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GUEST,Eniale Origins: Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky (478* d) RE: Origins: Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky 18 Jul 10


My children learnt the clapping rhyme Hanky Panky in Nigeria and, when they came to England, taught it to all the children in primary school. It went like this -

Down by the river there's hanky panky
Where frogs jump from back to back,
Eeeee, Ooooo,
Eeeee, Ooooo,
Eeeee, Ooooo,
Bad dog.

I think they must have misheard it when they first learnt it and then taught all the kids at primary school the wrong words.


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