Talk:Clapping game

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Examples

Shame Shame Shame I dont want to go to Mexico no more more more There’s a big fat police man at the door door door He will open the door He will pee on the floor I don’t want to go to Mexico no more more more Shame

Shame Shame Shame I don't want to go to Mexico no more more more Theres a big fat police man at my door door door He grabbed me by the collar He made me pay a dollar I don't want to go to Mexico no more more more — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proffesionaldoctor10178 (talk • contribs) 19:23, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shame Shame Shame I don’t want to go to Mexico no more more There's a cute boy standing at the door door door He will grab you by the hips Kiss you on the lips

I don’t wanna go to Mexico no more more more

Shame Shame Shame I don't wanna go to Mexico no more more more There's a real, big tiger at the door door door He will grab you by the collar and make you scream and dollar I don't wanna go to Mexico no more more more Shame

Shame Remix Shame shame shame...HIT IT! That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it uh huh (say that 2 times) See my pinkie see my thumb see my fists you better run.

Chicken and Rice and Mashed Potatoes!

Uno dos siete: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?"He Said Close Your Eyes And Count To Five!

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

"I'm alive on channel 5 Skoobedo on channel 3

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 james 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, Shimmee shimmee cocoa pop, shimmee shimmee pow. he gave me a bowl the bowl was crap so he gave me a smack 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!"

My Family

My mummy is a baker, yummy yummy,big fat tummy My daddy is a trash man, smelly smelly smelly smelly My sister is a show-off, do you like it, do you like it My brother is a thicko, what's that,what's that? It is a piece of 💩 poop

~or~

My mommy is a baker, yummy yummy, fat tummy My daddy is a dentist, gummy gummy, gummy gummy My sister is a show-off, (blow kisses four times) My brother is a cowboy, BANG BANG, You're dead Fifty bullets in your head, one here, and one there, and one went down your UNDERWEAR!

Another variant is to use your own family!

Australian Clapping Game

Country girls are pretty
Lay them in the grass
Start at the ankles
And work up to the head

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

I hate u, I hate u
U don't know me
I know u

Rockin' Robins (Swing Song)

tweet, tweet, tweet to the rhythm of the beat
We're gonna rock in the tree tops all day long -
Huffin' and a'puffin' and a'singin' that song!
All the little children on Jaybird 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' rice!
Papa's down-staris shotting dice !
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!

mama in the kitchen, burnin that rice
papa on the corner, shootin that dice
brothers in jail,raisin up hell
sisters sellin' fruit cocktail

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

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 50 cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
Jump over the fence, fence, fence
She jumped so high, high, high
She touched the sky, sky, sky
And never came back back 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:

Ms. Sue

Ms. Sue, Ms. Sue
Ms. Sue from Alabama
She came from indiana
Mommas having a baby
Daddy’s going crazy
If it’s a boy I’ll give it a toy
if It’s a girl I’ll give it a curl
Wrap it up in toilet paper
Shoot it down the elevator
First floor stop 🛑 second floor stop 🛑 third floor you better watch out cus the elevator broke down

===Ms. Sue=== (alternate on LI, NY)
Ms. Sue (2 claps) Ms Sue (2 claps)
Ms. Sue from Alabama, her real name's Suzy Anna
Sitting on a rocker, chewing on her underwear, wish she had another pair
Watching the clocker going
Tick Tock Tick Tock, banana rock
Tick Tock Tick Tock, banana rock
ABCDEFG, Wash those spots right off of me
HIJKLMNOP, I got plastic surgery
Moocha Moocha, I know karate (pose)
Moocha Moocha, I love my mommy (hug)
Moocha Moocha, oops! I'm sorry! (push opponent as hard as you can)
Moocha Moocha freeze! Whoever moves is American cheese! (first to move - even an eye twitch or a blink loses!)

