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cakemorebloke wrote:can any one remember some of the songs the girls used to sing one had the line
mummy daddy take me home from this horrible childrens home here comes dr pallister sliding down the bannister
and one when we was on the causeway green maypole summat to do with scottish blue bells
Northern Lass wrote:We sang
In and out the dusty bluebells
In and out the dusty bluebells
In and out the dusty bluebells
who will be the leader
tippy tippy tap toe on your shoulder
tippy tippy tap toe on your shoulder
tippy tippy tap toe on your shoulder
you will be our leader
Northern Lass wrote:wot about that sock and ball against a wall whilst singing
Do you wanna cigarette sir
no sir
why sir
cos I got a cold sir
where d'ya get the cold sir
from the north pole sir
what you doin there sir
catchin polar bear sir
how many did ya catch sir
one sir
two sir
three sir
and so on till the sock fell apart
linell wrote:I can only remember 'Ring a Ring a Roses' which hailed from the days of the Plague, oh and 'Oranges and Lemons' and 'Cleminitine' all coming back to me now.
Linell.
BC Wench wrote:Never heard of the NLs ciggy rhyme.
Farmer's in his Den.
Children all stand in a big circle, holding hands
The farmer wants a wife
The farmer wants a wife
Eee I addio the farmer wants a wife
(Farmer chooses a wife)
The wife wants a child
The wife wants a child
Eee I addio the wife wants a child
(Wife chooses a child)
The child wants a dog
The child wants a dog
Eee I addio the child wants a dog
(Child chooses a dog)
The dog wants a bone
The dog wants a bone
Eee I addio the dog wants a bone
(Dog chooses a bone)
We all tap the bone
We all tap the bone
Eee I addio we all tap the bone
The bone ends up in the middle with everybody hitting, smacking etc. etc. the bone
BC Wench wrote:Yes I remember the ball and sock around the ankle. Our daughter had a toy in the 1980s, same principle, but made of plastic!! The cuts she had on her ankles. I'd forgotten the Teddy Bear rhyme.
Another skipping song
Mr Weaver the chimney sweeper
Had a wife and could not keep her
Had another, did not love her,
This is the way the world went over
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