Clapping game

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A clapping game is type of usually cooperative (ie non-competitive) game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping.

The template of a standard clapping game is for the participants to clap each other's hand(s), as well as perform other actitivies such as thigh slapping, in a rhythmic fashion while reciting a rhyme. The clapping pattern is often improvised. The rhyme is very similar to a jump-rope rhyme.

[edit] The clapping games

There are a variety of distinct clapping games, each of which is performed or played in various versions found in different areas and times and often according to ethnicity. For example Hello, Operator may be called Missy Susie or Lucy and may contain, omit, or vary verses or specific lines.

[edit] Hello, Operator/Miss Lucy

"Miss Lucy" is "a provocative game that includes all kinds of sexual innuendos about boys and having babies" and features "the linguistic play of double entendres and elisions created when certain syllables and words are just about to mean something sexual or scatological and then they suddenly shift into some benign reference," making "'Miss Lucy' (the game and idea of a woman) fun and sexy to play with" (Gaunt 2006, p.23):

Mi-ss...

Lu-cy had a ba-by (clap clap)

She named it Tiny Tim (clap clap)

She put him in the bath-tub (clap clap)

To see if he could swim (clap clap)...

(ibid, p.23)

And later:

Be-hind the elevator (clap clap)

There was a piece of glass (clap clap)

Miss Lu-cy fell upon it and it went straight up her

Ask me no more questions (clap clap)

I'll tell you no more lies (clap clap)

The boys are in the bathroom (clap clap) pulling up their

Fly me to the O-cean (clap clap)...

(ibid, p.23-24)

A more complete variation:

• Miss Lucy had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell (Toot, Toot), Miss Lucy went to Heaven, the steamboat went to Hell-o operator please give me number nine, If you disconnect me, I'll kick you from Behind the 'fridgerator there was a piece of glass, Miss Lucy sat upon it went right up her ass-k me no more questions, I'll give you no more lies, the boys are in the bathroom pulling down their Flies are in the meadow, the bees are in the park, Miss Lucy and her boyfriend are kissing in the D-A-R-K D-A-R-K, DARK, DARK, DARK, Dark is like a movie, a movie's like a show, a show is like a TV show, and that is all I know. I really know my mother, I really know my father, I really know my sister - my mother is Godzilla, my father is King Kong, My sister is the stupid one who made up this whole song!

Another complete version:

Miss…Lu-cy had a baby, She named it Tiny Tim, She put him in the bath-tub, To see if he could swim, Miss Lucy had a steamboat the steamboat had a bell, Miss Lucy went to Heaven, the steamboat went to Hell- O operator please give me number nine, And if you disconnect me I’ll kick from, Be-hind the elevator, There was a piece of glass, Miss Lucy fell upon it and it went straight up her, Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies, The boys are in the bathroom, zipping up their, Flies are in the city, the bees are in the park, Miss Lucy and her boyfriend are kissing in the DARK, DARK, Dark is like a movie, a movie's like a show, a show is like a TV show, and that is all I know, I know my mother, I know I know my father, I know I know my sister with the 40 acre bra! my mommy is godzilla, my daddy is king kong, my brother is the stupid one who made up this dumb song! A song is like a rhythm, a rhythm's like a beat, a beet is like a vegetable that no one likes to eat!

Another complete version:

Miss Susie had a steamboat the steamboat had a bell (toot toot) The steamboat when to heaven Miss Susie went to Hello operator please give me number nine and if you disconnect me I kick you in the Behind the fridgerator there was a piece of glass Miss Susie sat upon it and broke her little Ask me no more questions Tell me no more lies The boys are in the bathroom zipping up their Flies are in the meadow Bees are in the park Miss Susie and her boyfriend are kissing in the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, DARK, DARK, DARK! Darker than the ocean, darker than the sea Darker than the black boy who just kissed me.

