What childhood song comes to your mind?

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:31 am

We had a cheer where we sang this:
"She- hee
She - ha
She hakisaki numeraki Roly poly, fire cracky
Doodi doodi dUs
Someone's gonna win and it's gonna be US!

She- hee
She - ha
She hakisaki numeraki Roly poly, fire cracky
Doodi doodi doo
Someone's gonna lose and it's gonna be YOU

Queen Of Hearts

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:33 am

Thank you OP for these memories! I know most of these songs... good memories..

Poor old cow
Poor old cow
There was a collision...
[Forgot words]
It happened long ago
But we're thinking of it now
Picking up the pieces of the
Poor old cow

Row row row your boat...
And another version,
Tear tear tear your skirt
Gently down the seam
Oops oops oops oops
Mommy's gonna scream

Georgie porgie pudding and pie
Kissed the girls
And made them cry
When the boys came out to play
Georgie porgie ran away

I am a pretty little Dutch girl
As pretty as pretty as can be
And all the boys around my block
Go crazy over me me me
I have a boyfriend Chaim
He comes from Yerushalayim
With a pimple on his nose
And three black toes
And this is the way my story goes...
.......

Did you ever stop to think
When you're standing by the sink
About the water going down the drain
It used to be in the big blue sea
And before that it was rain
Then it turned into snow
For the Eskimos
To use in snowball fights
Then it went down south
Till it reached your mouth
To brush your teeth at night
Hey someone's gonna use it after me
After you
Someone's gonna use it when you're through...

amother

Poinsettia

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:36 am

Can't remember all the words:
Little Sally Saucer Sitting in the water
Cry, Sally, cry
Turn to the east, turn to the west, turn to the one that you like the best.
Another one:
Miss Lucy had a steamboat
The steamboat had a bell
Miss Lucy went to heaven
And he steamboat went to
Hello operator
Give me number nine
If you disconnect me
I will kick you in the
Behind the refrgerator
Was a piece of glass
Miss Lucy sat upon it
And it went broke her little
Ask me no more questions
Tell me no more lies
Miss Lucy went to heaven
And the steamboat went to
Hello operator....

amother

Junglegreen

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:36 am

Early in the morning x2
When I fast asleep x2
I heard, a little birdie go tweet tweet x2
And this little birdie had a funny name x2
It was x2
Aga flaga fliga flaga, ishka nishka naga naga ×2
Birdie

Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:37 am

Anyone know this one? We used to sing it and now my kids love it.

Early in the morning in the middle of the night
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back to back , they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other
The deaf policeman heard the noise
And came to shoot the two dead boys
If you don't believe my lie is true
Ask the blind man, he saw it too.

BH Yom Yom

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:42 am

WADDLE-EE-OCHIE
Waddle-ee-ochie, waddle-ee-ochie
Doodle-ee-doo, doodle-ee-doo
Waddle-ee-ochie, waddle-ee-ochie
Doodle-ee-doo, doodle-ee-doo

It's the simplest song, anyone can do it
All you gotta do is doodle-ee-doo it
I like the rest but the part I like best is
Doodle-ee-doodle-ee-doo, Woo!

BH Yom Yom

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:47 am

A O, O A
A O, O A
Don’t walk in front of me—I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me—I may not lead
Just walk beside me and be my friend
And together we will walk in the ways of Hashem

amother

Winterberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:49 am

I called myself on the telephone
Just to see if I was home
......
I'm a neb, I'm a neb, I'm nebby

I took my self to a Broadway show
I sat myself in the very first row
??
I got so fresh I slapped my face

I'm a neb..

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 1:56 am

silverlining3 wrote:

No song but a 'performance'. 1 kid goes behind another and puts her hands around the others waist, to the front. And motions out the following

One nice day when papa was reading the newspaper, and mama was knitting, and I was playing on the piano. Suddenly, I heard a knock, a knock, a knock on the door. Sacilia Sacilia go open that door-x2. Yes sir no sir but I won't do it-x2. Until I did it. I saw a big a fat a skinny little (I'm stuck with the word)-x2. And that was ME!!

Those were the times.

I remember this!!
We used to say Amelia not sacilia. Also a few other differences.

One day, while dad was reading the newspaper and mom was knitting,
And I was PLAYING the piano,
There was a KNOCK a KNOCK a knock at the door
There was a KNOCK a KNOCK a knock at the door
AMELIA AMELIA, go answer the door
AMELIA AMELIA, go answer the door
And to my surprise...
There was a short. A fat, a skinny little man
There was a short. A fat, a skinny little man
And he asked for ..
ME!
(And the person in front bows down. Revealing the person behind)

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 2:00 am

BH Yom Yom wrote:

Hey [name]
Someone’s calling my name!
Hey [name]
I think I hear it again!
You’re wanted on the telephone
Well if it isn’t [somebody else’s name], I’m not home

And then the chorus :
Were gonna rick tick tick tick tickety tock

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 2:01 am

amother Winterberry wrote:

This sounds familiar

amother

NeonPurple

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 2:05 am

99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 bottles of beer
You take 1 down
Pass it around
98 bottles of beer on the wall...

I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves,
Everybody's nerves....

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 2:08 am

Certain words or phrases trigger me to sing a whole song

When I hear the words " many years ago" , I say, "in a faraway land, there lived a Jewish carpenter, name Chatzkel Brown. On a neat little street with two or three shuls, stood his fine little shop, where he worked with his tools. " and I could go on, but at this point my kids will say Maaaaa

When I hear "this is the story" I go, "and this is the story of the last seder in the warsaw ghetto. There was One a bunker left, there was one Jewish family left. With one Jewish child

When I hear Miami, I sing
MIAMI- the greatest town
(Something something)
Jumping up and down
Miami, the greatest town in the world
Sit back and enjoy the show!

amother

Firebrick

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 2:14 am

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't why she swallowed a fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird
How absurd she swallowed a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the fly
I don't why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she'll die

I don't remember but I think it goes on....

And then it finishes there was an old lady who swallowed a horse. She died of course!

This is so fun LOL

amother

Rose

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 2:47 am

Wow this is so nostalgic!!! I know most of these. I didn't realize how many there are.
Omg now I'm visualizing my classrooms and school bus and camp.....

Not sure if anyone mentioned this one: (I hope I remember it correctly)

On the planet Mars
Where the babies smoke cigars
And the girls from France
Do the hoola hoola dance
Every breath they take
Is enough to kill a snake
When the snake is dead
They put mustard on his head
When the mustard dries
They put diamonds in his eyes
When the diamonds break
It is 1968

Anyone know this one?

Lol these are all so messed up when you think about the words.

DreamerForever

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 4:03 am

I'm fascinated that I know majority of these songs, and I'm in the UK!

My question has always been, who created these songs?? Some are commercials, but the rest? I'm picturing someone sitting there with a pen and paper concentrating mightily as s/he composes these wonky lyrics Laugh

#BestBubby

Fri, Sep 01 2023, 6:05 am

amother Raspberry wrote:

When I hear Miami, I sing
MIAMI- the greatest town
(Something something)
Jumping up and down
Miami, the greatest town in the world
Sit back and enjoy the show!

Miami, the greatest town
it's got me
Jumping up and down
Miami, the greatest town in the world