The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63097   Message #1022972
Posted By: Dani
22-Sep-03 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Do kids still do clapping rhymes?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Do kid still do clapping rhymes?
Hot off the presses from 9-yr-old daughter, provenance unknown: "Um, just from my friends and all". Haphazard guardianship indeed!

Dani




Miss Sue
Miss Sue

Miss Sue from Alabama

Her name was Suzianna

Sitting in a rocker

eating Betty Crocker

Watching the clock go

Tick Tock

Tick all around go

Tick Tock

Tick all around

A-B-C-D-E-F-G

Gotta wash that stain right out of me

Gotta Boom-shot

Gotta Boom-shot

Gotta crick in my side

Gotta crick in my side

Salt and pepper said "DO NOT MOVE"

(alternate ending)
Salt and pepper said" DO NOT MOVE,

FIRST ONE TO MOVE IS A BLACK-EYED-PEA
SECOND ONE TO MOVE IS A BEAUTY QUEEN