Variants include:

• Miss Susie had a steamboat... D-A-R-K D-A-R-K D-A-R-K Dark! Dark is like a movie a movie's like a show, a show is on the TV and that is all I know, I know my Ma, I know I know my Pa, I know I know my sister with the 18hour bra.

• Miss Susie had a steamboat...Miss Susie and her boyfriend are kissing in the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, DARK, DARK! Darker than the ocean, darker than the sea. Darker than the black bra my mother puts on me!

• Miss Susy had a steamboat...D-A-R-K D-A-R-K DARK, DARK, DARK! Darker than the ocean, darker than the sea, darker than the underwear my mother puts on me!

• Miss Susie had a steamboat...D-A-R-K D-A-R-K, dark, dark, dark is like a movie, a movie's like a show, a show is like a TV show, and that is all I know I know my ma, I know I know my pa, I know I know my sister with the 40 acre bra! My mom (mother) is godzilla, my dad (father) is king kong, my brother is the stupid one who made up this dumb song! A song is like a rhythm, a rhythm's like a beat, a beet is like a vegetable that no one likes to eat!

• Miss Susie had a steamboat...D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, dark, dark, dark is like a movie, a movie's like a show, a show is like a TV show and that is all I know, I know my ma, I know i know my pa, I know I know my sister with the eighty dollar bra! My ma gave me a nickel, my pa gave me a dime, my sister gave me a boyfriend, whose name was frankenstein! He made me do the dishes, he made me mop the floor, he made me do his underwear, so I kicked him out the door. I kicked him over London, I kicked him over France, I kicked him to Hawaii where he learned the hula dance!

• Miss Susie had a steamboat...My ma gave me a nickel, my pa gave me a dime, my sis gave me a boyfriend who kissed me all the time! He kissed me over London, he kissed me over France, he kissed me over Disney World without his underpants! I kicked him over London, I kicked him over France, I kicked him over Disney World without his underpants! My ma took back her nickel, my pa took back his dime, my sis took back the boyfriend who kissed me all the time!

• Miss Lucy had a steamboat,

the steamboat had a bell

once she pulled the wrong cord

and blew us all to . . .

• Miss Susie had a turtle,

she named it Tiny Tim.

she put him in the toilet

to see if he could swim.

He swam down to the bottom.

He swam up to the top.

Miss Susie got so excited

that she flushed him down the pot!

Miss Susie had a baby she named him Tiny Tim she put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim he drank up all the water he ate up all the soap he tried to eat the bathtub but it wouldn't go down his throat Miss Susie called the doctor miss susie called the nusre miss susie called the lady with the aligator purse in walked the doctor in walked the nurse in walked the lady with the aligator purse mumps said the doctor measles said the nurse chickenpocs said the lady with the aligator purse out walked the doctor out walked the nurse out walked the lady with the baby in her purse

[edit] My mother your mother...

My daddy your daddy lives down the street, 18, 19 Marbell Street! Every night they have a fight And this is what they sound like Boys go to Jupiter To get more stupider Girls go to mars, To be rock stars

My mother your mother lived across the street; 1819 Boulevard Street; and every night they have a fight and this is how it goes: Boys are rotton, made out of cotton; Girls are dandy, made out of candy; Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider; Girls go to Mars, to get more candy bars ...itsy bitsy soda pop, itsy bitsy boo; itsy bitsy soda pop--I love you!

My mother your mother lives across the street 18, 19 Blueberry St. Every night we had a fight and this is what it sounds like: Boys are rotton made out of cotton, Girls are sexy made out of Pepsi Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider Girls go to Mars to be movie stars. ink-a-bota ink-a-bota ink-a-bota boo ink-a-bota ink-a-bota I love you! "(pointing to heaven) ink-a-bota ink-a-bota ink-a-bota boo, ink-a-bota ink-a-bota I hate you! (pointing to hell)

One player begins: My mother and your mother were hanging up clothes; my mother punched your mother right in the nose. What color was the blood? (A color is named by the other player, and is spelled out while clapping. Then the other player starts the rhyme).