=== Ms. Sue (PA Version) ===
Ms. Sue from Alabama Alaska Nebraska (regular clapping, clapping each others hands)
Sitting in a rocking chair eating baby crackers (put hands to your mouth and pretend to eat the crackers)
and watching the clock go (move arms back and forth sorta like windshield washers)
tick tock tick tock fanally ally
tick tock tick tock fanally ally
A B C D E F G Wipe those crumbs right off of me (Clap for each letter, then wipe off your lap to remove the "crumbs")
Mooshga Mooshga Mooshga Freeze (place hands together with interlaced fingers, palms open and faced away from you, clap hands with the other person, then for Freeze, form a fake gun towards the other person)

Now let's do it in Chinese (normal clapping game style clapping with the other person)
I went to a Chinese Bakery
to buy a load of bread bread bread (clap both hands together with the other person on each "bread")
He put it in the oven
and this is what he said said said (clap both hands together with the other person on each "said")
My name is K I Pickle I
Pickle I K I
Chinese Chopsticks
Walla Walla Whiskey
Chow, Pow, Oww (praying hands and bow, right hands fake punch the other persons left eye, left hand to cover left eye, on each word)
Milk my purple cow (one person arranges their hands so their fingers are interlaced, palms outwards from them, and their thumbs are down, the other person "milks" the "udders" (the thumbs) of the other person's hands)
Meow! (run fingers backwards over cheeks (whiskers) then place fingers as ears for the cat on their head in upside down V's)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:122D:4069:AC94:180A:4298:9E10 (talk) 14:39, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

===Ms. Sue === (Midwestern Version)

Ms. Sue (2 claps)
Ms. Sue (2 claps)

(Begin clapping hands across body. Person A's right hand claps with Person's B's right hand.. etc)
Ms. Sue from Alabama, Alaska, Nebraska.
Was sitting in a rocking chair
Eatin' Betty Crocker.

(Put your hands together like you're praying and move your wrists like a clock's arms. Tilt you head as you say and do it.)
Watching the clock go
tick- tock- tick - tock
banana-wana
(point at your head, and move your fingers around in circles.)

tick tock tick tock (repeat 'clock hands')
banana-wana (repeat 'crazy hands')

A-B-C-D-E-F-G (poke at own chest)
Wipe those crumbs right off me me.(wipe off crumbs)
I bet you can't (waggle finger at opponent)
I bet you can't (repeat finger waggle)
I bet you can't (repeat finger waggle)

FREEZE! (both freeze. First to move loses)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.94.138 (talk) 18:52, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Sue (Macon Georgia Version)

Miss Sue (Clap Clap)
Miss Sue (Clap Clap)
Miss Sue from Louisiana,
Her real name Suzy Anna
Shaka-boom Shaka-boom Shaka boom boom boom.
Mamma in the kitchen,
Cookin' fried chicken.
Daddy in bed,
Halfway dead.
Sister at school,
Acting like a fool.
Brother in jail,
Drinking Ginger Ale.
(place hands on legs and cross them)
Boom chika wow wow,
Boom tik tok.
Boom chika wow wow,
Momma says stop!!
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.220.83.236 (talk) 06:11, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Moo (southeast Wales, UK version circa 1986, sung to music)

Miss Moo (clap clap clap))
Miss Moo (clap clap clap)
Miss Moo from out of space,
Rocking in a rocking chair
Eating candy floss
Watching the clock go tick tock tick tock bananarama
Tick tock tick tock bananarama
A B C D E F G
Watching the stars jump out of me
Moonshine moonshine moonshine FREEZE! Vashti (talk) 01:42, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This one is interesting, it has the same hand movements as the Midwest version above, and "Bananarama" is clearly a British 80s adaptation of "banana-wana", but it also has the moonshine part from the Appalachian version listed here. Vashti (talk) 01:48, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Moo (Australian version 1, cited here)

MISS MOO
Miss Moo (Clap, clap, clap) Miss Moo (clap, clap, clap)
Miss Moo (clap) from California (clap)
She's sitting on the dunny
Watching Bugs Bunny

Miss Moo (Australian version 2, same citation)

Miss Mop (clap, clap, clap)
Miss Mop (clap, clap, clap)
Miss Mop from California,
Sitting in a tree,
Eating KFC*, (*Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Watching the clock go tick, tock, tick tock chawalla, (point upwards, move arms side to side)
Tick, tock, tick tock chawalla, (point upwards, move arms side to side)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
Washing my knickers on my knee. (rub hands up and down thighs)
A-booshka, a- booshka, a- booshka,
FREEZE!

Vashti (talk) 20:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There's a two-part blog series here and here which has several more examples and concludes that the rhyme originated in the African-American community as "Miss Sue from Alabama". Vashti (talk) 20:46, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Suzy

Miss Suzy lost her money
She called the bank to help, (ring ring)
Miss Suzy went to heaven the
Teller went to the dumpster there he saw a turd...

