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