• Children's Folk Rhyme

    From Ian Jackson@21:1/5 to Rowland Whittet on Wed Nov 11 14:37:40 2020
    In message <0840fac5-c5eb-47c3-96b4-89e3988ae050n@googlegroups.com>,
    Rowland Whittet <rswhittet@gmail.com> writes
    On Saturday, December 18, 1993 at 8:54:00 AM UTC-5, Scott Utley wrote:
    EC-SE>From: ela...@annis.uk.sun.com (Elaine Charlson - Sun EIS)
    EC-SE>Organization: Sun Microsystems (UK)
    EC-SE>@Reply-To: ela...@annis.uk.sun.com
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    EC-SE>In article J...@netcom.com, ze...@netcom.com (Roy M. Randall) writes: >> EC-SE>>Thanks to all who responded.
    EC-SE>>
    EC-SE>>I remember reading about a book on the subject of such rhymes years >> ago.
    EC-SE>>I think that the author's basic premise was that such rhymes and games
    EC-SE>>represent a true folk tradition. The interesting thing is that
    such EC-SE>>rhymes are usually taught to children by other children.
    Publication #20 of the American Folklore Society:
    Jump-Rope Rhymes by Roger Abrahams TEXAS:1969
    My children have always been able to identify a few, the index is by
    first line

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    Three six nine, the Goose drank wine, the Monkey chewed tobacco on the
    street Frauline,
    the line broke, the Monkey got choked, they all came together, you
    should have seen it bloke!

    I remember it was in the 'top hundred' (?) about 40 years ago - and I
    actually remembered the words of this version correctly. https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=3149

    Three, Six, Nine, The Goose Drank Wine
    Hand Clapping Rhyme

    Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine.
    The monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line.
    The line broke
    The monkey got choked
    And they all went to heaven in a little row boat!
    --
    Ian

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  • From Rowland Whittet@21:1/5 to Scott Utley on Wed Nov 11 06:20:01 2020
    On Saturday, December 18, 1993 at 8:54:00 AM UTC-5, Scott Utley wrote:
    EC-SE>From: ela...@annis.uk.sun.com (Elaine Charlson - Sun EIS) EC-SE>Organization: Sun Microsystems (UK)
    EC-SE>@Reply-To: ela...@annis.uk.sun.com
    EC-SE>@Message-ID: <2eko9o$c...@uk-usenet.uk.sun.com>

    EC-SE>In article J...@netcom.com, ze...@netcom.com (Roy M. Randall) writes: EC-SE>>Thanks to all who responded.
    EC-SE>>
    EC-SE>>I remember reading about a book on the subject of such rhymes years ago.
    EC-SE>>I think that the author's basic premise was that such rhymes and games EC-SE>>represent a true folk tradition. The interesting thing is that
    such EC-SE>>rhymes are usually taught to children by other children. Publication #20 of the American Folklore Society:
    Jump-Rope Rhymes by Roger Abrahams TEXAS:1969
    My children have always been able to identify a few, the index is by
    first line

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    Three six nine, the Goose drank wine, the Monkey chewed tobacco on the street Frauline,
    the line broke, the Monkey got choked, they all came together, you should have seen it bloke!

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to Ian Jackson on Fri Nov 13 21:12:11 2020
    On Nov 11, 2020, Ian Jackson wrote
    (in article <9k2bf4J0c$qfFwiL@brattleho.plus.com>):

    In message<0840fac5-c5eb-47c3-96b4-89e3988ae050n@googlegroups.com>,
    Rowland Whittet <rswhittet@gmail.com> writes
    On Saturday, December 18, 1993 at 8:54:00 AM UTC-5, Scott Utley wrote:
    EC-SE>From: ela...@annis.uk.sun.com (Elaine Charlson - Sun EIS) EC-SE>Organization: Sun Microsystems (UK)
    EC-SE>@Reply-To: ela...@annis.uk.sun.com EC-SE>@Message-ID:<2eko9o$c...@uk-usenet.uk.sun.com>

    EC-SE>In article J...@netcom.com, ze...@netcom.com (Roy M. Randall) writes:
    EC-SE>>Thanks to all who responded.
    EC-SE>>
    EC-SE>>I remember reading about a book on the subject of such rhymes years
    ago.
    EC-SE>>I think that the author's basic premise was that such rhymes and games
    EC-SE>>represent a true folk tradition. The interesting thing is that such EC-SE>>rhymes are usually taught to children by other children. Publication #20 of the American Folklore Society:
    Jump-Rope Rhymes by Roger Abrahams TEXAS:1969
    My children have always been able to identify a few, the index is by first line

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    Three six nine, the Goose drank wine, the Monkey chewed tobacco on the street Frauline,
    the line broke, the Monkey got choked, they all came together, you
    should have seen it bloke!

    I remember it was in the 'top hundred' (?) about 40 years ago - and I actually remembered the words of this version correctly. https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=3149

    Three, Six, Nine, The Goose Drank Wine
    Hand Clapping Rhyme

    Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine.
    The monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line.
    The line broke
    The monkey got choked
    And they all went to heaven in a little row boat!

    Tom Waits quotes it in his song Clap Hands.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “And the cart is on a wheel/And the wheel is on a hill/And the hill is shifting sand/And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)

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