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Thread #18352   Message #2118373
Posted By: Viracocha
03-Aug-07 - 12:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Playground songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Playground songs
Oh. That went sort of wrong. It was meant to say:

even a video. But no author/poet is mentioned, except one who adapted it into a picture book. My bad, sorry. I definately learnt it from a children's poetry book, though it was probably by our dear friend Anon.

And I did go on to say stuff about the Mickey Mouse Rhyme.

As for games 'choosing it', I believe the Mickey Mouse one (mentioned earlier) went (in our various accents):

Mickey Mouse/Moose
In his house/hoose
Pulling up/on his trousers/troosers
Down they fell
[possibly another line]
What colour were his pants/was his bum?
[person landed on]-Blue[or other colour]
(and there was no "B-L-U-E spells blue" stuff - the 'chanter' had thought of a colour beforehand, and if you chose the colour, you were it.)

There was another rhyme that ended:
O-U-T
O-U-T
O-U-T spells out!

And that part of my message seems to have posted. So why was the middle cut out...?

-Viracocha