Beverly Hills, CA, 1984-1988. What I remember: Down by the banks of the hanky pank where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank with an eeps, eips, opse, opps me socka dilly with a kerplop For the record, I was always confused by the socka dilly line, but that's what everyone sang so there you go. Seeing some of the lily pad versions is very interesting and I love all the variations! I would also like to address the post from: GUEST,apple Date: 06 Jan 07 - 06:41 PM In particular, the Mrs lucy had a steamboat... section Not sure if you have addressed this elsewhere. I do remember a rhyme like this, but not what it was attached to (if anything): Miss Lucy had a tugboat the tugboat had a bell Miss Lucy went to heaven the tugboat went to hell- -o operater, please give me number 9 and if you disconnect me, I'll cut off your -- behind the 'frigderator there lays a piece of glass Miss Lucy sat upon it and broke her little -- ask me no more questions, please tell me no more lies the boys are in the bathroom zipping up their -- flies are in the country, the bees are in the park the girls and boys are kissing in the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, dark, dark, dark! The dark is like a movie, a movie's like a show a show is like a TV set and this is all I know, know, know! I know I know my ma, I know I know my pa I know I know my sister with the 80-meter, 80-meter, 80-meter bra, bra, bra! A bra is like a boobie, a boobie's like a ball A ball is like a bouncy thing that bounces off the wall, wall, wall! She died her hair in purple, she died her hair in pink she died her hair in aquamarine to match the kitchen sink, sink, sink! And that's all I remember, though there may have been more to it. I am surprised that I a) remembered as much as I did and b) that I ever happily chanted that on the playground - among other songs I am remembering from scanning this database. Whoa.
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