The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #100061 Message #2006332
Posted By: Azizi
24-Mar-07 - 10:54 PM
Thread Name: Water Wallflower & Brickwall Waterfall
Subject: RE: Water Wallflower & Brickwall Waterfall
If the song "She's A Brickhouse" has anything to do with the title of the children's rhyme "Brickwall Waterfall", it would join a number of other R&B songs whose titles, refrains, and/or lyrics have made their way into contemporary African American children's rhymes.
Among those songs are:
ABC [recorded by Jackson 5]
Rockin Robin [recorded by Michael Jackson]
That's The Way {I Like It}[recorded by KC & The Sunshine Band]
Mamacita [recorded by Troop]
Fly Girl [recorded by Boogie Boys]
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Needless to say, I doubt that most children know that these songs are sources for some of the rhymes & cheers that they recite [or in the case of at least 'Fly Girls' recited, since this foot stomping cheer is from the mid 1980s and unfortunately it appears to no longer be performed or even remembered].
However, excluding "She's A Brickhouse, I'm 100% certain that those other R&B songs that I listed are sources for lines and verses found in specific contemporary children's handclap rhymes, foot stomping rhymes, and/or cheerleader cheers.