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18 Jul 14 - 10:48 AM (#3643124) Subject: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme From: GUEST,Scandinavian collector Hi! I have read some intereting threads here on mudcat about children's rhymes, and found some that I recognised partly from Scandinavian children I've listened to, so I thought it was worth a try with this question: There is a special rhyme that I have started collecting versions of, as many as I can find (for my own pleasure, not for research - it's more fun than stamps and takes less space). It's known here in Scandinavia as "So makaroni" or "Sam makadam" and there seem to be innumerable versions. Since some of the versions I've found remind me of English language rhymes I wonder if any of you people have an English version of this rhyme? Here's one example of the "so makaroni" branch: Si macaroni marosti, marosti Deo, deo, dippdippdipp Deo, deo, dippdippdipp. En, två, tre! One example of the "Sam makadam" branch: So mackadam, so fairy, Mariann, Mariann, Lion, lion, sea, sea, sea, lion, lion, sea, sea, sea, One, two, three! And the version I learned as a kid, with nonsense words partly replaced by real words: Slå makadam på färden Marianne, Mariann //Lejon lejon tjipp tjipp tjipp// one, two three! If you have this in any other language, even another SCandinavian version, please post it, I'm always happy for new versions to my collection! |
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19 Jul 14 - 04:30 PM (#3643486) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme From: GUEST Similar beat to the Belgian Guillaume, le méchant homme, qui a tué un million d'hommes, Sa femme, la Béatrice, qui est la Reine des souris. Elle mange des pots d'orange, et des saucisses a la sauce blanche. Le dimanche, en robe blanche, le samedi en bikini Ouistitit! Possibly a memory of William the Bastard... |
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19 Jul 14 - 10:17 PM (#3643533) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme-So macaroni From: Joe Offer Hi, Collector - Can't say I'm familiar With the rhyme, but I did find some interesting pages for you to check out:
-Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor- |
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15 Feb 16 - 02:46 PM (#3772942) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme-So macaroni From: GUEST,Guest Australian Hello, I just came across your post after searching on the net for the English version of this rhyme that I remember from my childhood in the lates 80's. I remember in Australia, we sang: Sa Makaro Sa Ferio mario, mario Hey, hey, dipdipdip Hey, hey, dipdipdip One, Two, Three! |
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11 Jun 19 - 06:02 PM (#3996032) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme-So macaroni From: GUEST In Scotland in the 80s I remember: Oh Marie oh Marie Oh see Tony Wee macaroni A-o a-o ti ti ti A-o a-o ti ti ti One... Two... Three... |
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13 Jun 19 - 08:51 AM (#3996220) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme-So macaroni From: GUEST,Richard Robinson I don't know any Brit. versions, but I know of a Swedish one - Filarfolket, a very fine Swedish band of the 80s/90s, recorded an album of kids' play songs from southern Sweden, Hönsafötter gulerötter, which has a version of this (with the "one, two, three" in English, I notice). As well as being on topic, it's a tremendous recording, great music, loads of fun. (it was rereleased on CD, but I can't see any links to that). |
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13 Jun 19 - 09:37 AM (#3996234) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme-So macaroni From: John MacKenzie Eena meena macka racka was discussed on here some time ago https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=47148 |
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16 Apr 21 - 08:12 PM (#4102466) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme-So macaroni From: GUEST Yes, from a rural area in the midwestern united states we had something like this. Shay macaro, shay macaroni Mario, Mario, Ley-o Ley-o taptaptap Ley-o Ley-o taptaptap One two three |
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27 Feb 22 - 06:54 AM (#4137953) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme-So macaroni From: GUEST Played in Australia in the early 90s Our version went: So macorosso Eyrios Marios Marios Eyo eyo dim dim dim Eyo eyo dim dim dim One two three |
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01 Mar 22 - 05:24 PM (#4138127) Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids' clapping game rhyme-So macaroni From: Mrrzy I just want to report that my screen truncated the thread title so I thought is was So macabre. Was looking forward to that content! |