Clapping & Skipping Rhymes.

Salt......Mustard.......Vinegar....Peper

 

Ahhh nostalgia! I used to love skipping/clapping games at school too - these took a wee bit of researching!!!

"Blue bells, cockle shells
Evie ivy over"

"Jelly on a plate
Jelly on a plate
Wibble Wobble
Wibble Wobble
Jelly on a plate"

"Ice cream soda, cherry on the top,
who's your boyfriend/girlfriend I forgot
A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H (and so on until the person stops jumping)"

"Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around'
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, show your shoe
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, that will do!
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, go upstairs-
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say your prayers-
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn out the lights-
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say good-night!"

"A sailor went to sea, sea, sea.
To see what he could see, see, see.
But all that he could see, see,see.
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea."

"Miss Susie had a baby
She named him Tiny Tim
She put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swim

He drank up all the water
He ate up all the soap
He tried to eat the bathtub
But it wouldn't go down his throat

Miss Susie called the doctor
The doctor called the nurse
The nurse called the lady
With the alligator purse

"Measles" said the doctor
"Mumps" said the nurse
"I don't know" said the lady
With the alligator purse!"

" The big ship sailed down the Ally Ally O
The Ally Ally O
The Ally Ally O
The big ship sailed down the Ally Ally O
On the last day of September!"

"Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales
Catch the monkeys by their tails"

 

It's raining, it's pouring,
The old man is snoring,
he went to bed
and bumped his head
and couldn't get up in the morning
Dr came and pulled the chain
and out came an aeroplane.

I'm Shirley temple,
The girl with curly hair,
I've got a dimple to match my underwear
I know the table to do the fancy cable(?)
I'm Shirley Temple the girl with curly hair.
Salome, Salome, you should see Salome,
hands up there,
skirts up there,
You should see Salome

 

The farmer wants a wife, the farmer want a wife
ee ay alley o
the farmer wants a wife
The wife wants a dog, the wife wants a dog,
ee ay alley o
The wife wants a dog
The dog wants a bone, the dog wants a bone
ee ay alley o
The dog wants a bone.
We all pat the dog, we all pat the dog
ee ay alley o
we all pat the dog

Although, that one was a source of much playground debate as the rule followers (to which I belonged) claimed that in order for the pattern of the rhyme to be correct, we should all pat the bone. The other side said don't be stupid, you pat the dog. It was a debate that raged through my early childhood.

 

OK I found these for you:
Clapping Rhymes

I'm Popeye the sailor man
I live in a caravan
I walked through the door
and fell through the floor
I'm Popeye the sailor man

Dips

Ibble obble
Black bobble
Ibble obble OUT

Dip dip dip
my blue ship
sails on the water
like a cup and saucer
dip dip dip
you are not it

Eenie meenie tipsy toe
olla bolla domino
okka pocha dominocha
hy pon tush
O U T spells out, out goes he
Right in the middle of the dark blue sea

Each peach pear plum
out goes Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb won't do
out goes Betty blue
Betty blue won't go
so out goes you

Skipping rhymes

Bluebells cockle shells
eavy ivy over
this is how the alphabet goes
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

All in together girls
never mind the weather girls
when I say your birthday please jump in
January February March April May etc

enjoy!

 

Here's a simple one for skipping where you invite another skipper to join in and then leave, so they can invite somebody else in.

I like coffee, I like tea,
I like (name) in with me.
I don't like coffee, I don't like tea,
I don't like (name) out with me.

Of course that one was also subject to playground discourse as some people felt that the original person should stay in and the the line should be 'out with thee' or 'in with me'

 

I know a variation to Popeye,

It's

I'm Popeye the sailor man,
I live in a caravan,
and when I go swimmin,
I kiss all the wimmin,
I'm Popeye the sailor man.

 

And a variation to eeny meeny

Eeny, meeny, minie moe,
Catch a fishie by its toe
If it squeals, let it go,
Eeny meeny minie moe,
It is not you,
so it must be Y O U spells YOU.

(I believe originally it was nigger instead of fishie, but we were told not to use that one.)

 

i work in a school NW, and I say fishie.. wouldn't dare say the other word :eek:

 

Neither would I, but at the time we didn't know what it meant.

 

I was quite charmed when I was doing my gardening project at the nursery school. I recognised a pattern of chanting and screaming and realised that the children were playing 'What time is it, Mr Wolf?'

That took me back.

 

I know i used to say it, but theres so many multiracial kids at school these days!!! i remember the first time i said the rhyme i had to think quick.. pretty hard task for me

 

The problem is when you're faced with the logical child who wants to know why the fish has got toes and how can it squeal. :confused: