What childhood song comes to your mind?

amother

Oxfordblue

Thu, Aug 31 2023, 11:52 pm

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...

#BestBubby

Thu, Aug 31 2023, 11:57 pm

Who remembers these jump rope song?

Teddy bear, Teddy bear
Turn around
Teddy Bear , Teddy bear
Touch the ground

Teddy Bear, Teddy bear
Show your shoe
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Tiscadoo
‐----'xxzzzxxxxxzzxxxxx' xxxxc.

When I was in the kitchen,
Doin all the stichen
In came a ghost
And out jumped I

Einikel

Thu, Aug 31 2023, 11:58 pm

Alice over the ocean
Alice over the sea
Alice broke a bottle and blamed it on me
I told ma
Ma told pa
Alice got a beating and a ha ha ha

#BestBubby

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 12:00 am

amother Dimgray wrote:

Two on time
Don't be late
Cuz bracha's got a date at 8
And if she's late
She'll miss her date
So two on time....

I went to the Chinese restaurant to buy a loaf of bread bread bread

The chassidishe schools cleaned up the
"Two on time song, no more dates:

Two on time
Dont be late
Jumping rope
Is really great
Enjoy every jump
Smile when you're out
Because that's what the game
Is all about

Einikel

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 12:00 am

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 out it by the door
Take a match
And give a scratch
And no more candy store

amother

Winterberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 12:13 am

One fine sunny day a lady took a ride on the back of a crocodile
You see said she he's as gentle as can be I'll sale him down the Nile...

I ran around the corner and I ran around the block
And I ran right into the bakery shop..

Remembert this with a sock and ball?
Hello hello sir
Meet my at the grocer
No sir, why sir,
Because I have a cold sir
Where'd you catch a cold sir
At the north pole sir
what you're doing there sir
Catching polar bear sir...

And with gumi...
Chitty Chitty bang bang sitting on fence
Trying to make a dollar out of fifty nine cents

amother

Oxfordblue

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 12:14 am

#BestBubby wrote:

My kids love this song. They watched it on a kids video with kids songs on it.

Teddy bear, Teddy bear
Turn around
Teddy bear, Teddy bear
Touch the ground

Teddy bear, Teddy bear
Jump up high
Teddy bear, Teddy bear
Touch the sky

Teddy bear, Teddy bear
Take my hand
Teddy bear, Teddy bear
You're my friend

Teddy bear, Teddy bear
I love you
Teddy bear, Teddy bear
This is true...

amother

Jean

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 12:21 am

Pom Pom the girls are marching calling Chani at the door. Chani is the one who is having all the fun so we don’t need Chani anymore.

London bridges falling down

A ticket a tasket a green and yellow basket, I wrote a letter to my mother and on the way I dropped it.

R a t t l e s n a k e spells rattlesnake

Tzipor tzipor through my chalon.

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 12:56 am

In a cabin
In the woods
A little man
By the window stood
Saw a rabbit running by
Knocking at my door
HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME
Cried
All the hunters will shoot me alive
Little rabbit come inside
Safety will abide(?)

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:08 am

I wonder if anyone knows this little ditty . We used to sing it in camp but I'm blanking on all the words now. It was about a car. Possibly a Chevy. It had the words "running board" in it.

Eta. Ok, I remember more words

I've got a little hunk of tin
Nobody knows what shape it's in
Its got four wheels and a running board
Got four doors and it's called a Ford.
Honk honk rattle rattle, crash beep beep
Honk Honk rattle rattle crash beep beep

BH Yom Yom

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:12 am

amother Ginger wrote:

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

My kids sing this

Omg I had this stuck in my head the other day!

“Are you busy, Joe?”
I said, “No!”
“So push this button with your [arm, leg, tongue, etc]”

Also:
I said a BOOM-chick-a-boom!
I said a BOOM-chick-a-BOOM!
I said a BOOM-chick-a-rocka-chick-a-rocka-chick-boom!
Uh-uh
Oh yeah
One more time,
[fill in the blank] style

And:
Late last night,
When we were all in bed,
Old lady Leary left a lantern in the shed
And when the cow kicked it over,
She winked one eye and said,
“It’s gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight.”

(The rest of it is rather depressing but the tune for the first part is jaunty and fun)

amother

Winterberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:13 am

amother Raspberry wrote:

I wonder if anyone knows this little ditty . We used to sing it in camp but I'm blanking on all the words now. It was a out a car. Possibly a Chevy. It had the words "running board" in it.

Yes!! We used to sing it in day camp decades ago, I just sang it a few days ago when my daughter "bumped" my husband's car into a wall
I've got a hunk of tin
Nobody knows what shape it's in
It's got 4 doors and a running board
It's got a horn and it's called a Ford
Hunk hunk rattle crash beep beep
Hunk hunk rattle crash beep beep

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:16 am

Did anyone say this one yet?

I'm being swallowed by a Boa constrictor
I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor
I'm being swallowed by a Boa constrictor
And I don't like it at all..

Oh no, oh no, it's got my toe, my toe
Oh me , oh me, it's got my Knee, my knee
Oh fiddle, it's got my middle
Oh Shreck oh Shrek (they probably changed this word)
It's got my neck my neck
Oh dread oh dread
it s got my head my head
Ahhhhh

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:18 am

amother Winterberry wrote:

Lol. I edited my post after I remembered the rest of the words. We sang it a bit differently than you.

BH Yom Yom

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:22 am

Did anyone else sing nonsense songs for hand-clapping games?

I think the one we sang at JCC camp went something like this:

Kwakadilly oma, kwa kwa kwa!
Say seemacheeka, cheeka cheeka cha!
Falo, falo, falo falo falo faLO!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (and whoever’s in line to get their hand slapped for “5” is out, unless they pull their hand away first)

amother

Winterberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:25 am

Champion halloween (or jelly bean!!)
Who likes ice cream
I do
Says who
The monkey in the zoo..

And
Put, that, dirty, disgusting, diaper, on..

And the nice version
Put, that, beautiful, golden, crown, on..

amother

NeonPink

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:26 am

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!!

amother

Winterberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:27 am

BH Yom Yom wrote:

Yes but we just said the numbers in Hebrew

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:28 am

Catalina Matalina Hookadina Walladina hoca poca noca was her name

She had two eyes in the back of her head
One was green and the other was red
Catalina Matalina Hookadina Walladina hoca poca noca was her name, what a shame

She had two hands that were very fat
One took a shower while the other took a bath...