• to the tune of the shrek song*

    Someone told me the world was macaroni so i took a bite out of a tree
    It tasted kinda funky so i spit it at a monkey
    And the monkey got mad at me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[edit] Boys are... (from The Hot Chick)

Boys are cheats and liars they're such a big disgrace they will tell you anything to get to second base--ball, baseball he thinks he's gonna score if you let him go all the way, then you are a hor--ticulturist studies flowers, archeologist studies tut all he really likes is your big butt--erflies, beatles, and bugs nothing makes him happier than a giant pair of jug--glers and acrobats and some porn star anda dancing bear named chuck all guys really want to do is--forget it,and no such luck.

~~or~~

Boys are cheats and liars they're such a big disgrace they will tell you anything to get to second base--ball, baseball he thinks he's gonna score if you let him go all the way, then you are a hor--ticulturist studies flowers, geologist studies rocks the only thing he wants from you a place to put his cock-aroaches, beetles, butterflies, and bugs nothing makes him happier than a giant pair of jug--glers and acrobats and a dancing bear named chuck all guys really want to do is--forget it, no such luck.

Boys are cheats and liars, They’re such a big disgrace, They will tell you anything To get to second base-

-ball, baseball, He thinks he's gonna score, If you let him go all the way Then you are a h*re-

-ticulturists study flowers, Geologists study rocks, The only thing a guy wants from you Is a place to put his cock-

-roaches, beetles, Butterflies, and bugs, Nothing makes him happier Than a giant pair of jug-

-lers and acrobats And dancing bears named chuck, All boys want to do is... Forget it no such luck.

[edit] Apple on a stick...

apple on a stick, makes me sick

makes my heart beat 2 -46

not because its dirty, not because its clean.

not because i kiss the boys behind the magazine

boys, boys have all the fun

here comes insert name here with a pickle up their bum

S/He can wiggle

S/He can wobble

S/He do the splits

But i betcha 10 bucks they cant do this! close your eyes and count to 10 if you muck it up your a big fat hen! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. You didn't muck it up so we're best friends!

• Apple on a stick; makes me sick; makes my heart go 246; not because you're dirty; and not because you're clean; not because you kiss a boy behind a magazine; boys boys having fun; along came a teacher with a big fat bum; she can wiggle; she can wobble; and do the splits I bet ya; I bet ya she can't do this; close your eyes and count to ten; if you mess it up you're a big fat hen; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; you're a big fat hen!'

apples on a stick just make me sick

they make my heart beat 2,4,6

not because im dirty, not because im clean

just because i kissed a boy behind a magazine

hey girls lets have some fun

here comes johnny with his pants undone

he can wobble he can spit

he can even do a split

but i betcha ten dollars he can't do this

close your eyes and count to ten

and if you mess up start all over again!

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10... (keep going until you mess up)

apple on a stick it gotta make me sick

it makes my heart go 246

not becoz im dirty not becoz im clean

not becoz i kiss my boyfren on a magazine

girls and bois, close ur eyes

close ur eyes and count to 10

if u cannot do it you are a big fat hen

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

big fat hen, ar big fat hen

big... fat... HEN !!! (sissors paper stone action)

Alternate Version

Apple on a stick, makes me sick.
Makes my heart beat 246.
Not because your dirty, not because your clean
Just because you kissed a boy behind a magazines
Boys, Boys have a lot of fun
Here comes a lady with a sausage up her bum
She can wibble, she can wobble, she can even do the splits
But I betcha ten bucks that she cant do this
Close your eyes and count to ten
If you muck it up your not my friend
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
You didn't/did muck it up so youre still/not my friend!!

