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Thread #35057   Message #3263948
Posted By: GUEST,Shaun Chadwick
26-Nov-11 - 05:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Oh, Jemima, Look at Your Uncle Jim...
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oh, Jemima, Look at Your Uncle Jim...
Hello All,
We originate from MOW COP on the Staffordshire and Cheshire border
My grandfather and Father both sang this version to us kids in the early 1970,s and I am now singing it to my kids and looking for more found you folks. our version has a little bit added, maybe it was a family addition, let me know please

Oh Jemima Look at your Uncle Jim,
He's in the duck pond learning how to swim,
First he does the breaststroke, then he does the side,
Now he's under the water, swimming against the tide.

Then Dad bounced us up and down to a quick beat on his knee singing
Rum tee tum tee tum, Rum tee tum tee tee, Rum Tum, Rum Tum, Rum tee tum tee tee.

And now I do it to my son, God bless Jemima and her uNCLE jIM