Hello operator
Please give me number nine
And if you disconnect me
I will chop off your...

Behind the 'fridgerator
There was a piece of glass
Miss Suzy sat upon it
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
The bees are in the park
Miss Suzy 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 underware my mommie puts on me My mother is Godzilla My father is King Kong My brother is the stupid one Who made me sing this song

--OR--

Ms. Suzy had a tugboat her tugboat had a bell [ ding ding] ms. suzy went to heaven her tugboat went to hello operator give me number nine and if yyou disconnect me ill paddle your behind the fridgerator sat a peice of glass ms. suzy sat upon it and broke her big fat ask me no more questions tell me no more lies the boys are in the bathroom zipping up their flies are in the madow the bees are in the park ms.suzy and her boyfriends are kissing in the D-A-R-K D-A-R-K Dark dark dark The dark is like a movie a movies like a show a show is like t.v. and thats not all i know i know my mom i know i know my dad my sister is the one with a hundered acre bra my mom is godzilla my dad is kingkong my brother is the stupid one who taught me this dumb song!

Different ending:
Ms. Suzy and her boyfriend are kissing in the D.A.R.K. D.A.R.K. dark dark dark,
i know i know my mother, i know i know my pop, i know i know my sister - with the 14 acre bra bra bra

Different ending:
ms.suzy and her boyfriend
are kissing in the
D-A-R-K
Dark is like a movie
a movie's like a show
a show is like a commercial
and that is all I know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sabrinahope (talk • contribs) 03:49, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

==Another version==
Miss Suzy had a tug boat
her tugboat had a bell
Miss Suzy went to heaven,
her steamboat went to
hello operator
please give me number 9
and if you disconnect me
i'll kick you from behind
the fridgerator
there was a piece of glass
Miss Suzy slipped upon it
and broke her big fat
ask me no more questions
tell me no more lies
the boys are in the bathroom
zipping up their
flies are in the city
bees are in the park
ms suzy and her boyfriend
are kissing in the dark
darker than the ocean
darker than the sea
darker than the big fat cat
chasing after me me me

(Also could be, "darker than the black boy chasing after me me me" or "darker than the black panties that my mommy gave to me me me")
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:122D:4069:AC94:180A:4298:9E10 (talk) 14:47, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My Auntie Anna

My Auntie Anna plays the pia-na
24 hours a day SPLIT!

First you stand opposite your partner then use your right hand to clap against your partner's right hand then hands together and keep on repeating until you say SPLIT! Then you split your legs. The first person to fall down 'loses.' It can also be played in a circle by clapping your hands together and against your neighbour's.

Playmate

Say Say Oh play mate
Come out and play with me.
And bring your dollies three,
Climb up my apple tree.
Slide down my rainbow,
Into my cellar door,
And we'll be jolly friends
Forever more more more more more!

So sorry playmate,
I cannot play with you.
My dolly has the flu,
She’ll cry boo hoo hoo hoo.
Ain’t got no rain barrel,
Ain’t got no cellar door.
But we’ll be jolly friends.
Forever more more more more more!

One of your palms face up and the other down( same as your partner)clap together then against each other (push) and then your hands together. Repeat.

Mama Mama can't you see: Mama Mama can't you see What the baby's done to me Took away my MTV Now I'm watching dumb Barney Tic-Tac-Toe three in a row Barney got shot by G.I Joe Mama called the doctor and the doctor said Don't stop clapping till your hands get red.

Cherry Cherry ding-dong

Cherry Cherry Ding dong Oops I'm sorry (hit forehead)

Cherry Cherry Ding Dong

Cherry Cherry Ding dong I'm telling mommy (turn around cross arms) Cherry cherry ding dong I know karote Cherry cherry diby dong My dad's in the army Crisscross applesauce, if you cross you know you lost (crisscross your arms, by the end if your arms are crossed "you know you lost")

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,

she tied him to the heater,

every time he turned around,

he burned his big fat butt

Peter, peter, pumpkin eater,

had a wife but couldn't keep her,

so he put her in a shot gun shell,

and shot her all the way to...

Hello operator, give me number nine,

if you disconnect me,

I'll kick you in the...

Behind the iron curtain,

there was a piece of glass,

when Mary sat upon it,

she hurt her little...

Ask me no more questions,

I'll tell you no more lies,

and that's the end of Mary,

and her little l-l-l-lies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.85.208.217 (talk) 09:13, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]