you calling my missus Jake
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you calling my missus Jake
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BE NICE......................OR ELSE
She thought it was a Snake
So she hit it with a rake
BE NICE......................OR ELSE
That's not a mistake, more like a p1ss take.
As a poet of sorts skipping songs amuse and I find them interesting because of their spontaniety. They also reflect class consciousness at times. However it is also fair to say the ingenuity of them springs from the fairer sex.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas
Heres one we sang at School.
If you want to go to Heaven when you die
Wear a red and white bonnet
With Liverpool on it
If you want to go to Heaven when you die
If you want to go to Hell when you die
Wear a blue and white bonnet
With Everton on it
If you want to go to Hell when you die
Depending on your allegiance
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas
Lulu had a baby she called it jungle jim
She took it to the washouse to see if it could swim
It swam to the bottom
It swam to the top
Lulu got excited and did the belly flop
Anon
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas
Not from Liverpool myself, but a long time friend and Liverpudlian member alerted me to this thread. It's interesting to see the differences between 'up there' and 'down South' wording in skipping games - although it's been so long since I've skipped that I confess I've been muttering to myself, "how the heck did that one go now?" for the past hour or more..
I (vaguely) remember:
Each peach, pear, plum,
Tell me when your birthday comes,
is it... (at which the skipping rope holder - the other end of the rope was usually tied to a lamp post - would call out a particular month, and whoever had a birthday during the month that was called out would jump in and skip for as long as it took for the letters of said month to be called out before exiting.)
Teddy bear, teddy bear was exactly the same.
Ballerina, ballerina, touch the sky,
Ballerina, ballerina, you can jump so high, (at which we'd jump high)
Ballerina ballerina, turn around, (we'd turn around)
Ballerina ballerina, touch the ground, (we'd touch the ground)
Ballerina ballerina, double quick,
Ballerina ballerina, do the splits (at which we'd exit and run to the back of the line).
Mother Brown went to town, with her knickers hanging down. (Unfortunately I can't remember the rest, which will now drive me absolutely nuts! I'm sure that 'half a crown' comes into it somewhere, though.)
Ippy dippy dation,
My operation,
How many platforms at the station? (At which the designated chief rope holder would call out a number, and those first 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc. in line would jump in.)
Jelly on a plate,
Jelly on a plate,
Wibble-wobble, wibble-wobble (at which we'd wibble and wobble while jumping)
Jelly on a plate.
Then we'd go on to Sausage in a pan (which saw us sizzling and sozzling while crossing our feet between jumps)
Biscuits in a tin would then follow, although I no longer remember what we did to that verse.
And then there was this one that I've never forgotten, which I do hope you'll forgive me for..
We four Beatles from Liverpool are,
John in a taxi, Paul in a car,
George on his scooter, bibbing his hooter,
Following Ringo Starr.
Many thanks chrisgeorge and Yo! Liverpool for this trip down memory lane
Last edited by Bethdish; 05-25-2009 at 12:49 PM.
I hope your not calling me a lamp
So shine up your buttons with Brasso
Two pence halfpenny a tin
You can buy it or knock from Woolworths
But make sure there?s something IN
Some say he died of a fever some say he died of a fright
But I know what me Daddy died of
He died of.. all covered in shine up your buttons with brasso
Two pence halfpenny a tin
You can buy it or knock it from Woolworths but make sure there?s something IN
Last edited by Paddy; 05-25-2009 at 10:54 AM.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas
Two turning the rope, one skipping-
I met a girl from Italy, (point) I met a girl from France (do a quarter turn and point)
I met a girl from Germany (another quarter turn and point) she taught me how to dance
Ooch -ee la-la,la, Ooch-ee la-la la
O-U-T spells OUT with a bottle of stout (jump out of the rope)
I-N spells IN with a bottle of gin (jump back into the rope)
Lady, lady touch the ground (touch the ground whilst skipping)
Lady, Lady turn around (do a half turn whilst skipping)
Lady, lady, show your bony knees (lift up skirt above knees)
Lady, lady, jump put please (jump out of the rope)
We'd spend hours on skipping especialy at playtiems when there were lots of girls taking part (Whitefield Road Junior School 1960/62)
This may be of interest to you, especially the book mentioned...
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlan...123aleerie.asp
Oudeis, I'm afraid Paddy passed away some time ago !
memories.............
Rosy apple, lemon, and a pear,
Bunch of roses you shall wear
Gold and silver by your side, I know who shall be a bride. Take her by the lily-white hand, Lead her by the water................
At 3.40
Great clip,Lizzie,especially the little girls scrubbing the step!
Girls skipping, sometimes 2 or 3 in a line in a rope and girls playing two balls against a wall reciting a mantra seem sadly to be things of the past and it's good that they should be remembered as the innocent times they were.
There were rhymes said when picking someone to go man or in goal for 60 seconds etc...
Dip dip dip, my blue ship, sailing on the water, like a cup and saucer - O-U-T- spells out.
The eachy peachy pear plum one too.
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