FTX-179 - MICKEY MOUSE BUILT A HOUSE

PLAYGROUND GAMES - Co Kerry

More than 40 rhyme-games including 3 for "Counting-out" and 2 for skipping - recorded by Father Damian Webb at Tralee 1975. Many are variants of those well- known in England & Scotland - such as the Irish version of ROMAN SOLDIERS, DUSTY BLUEBELLS, GYPSY RIDING, NUTS IN MAY and THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE. Others show refreshing spontaneity and creative artistry in the use of popular songs.

1. Counting-out Rhymes: (a) MICKEY MOUSE BUILT A HOUSE (b) EENA MEENA EPSADENA (c) EENA MEENA MINA MO - 0'22"

2. BANG-SHOOT-SHOT (ENGLISH & IRISH SOLDIERS) - 2'05"

3. THE WIND, THE WIND, THE WIND BLOWS HIGH - 0'47"

4. KEEP THE SUNNY SIDE UP - 0'41"

5. SHE SAT NEATH A LILAC AND PLAYED HER GUITAR - 2'28"

6. IN AND OUT THE RUSHING BLUEBELLS - 1'02"

7. COME AND DANCE WITH ME - 0'45"

8. HERE COMES GYPSY RIDING - 0'44"

9. WE'RE GOING TO KENTUCKY - 0'32"

10. MA-MA, WILL YOU BUY ME A BANANA? - 1'08"

11. MISS MARY MACK - 0'34"

12. I'VE GOT A GIRL FRIEND (announced bef) - 0'30"

13. DRAW, DRAW A BUCKET OF WATER - 0'50"

14. HERE'S THE KING A-RIDING, Y-O-U - 1'22"

15. ALI BA-BA-BA, THE KING OF THE JEWS - 0'40"

16. HERE COMES Mr. MACARONI - 1'10"

17. THREE SAILORS WENT TO SEA-SEA-SEA - 0'55"

18. HERE WE COME GATHERING NUTS IN MAY - 1'30"

19. THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE - 0'55"

20. Skipping: (a) GEORGE WASHINGTON (0'54") (b) CHARLIE CHAPLIN WENT TO FRANCE - 1'26"

21. WE ARE THE MERCY GIRLS - 0'45"

22. I'M A ONE-LEGGED CHICKEN - 1'21"

23. I HAD THE GERMAN MEASLES - 0'55"

24. I'M SHIRLEY TEMPLE & SALOME-O - 0'29"

25. I HAVE AN AUNTIE MONICA (cumulative) - 1'43"

26. THE LORD SAID TO NOAH THERE'S GOING TO BE A FLOOD - 1'51"

27. PUT MY HAND ON MYSELF (cumulative) - 2'13"

28. ZING-A-ZING (announced bef) - 0'35"

29. ABIE, ABIE, ABIE - 0'29"

30. WHEN BILLY WAS ONE - 1'26"

31. SEE, SEE, MY BABY - 0'21"

32. WHEN SUSIE WAS A BABY - 1'14"

33. HANDS TOGETHER - 1'05"

34. AN AUSTRIAN YODELLER (cumulative chorus) - 1'35"

35. ISH-STARK-IS-THE-MARK - 1'28"

36. UNDER THE BRAMBLES, UNDER THE SEA - 0'18"

37. THE JOHNSON'S HAD A BABY, THEY CALLED HIM TINY TIM - 0'53"

38. THE HOKEY OAKEY POKEY or THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT 2'30"

Recorded by Damian Webb at St John's Balloonagh Primary School 10th June 1975. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1981.