Another Version:
Apples on a stick just make me sick,
Makes my heart go 2-46,
Not beacause I'm dirty,
Not because I'm clean,
Just because I kissed a boy behind a magazine!
Hey girls! Wanna have some fun?
Here comes (insert boy's name here) with a mini skirt on!
He can wiggle,
He can wobble,
He can do the splits
But I bet ya five bucks he can't do this:
Close his eyes and count to ten: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

Here's another version:...
Apple sticky, makes me sicky
Makes my heart go 2 4 60,
Hey girl/boy wanna have a fight?
Not because you're dirty, not because you're clean,
Not because you kissed a boy/girl behind a magazine,
Here comes (insert friends name here) with her/his skirt/jeans up tight
I bet you can't stand with (eyes closed, sitting, arms behind your back, standing on one leg)
Repeat, then person who had to do some of the things previously stated, tells another person to do something!

Yet another version:
Apple on a stick , makes me sick
Makes my heart go 2-46
Not because I'm dirty, not because I'm clean
Not because I kiss the boy behind the magazine
Hey girls/boys how 'bout a fight
Here comes Johnny/Sally with his/her pants on tight
S/He can wiggle,
He can wobble,
He can do the twist,
but best of all he can kiss like this, like this
Bet ya ten dollars you can't count to ten,
If you mess up gotta kiss your boy/girlfriend.
(People close eyes) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ,10

Another virsion
Appels on a stick
Make me sick
Make my heart go 2-46
not because i'm clean, not because i'm dirty
not because i kissed a boy behind a magazine
Hey girls, look over there here comes (add name of a boy) in his underwear
He can wibble, he can wobble, he can do the twist
But i bet ya 20 dollars that he can't do this
Close you eyes and count to ten, and if ya mess up you gotta kiss you boyfriend; 1,2,etc.

[edit] (Chicken and Rice!)

I met my boyfriend at the candy store

He bought me ice cream, he bought me cake

He brought me home with a bellyache

I said, "Momma, Momma, I feel sick,

Call the doctor quick, quick, quick!"

"Doctor, Doctor, will I die?"

"Close your eyes and count to five!"

(1, 2, 3, 4, 5...)

"I'm alive!"

See that house on toppa that hill?

That's where me and my boyfriend live.

Cookin' that chicken, burnin' that rice,

C'mon baby let's shoot some dice!

The first part (Uno, dos, siete) is done by both people linking their pinkies, but crossed. So, one person's left pinkie is with the other person's right, and so on. Each word, you cross the pinkies over and under. The next part (I said an east, a west) is done "individually". When "east" and "west" and said, each person puts their right hand on their left shoulder and their left hand on their right shoulder, respectively. The rest of the handclap is done by a fast tempo. When time comes for "quick, quick, quick", the clapping is quick so each word gets a clap, do it with both hands.

Charlie Brown Went Downtown I went downtown to see Charlie Brown, he gave me a nickel, to buy a pickle, but the pickle was sour, so he gave me a flower, the flower was dead so this is what he said "Down down baby, down by the rollercoaster, sweet sweet baby, never going to let you go, just because I kissed you doesn't mean I love you. Shimmee shimmee cocoa pop, shimmee shimmee lollypop. I know karate, show off my body, (bump into friend) oops! I'm sorry

A Slightly Different Version of Charlie Brown

I went downtown to see Charlie Brown.

He gave me a nickel so I bought myself a pickel.

The pickle was sour so I bought myself a flower.

The flower was dead so I said,

"Down, down, baby, down by the roller coaster."

Just because I kissed ya, doesn't mean I love ya."

Sugar, sugar cocoa puff! Sugar, sugar pow wow!"

Sugar, sugar cocoa puff! Sugar, sugar pow wow!"

[edit] My Family

My mommy is a baker, yummy yummy, fat tummy My daddy is a dentist, gummy gummy, gummy gummy My sister is a show-off, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na My brother is a cowboy, BANG BANG, Fifty bullets in your head, turn around, touch the ground, YOU'RE DEAD!

Another variant is to use your own family!

