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[MBH]

I seem to remember the girls skipping rhymes used to be quite 'suggestive'. Got one in my head that has the rhythm:

Duh, duh, duh. Duh-de, duh, duh. Duh, duh, duh-de-duh, duh-de-duh....

and when the final (rude) DUH is supposed to come in, it starts as the first word of the next phrase.

Come on girls - who used to skip?

The alternate words to Christmas Carols are STILL going on

[giraffe]

We were unnaturally polite.

[Bunnylump]

Hi all, I've been working my socks off trying to get stuff uploaded onto this site but Im missing something that you might be able to help me with. Do you know any 'rude' rhymes from your childhood?

I only have one called Diarrhoea!

I have a vague recollection about a skipping rhyme which had k-i-s-s-i-n-g in it. But I can't remember it. I'll ask around.

What I CAN remember is my primary school headteacher teaching us a song
"Well I had a brother Reg, and he went behind a hedge...
...and he came out feeling better but the hedge was so much wetter"
and
"I had a cousin Mary, and she worked down at the dairy,
Well the boss he went and sacked her when she tried to milk a tractor..."

[eirian]

I think that one is
" x and y up a tree K I double-S I N G"

(where x and y are two people you want to embarrass. I remember this one because we sang 'Evo and Edgie up a tree' as Mr Evans and Miss Edge were two teachers at our primary school who were engaged...)

[Redfraggle]

I've got that one - but it's under Rude songs

[gill216]

I seem to remember a chant for 2 baller. 1 2 3 O'leary, I saw Aunty Mary... and there I'm afraid my memory has gone blank. Maybe someone else can pick it up and finish it?

[clvrlad]

possibly
One, two, three O`Leary
I saw me Aunty Mary
Sitting on the Lavortory
Eating chocolate biscuits
??

[clvrlad]

I think that one is
" x and y up a tree K I double-S I N G"

(where x and y are two people you want to embarrass. I remember this one because we sang 'Evo and Edgie up a tree' as Mr Evans and Miss Edge were two teachers at our primary school who were engaged...)

it goes a bit further
x and y sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love
Then comes marriage
Then comes x with a baby carriage

[Redfraggle]

Gill - I think there's one called Auntie Mary had a canary up the leg of her drawers

1, 2, 3 O'Leary - isn't that a ball one - with dropsie etc?

These are great and Im adding them as they arrive to me. The website has a lot more on there now.

[Bunnylump]

I am at Janet's and we are reminiscing She has a memory like an elephant, so I thought I would add some of hers for you.

Two baller games (two tennis balls against the wall)
Matthew Mark Luke and John
Next door neighbour carry on (pass to next person)
Next door neighbour's got the flu
So I'll pass it on to you.

OR

Millie Molly Mandy reads her Dandy up-side-down.

Skipping games

Bubble car bubble car number 48
Drives round the cor-ner (person runs round)
And slams on the brake (feet across rope to stop it)

Clapping games


Are you going to school, sir?
No sir,
Why sir?
Because I've got a cold, sir.
Where'd you get the cold sir?
From the North Pole sir.
What were you doing there, sir?
Catching polar bear sir.
How many did you catch, sir,
One-two-three sir.

And you were asking for rude songs - Janet's just remembered one we sang:

"Sunshine girl, I'm looking down your bra,
I see those big things, I wonder what they are
Would you invite me, to squeeze them tightly,
It would delight me, my sunshine girl.

Sunshine boy, I'm looking down your pants,
I see that long thing, I wonder what it is,
Would you invite me, to squeeze it tightly,
It would delight me, my sunshine boy."

And here is a very goody two shoes song, which she learned in moralistic 1960s Newcastle...

Every morning and every night
There's something that I must do
Every morning and every night
And you ought to do it too.
It's take a little toothbrush
And we'll go
Scrubbing up and down
To and fro
Keeping our teeth so bright
Every morning and night!!

And not so politically correct...(with actions)

Keep the sunny side up, up
And the other side too, too
See those babies sucking their thumbs
See those ladies wiggle their bums
So, Keep the sunny side up, up
And the other side too, too.
See those soldiers marching along
See those sailors singing a song
So, Keep the sunny side up, up
And the other side too, too.
Up on your toes like the eskimoes
Down on your knees like the Japanese
So, Keep the sunny side, keep the sunny side
Keep the sunny side UP Ole!

And I have just remembered...(apologies if this seems offensive, but we didn't think about this in the 1960s playground - remember the first time I saw a black person was when I was 6)

Chinese (move eye corners down)
Japanese (eye corners up)
What are these? (Look down your top)
Lumps of cheese!!

[tricia]

For the rude category

Red white and blue
Dirty Kangaroo
Jumped up a lamppost
and did a number 2

This was sung in my primary school

In the not rude category

I remember one childhood song
Mrs Dunlop had a wee shop,
and all she sold was candy rock.
Candy rock penny a stock.......................memory fails at this point.

Has anyone else heard this one

Tricia

[Redfraggle]

These are absolutely brilliant! Im going to add them. I've had flu so not been on here. These were a great surprise!