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Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. A clapping game is type of usually cooperative (ie non-competitive) game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping - but not necessarily in that order. the first clapping game was played in York by two brothers (who latterly married two sisters). Co-operation refers to the practice of people or greater entities working in common with commonly agreed-upon goals and possibly methods, instead of working separately in competition. ...
Competition is the act of striving against others for the purpose of achieving gain, such as income, pride, amusement, or dominance. ...
Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. ...
A clap is the sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals. ...
The template of a standard clapping game is for the participants to clap each other's hand(s) or feet (or, in Serbia, heads), as well as perform other actitivies such as thigh slapping, shopping or times tables recital in a rhythmic fashion while attempting to walk in a circle. The clapping pattern is often improvised when not agreed to prior to the beginning of the hand clapping. The rhyme is very similar to a jump-rope rhyme. A jump-rope rhyme, or skipping-rope rhyme, is a rhyme chanted by children while jumping rope. ...
The clapping games
There are a variety of distinct clapping games, each of which is performed or played in various versions found in different areas and times and often according to ethnicity. For example Hello, Operator may be called Missy Susie or Lucy and may contain, omit, or vary verses or specific lines.
Hello, Sailor/Simple Miss Lucy "Simple Miss Lucy" is "a provocative game that includes all kinds of sexual innuendos about boys and having sex with priests" and features "the linguistic play of double entendres and elisions created when certain syllables and words are just about to mean something sexual or scatological and then they suddenly shift into some benign reference," making "'Simple Miss Lucy' (an 'idiot' woman) easy to take advantage of" (Gaunt 2006, p.23):
(Chicken and Rice and Mashed Potatoes!) - I met my boyfriend at the candy store
- He bought me ice cream, he bought me cake
- He brought me home with a bellyache
- I said, "Momma, Momma, I feel sick,
- Call the doctor quick, quick, quick!"
- "Doctor, Doctor, will I die?"
- "Count to five, it's urgent!"
- (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...)
- "I'm alive but pregnant!"
- See that house on toppa that hill?
- That's where me and my boyfriend live.
- Cookin' that chicken, burnin' that rice,
- C'mon baby let's shoot some dice!
The first part (Uno, dos, siete) is done by both people linking their pinkies, but crossed. So, one person's left pinkie is with the other person's right, and so on. Each word, you cross the pinkies over and under. The next part (I said an east, a west) is done "individually". When "east" and "west" and said, each person puts their right hand on their left shoulder and their left hand on their right shoulder, respectively. The rest of the handclap is done by a fast tempo. When time comes for "quick, quick, quick", the clapping is quick so each word gets a clap, do it with both hands.
Charlie Brown Went Downtown I went downtown to see james Brown, he gave me a nickel, to buy a pickle, but the pickle was sour, so he gave me a flower, the flower was dead so this is what he said "Down down baby, down by the rollercoaster, sweet sweet baby, never going to let you go, Shimmee shimmee cocoa pop, shimmee shimmee pow. he gave me a bowl the bowl was crap so he gave me a smack A Slightly Different Version of Charlie Brown
- I went downtown to see Charlie Brown.
- He gave me a nickel so I bought myself a pickel.
- The pickle was sour so I bought myself a flower.
- The flower was dead so I said,
- "Down, down, baby, down by the roller coaster."
- Just because I kissed ya, doesn't mean I love ya."
- Sugar, sugar cocoa puff! Sugar, sugar pow wow!"
- Sugar, sugar cocoa puff! Sugar, sugar pow wow!"
My Family My mommy is a baker, yummy yummy, fat tummy My daddy is a dentist, gummy gummy, gummy gummy My sister is a show-off, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na My brother is a cowboy, BANG BANG, Fifty bullets in your head, turn around, touch the ground, YOU'RE DEAD!
~or~
My mommy is a baker, yummy yummy, fat tummy My daddy is a dentist, gummy gummy, gummy gummy My sister is a show-off, (blow kisses four times) My brother is a cowboy, BANG BANG, You're dead Fifty bullets in your head, one here, and one there, and one went down your UNDERWEAR!
Another variant is to use your own family!
Australian Clapping Game Auntie Mary had a canary
She also had a duck
Took it behind the kitchen door
And taught it how to fry its eggs for dinner
Fry its eggs for tea
The more you drink
The more you eat
The more you want to...
Pe-ter had a sailing boat
And it began to rock
Up came Jaws and bit of his...
Cock-tail, ginger ale
Forty cents a glass
If you don't like it then shove it up your...
Ask no questions
Tell no lies
I saw a China man doing up his...
Flies are bad
Mosquitos are worse
And this is the end of this dirty little verse!