[edit] Australian Clapping Game

Auntie Mary had a canary
She also had a duck
Took it behind the kitchen door
And taught it how to fry its eggs for dinner
Fry its eggs for tea
The more you drink
The more you eat
The more you want to...
Pe-ter had a sailing boat
And it began to rock
Up came Jaws and bit of his...
Cock-tail, ginger ale
Forty cents a glass
If you don't like it then shove it up your...
Ask no questions
Tell no lies
I saw a China man doing up his...
Flies are bad
Mosquitos are worse
And this is the end of this dirty little verse!

[edit] Rockin' Robins (Swing Song)

Swing, swing, swing on a hot summer day! Hey, Hey!
Rockin' in the tree tops all day long -
Huffin' and a'puffin' and a'singin' that song!
All the little children on Daybird Street -
Love to hear the Robins go, "Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!"

Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Oh, Rockin' Robins' gonna really really rock, tonight!

Mama's in the kitchen, cookin' fried chicken!
Daddy's in bed, and that is all she said!
Sister's in school, actin' like a fool!
Brother's in jail, drinkin' ginger ale!

Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Oh, Rockin' Robins' gonna really really rock, tonight!

Batman and Robin, flyin' through the air!
Batman lost his underwear!
Batman said, "I don't care...
My momma's gonna buy me another pair!"

Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Rockin' Robins! "Tweet - tweedleet!"
Oh, Rockin' Robins' gonna really really rock, tonight!

[edit] Miss Mary Mack

Miss Mary Mack, mack, mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
She asked her mother, mother, mother
for 15 cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
Jump over the fence, fence, fence
They jumped so high, high, high
They touched the sky, sky, sky
And never come back 'till the 4th of July, ly, ly!

You first start out with crossing your right hand on your left shoulder and your left hand your right shoulder, then you slap your thighs and clap your hands, then you clap your partners hands (your right to her right, then her left to your left) 3 times and then you repeat crossing your arms and so on until you have finished the song.

The one from White is For Magic differs. It says:

Miss Mary Mack,Mack,Mack,
All dressed in black,black,black,
she has a knife,knife,knife,
stuck in her back,back,back,
she cannot breath,breath,breath,
she cannot cry,cry,cry,
that's why she begs,begs,begs,
she begs to die,die,die.

[edit] Miss Suzie

Oooh...
Miss Suzie had a Steamboat, the steamboat had a bell!
Miss Suzie went to heaven and the steamboat went to -
Hello operator, give me number nine!
And if you disconnect me, I'll break off your -

Behind the 'fridgerator, there sat a piece of glass
Miss Suzie sat upon it, and stabbed her in the -
Ask me no more questions, tell me no more lies
The boys are in the bathroom, pulling up their -

Flies are in the city, the bees are in the park
Miss Suzie and her boyfriend, and kissing in the

D-A-R-K! D-A-R-K! DARK, DARK, DARK!

Darker than the ocean, darker than the sea!
Darker than the underpants my mother puts on me!

Miss Suzie saw the market
And felt though she could spit
She tripped over the apple stand
And fell in puppy -

"Shitaki mushrooms are in stock,
But were short another hand"
Miss Suzie wanted mushrooms bad
And said real loudly -

Damsel in distress
That's her sister's name
She got punished in the talent show
And this is who she blames:

My mother is God
My Father is King Kong
Miss Suzie is my bigger sis
Who taught me this whole song!

[edit] Games with articles of their own

• Mary Mack
• Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
• Stella Ella Ola

[edit] Source

• Gaunt, Kyra D. (2006). The Games Black Girls Play. ISBN 0-8147-3120-1.

[edit] External links

• Educational CyberPlayGround hosts the National Children's Folksong Repository. — Record Children's playground songs and chants. You can save your jumprope songs, using your phones or computers. Everyone can submit their songs and chants into the database so that they can collect and save our cultural history. Using the internet and technology allows you to record your personal knowledge. This is your contribution.
• StreetPlay.com > Clap and Rhyme