
Loved those coin purses and I vividly remember the particular plasticy smell! Those bubbles were great and looking at the ingredients I know why I got high blowing the bubbles for my younger cousins. Good times! Linda
0 -
Booklady....so true!! I bought something similar when my nephews came to visit. I swear we all got high on the fumes. It took days to get the smell out of the house!!
Eli, I have no idea what that is??? Is it an airplane??? I turned my screen in all different directions, and I can't figure it out!!
0 -
I vote that it's a spaceship
0 -
Eph, YES! I do see that now. And the round ball looks like a planet. Makes perfect sense now.
0 -
Wow, I just saw that coin purse in the key section of an Ace Hardware yesterday. Had to giggle. Also, I love superelasticbubbleplastic!! Bought it for my kids when they were younger every chance I got :-)
0
