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Thread #99109   Message #1970611
Posted By: Azizi
17-Feb-07 - 09:32 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
Okay, here's one that's not in the Digital Tradition:

HOLLYWOOD ROCK SWINGING
Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging
My name is Aniesha
I'm number one
My reputation is having fun
So if you see me just step aside
'Cause mighty Aniesha don't take no jive.

Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging
My name is Katrina
I'm number two
My reputation is me and you
So if you see me just step on back
'Cause mighty Katrina don't take no slack.

Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging
My name is Natasha
I'm number twelve
My reputation is ringing that bell
So if you see me just step aside.
'Cause mighty Katrina don't take no jive.


Source: Barbara Michels' and Bettye White 's 1983 collection of African American folklore from Houston, Texas , "Apples On A Stick".
p. 14.

Btw, "Hollywood Rock Swinging" is an example of a 'new' type of children's rhyme that I call "foot stomping cheers". For more information & examples of these types of cheers, visit my website on these cheers at http://www.cocojams.com/street_cheers_example%200104.htm