Rockin' Robins (Swing Song) tweet, tweet, tweet to the rhythm of the beat
We're gonna rock in the tree tops all day long -
Huffin' and a'puffin' and a'singin' that song!
All the little children on Daybird Street -
Love to hear the Robins go, "Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!"
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Oh, Rockin' Robins' gonna really really rock, tonight!
Mama's in the kitchen, cookin' fried chicken!
Daddy's in bed, and that is all she said!
Sister's in school, actin' like a fool!
Brother's in jail, drinkin' ginger ale!
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Oh, Rockin' Robins' gonna really really rock, tonight!
mama in the kitchen, burnin that rice
papa on the corner, shootin that dice
brothers in jail,raisin up hell
sisters sellin' fruit cocktail
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Oh, Rockin' Robins' gonna really really rock, tonight!
Miss Mary Mack Miss Mary Mack, mack, mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
She asked her mother, mother, mother
for 15 cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
Jump over the fence, fence, fence
They jumped so high, high, high
They touched the sky, sky, sky
And never came back back back 'till the 4th of July, ly, ly!
You first start out with crossing your right hand on your left shoulder and your left hand your right shoulder, then you slap your thighs and clap your hands, then you clap your partners hands (your right to her right, then her left to your left) 3 times and then you repeat crossing your arms and so on until you have finished the song.
The one from White is For Magic differs. It says: Miss Mary Mack,Mack,Mack,
All dressed in black,black,black,
she has a knife,knife,knife,
stuck in her back,back,back,
she cannot breath,breath,breath,
she cannot cry,cry,cry,
that's why she begs,begs,begs,
she begs to die,die,die.
Ms. Sue Ms. Sue, Ms. Sue
Ms. Sue from Alabama
Her real name is Suezana
Sitting in a rocking chair
Eating gram crackers
Watching the clock go
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock banana rock
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock banana rock
A B C D E F G Wash those spiders off of me
Mooshca, mooshca
I can do karate
Mooshca, mooshca
I want my mommy
Mooshca, mooshca
(Push partner lightly) Oops! I'm sorry
You better be sorry
(back face your partner) 'Cuz I'm not sorry
Itsy, bitsy, soda pop Itsy, bitsy, boo Itsy, bitsy, sode pop A boy/girl likes YOU! (If legs are crossed while saying "YOU", then " boy/girl likes you")
Miss Lucy Miss Lucy had a steam boat
The steamboat had a bell, (ding ding)
Miss Lucy went to heaven and the
Steamboat went to...
Hello operator
Please give me number nine
And if you disconnect me
I will chop off your...
Behind the 'fridgerator
There was a piece of glass
Miss Lucy sat upon it
Broke her little..
Ask me no more questions
I'll tell you no more lies
The boys are in the bathroom
Pulling down their...
Flies are in the meadow
The bees are in the park
Miss Lucy and her boyfriend
Are kissing in the...
D-A-R-K D-A-R-K dark, dark, dark Darker than the ocean Darker than the sea Darker than the underwear my mommy puts on me I know, I know my ma I know, I know my pa I know, I know my sister With the 18 inch, 18 Inch BRA BRA BRA
My mother is Godzilla My father is King Kong My brother is the stupid one who made this stupid song
My Auntie Anna My Auntie Anna plays the pia-na
24 hours a day SPLIT!
First you stand opposite your partner then use your right hand to clap against your partner's right hand then hands together and keep on repeating until you say SPLIT! Then you split your legs. The first person to fall down 'loses.' It can also be played in a circle by clapping your hands together and against your neighbour's.
Ce-Ce Ce-Ce my play mate
Come out and play with me.
And bring your dollies three,
Climb up my apple tree.
Slide down my rainbow,
Into my cellar door,
And we'll be jolly friends
Forever more. More. More more, more more!
One of your palms face up and the other down( same as your partner)clap together then against each other (push) and then your hands together. Repeat.
Games with articles of their own Mary Mack is a clapping game played by children in English language countries. ...
William Wallace Denslows illustrations for Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, bakers man , from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose Tommy (or me), according to Denslow Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, bakers man is a traditional English nursery rhyme. ...
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Source - Gaunt, Kyra D. (2006). The Games Black Girls Play. ISBN 0-8147-3120-1.
External links - Educational CyberPlayGround hosts the National Children's Folksong Repository. — Record Children's playground songs and chants. You can save your jumprope songs, using your phones or computers. Everyone can submit their songs and chants into the database so that they can collect and save our cultural history. Using the internet and technology allows you to record your personal knowledge. This is your contribution.
- StreetPlay.com > Clap and Rhyme
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