FTX-194 - DIP ZOO MAGAZOO

DIPPING, BALLS & FOOLERY

14 Children's rhymes used for counting-out or "dipping" and 34 for Ball Bouncing. This is the first of four selections of English children's playground games recorded in NW England, in Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire by Father Damian Webb. Also included here are children telling Damian about fooling on the first of April and May 1st when the fools are known as "April Fools" and "May Goslings".

COUNTING-OUT OR DIPPING RHYMES:-

1. DIP ZOO MAGAZOO - 0.33

2. DIP, DIP, MY BLUE SHIP - 0.31

3. SHEPHERD'S SCORE - 1.15

4. EENIE MEENIE, MINA MO - 0.16

5. MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER - 0.20

6. ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO - 0.41

7. BOY SCOUT, WALK OUT - 0.06

8. UP A POLE, DOWN A POLE - 0.25

9. UP A LADDER, DOWN A LADDER - 0.35

10. YOUR SHOE NEEDS CLEANING - 0.19

11. THREE WHITE HORSES - 0.09

12. INGLE ANGLE, SILVER BANGLE - 0.05

13. UP IN THE NORTH, A LONG WAY OFF - 0.12

14. QUEENIE-O, QUEENIE-O - 1.03

BALL BOUNCING RHYMES:-

15. ONE, TWO, THREE A-PLAINSIE - 1.17

16. I WENT TO A CHINESE LAUNDRY - 0.25

17. Mrs PLAINSIE BOUGHT A PLAINSIE - 1.17

18. POUNDS, SHILLINGS AND PENCE - 0.08

19. ONE, TWO, THREE A-LAIRA - 0.10

20. PLAINSIE MICKIE MOUSE - 1.06

21. PLAINSIE TO THE BUS STOP - 0.43

22. NUMBER ONE (1-10) (ALL THE GIRLS HAVE GONE TO DOVER) - 1.24

23. OLLICKA BOLLICKA - 0.19

24. WHEN I WAS ONE, I ATE A SCONE (1-10) - 1.29

25. MY FATHER IS THE CAPTAIN OF THE UPPER COLONIO - 0.33

26. I JUMPED ABOARD A CHINAMAN SHIP - 0.27

27. IN A SHOEMAKER'S SHOP - 0.11

28. Mrs MOP BOUGHT A SHOP - 0.45

29. BRONCO LANE WENT TO SPAIN - 0.09

30. UNDER THE MOON AND OVER THE STARS - 0.08

31. MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN - 0.08

32. WINNIE THE WITCH FELL IN THE DITCH - 0.06

33. JEREMIAH BLEW THE FIRE - 0.06

34. LEMONADE, FIZZY POP - 0.50

35. MOTHER, MOTHER, I AM ILL - 0.30

36. GIPSY, GIPSY LIVED IN A TENT - 0.09

37. HAVE A CIGARETTE, SIR - 0.22

38. NEBUCADNEZZAR, KING OF THE JEWS - 0.43

39. OVER THE GARDEN WALL - 0.22

40. BETTY GRABLE IS A STAR - 0.11

41. GIPSY, GIPSY CAROLINE - 0.08

42. I AM A WEE MEL-O-NI MAN - 0.36

43. PLEASE KEEP OFF THE GRASS, SIR - 0.17

44. LITTLE MINNIE WEARS HER PINNIE, UPSIDE DOWN - 0.20

45. IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING - 0.17

46. MY FATHER'S HOUSE IS PAINTED RED, OLIVER RED - 0.08

47. MY MOTHER SAID: I NEVER SHOULD - 0.09

48. "Today is April the first" - 2.35

49. "On May the first" - 0.28

50. Damian Webb asks about the First of April & May - 3.34

#1-2, #9-10, #42-47: St Johns Junior Girls, Keswick, 1960; #3 Laithewaite Sec Mod, Keswick 1960; #4-8, #11-12, #15-22, #26, #29-30, #36-41, #13: Threlkeld Juniors, Keswick 1962; #14 Laurence St, Marshside, Workington 1961; #23-25, #27- 35: St Michaels Junior Girls, Workington 1960; #48-50: St Johns Junior Girls, Workington 1960.

Recorded by Damian Webb 1960-62. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published by Folktrax 1980.

see also SINGING GAMES: FTX 195-6 & SKIPPING: FTX-198