FTX-289
GET LOST, YOU
BIG SLOB
THE LORE & LANGUAGE OF CHILDHOOD
| Here are the original recordings by Sasha Moorsom (the
late Lady Young of Dartington) of children in playgrounds all over England
to illustrate the programme she put together with the late Peter Opie in
1960 on the historical and folklore background to the playground rhymes
and games still played by children in Britain, as well as comment on their
beliefs and customs. Some of the recordings were specially made by Sasha
Moorsom, but other illustrations were those made by Peter Kennedy and Damian
Webb now housed in the Folktrax Archive. |
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EENY MEENY MACHARACHA - EENY MEENY MINY MO
- BRONCO LANE HAD A PAIN - DROP DEAD - I’LL BASH YOUR BRAINS IN FOR YOU
-: I CALL SKINNY PEOPLE MATCHSTICKS OR SKINNYFLINTS - WHEN WE HAVE SAGO FOR
SCHOOL DINNER - SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY TO YOU - ROSES RED & VIOLETS BLUE -
I’M A LITTLE ORPHAN GIRL - ON A MOUNTAIN STANDS A LADY - LITLE NANCY EDGECOTE
- IF WE SEE SOMEONE’S SLIP HANGING - THERE IS A SCHOOL IN LIVERPOOL - NOBODY
LIKES ME - STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES - WATER CART, WATER CART -
COWARDY, COWARDY CUSTARD - TELL-TALE TIT - FAINIES - I GO TO A SCHOOL IN POPLAR
- WHEN WE’RE HAVING A GAME - I COME FROM WOMAROO (BARLIES)
- I BAGS BE FIRST - “Figgy” - WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE OFF - “laggy”:
WHEN YOU WANT TO BE LAST - AT ETON - IF YOU FIND SOMETHING - IF MY BROTHER FINDS
SOMETHING - I LIVE IN OXFORD - : MY TEACHER;S GOT A BUNION - I'M GOING UP THE
WAG - WHEN A BOY WANTS TO SLOPE AWAY FROM SCHOOL - Police: NO WONDER, NO WONDER
THAT COPPERS (Policeman) ARE FAT - WHEN I SEE A POLICEMAN - Liverpool: SEVERAL
NAMES OF POLICEMEN - BLACKJACKS, KNOBBERS - SIX FOOT MISERIES - I SAW A BOBBY
ON THE CORNER - EINA MEINA MEINA MOA - : YAN. TAN, TETHERA, METHERA - EENY MEENY
MACHARACHA - MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN - AFTER THE BALL WAS CENTRED - ROCK AND
ROLL A DAY IN BED - I KNOW A GIRL - I LEFT OUR SCHOOL LAST JULY - JOHNNY WENT
DOWN WITH SOMEBODY, PARLEZ VOUS - IN 1954 HITLER WENT TO WAR - DOWN IN THE WATER
TEN FEET DEEP - NOW THE WAR IS OVER - CATCH A FALLING SPUTNIK - DIANA DORS LOST
HER DRAWERS - ONE MORE DAY TO GO - BOOTSIE HAD A LITTLE BOY - MAUREEN BLAKE
FELL IN THE LAKE - WE THREE KINGS - Mrs WHITE HAD A FRIGHT - WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
- WHO'S THAT KNOCKING? - THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY - MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS - ROLLING
COFFIN - SOMETIMES WHEN A PERSON SAYS TO YOU - WHEN SOMEBODY ASKS ME THE TIME
- IF YOU GO ROUND ASKING SOMEBODY - HA, HA, VERY FUNNY - STOP, YOUR BACK WHEEL'S
FOLLOWING YOU - IF YOU WERE IN A RIGHT BIG FIELD - PINCH ME - SAY: JUST LIKE
ME - SAY "HOW" AFTER EVERYHING I SAY - MICKEY MOUSE IN HIS HOUSE -
THE HIGHER UP THE MOUNTAINS - NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE - NEBUCADNEZZAR
THE KING OF THE JEWS - LITTLE FAT DOCTOR - I WENT TO THE PICTURES TOMORROW -
I COME BEFORE YOU TO STAND BEHIND YOU - TWAS SUMMER IN THE ROCKIES - ONE FINE
DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT - WHAT BILL DO YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR? - WHAT'S
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN? - THERE WERE THREE CORNFLAKES - WHY DOES THE DUKE OF
EDINBURGH WEAR BRACES? - WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? - WHEN IS A DOOR
NOT A DOOR? - WHERE WAS MOSES WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT? - CONSTANTINOPLE IS A
VERY BIG WORD - HOW MANY BALLS OF STRING? -n ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH - WE
PINCH SOMEBODY - AS IT WAS APRIL FOOL'S DAY - ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY - The 12 o'clock
rule: IF ANYBODY TRIES - MAY GOSLINGS PAST AND GONE - FIRST OF MAY IS PINCH-BOTTOM
DAY - WE DON'T GO TO SCHOOL - Ash Wednesday - KISSING FRIDAY - Liverpool Judas:
THIS BURNING ON GOOD FRIDAY - Police: LAST YEAR I GOT CHASED - Easter Egg Rollings:
FIRST OF ALL WE GET AN EGG - Jarping - WHEN I DUMP MINE - HOT CROSS BUNS - Manchester
May Day: WE'VE COME TO GREET YOU - MOLLY DANCERS KICKING UP A ROW - ALL ROUND
THIS MERRY MAYPOLE - SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN - Begging rhyme: CHRISTMAS IS COMING
- Bonfire Night: ON GUY FAWKES DAY WE ALL GO CHUBBING - Mischief Night (Nov
4th): WELL I GOT A LONG PIECE OF STRING - London St James Grottas: PLEASE COULD
YOU SPARE A PENNY - RASPBERRY, STRAWBERRY, GOOSBERRY JAM - PRUNE STONES TELL
YOU - WHEN YOU GET THE BUS TICKETS - ONE'S FOR SORROW - IF SOMEBODY'S COLLAR'S
TURNED UP - LOVE BUMPS - THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT COLOURS - MY FRIEND TOLD ME -:
WHEN WE HAVE OUR EXAMS - WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BIRTHDAY - IF YOU PRICK YOUR FINGER
- IF TWO PEOPLE ACCIDENTALLY SAY - WHEN YOU'RE WALKING AND YOU SEE A LADDER
- BEFORE YOU GO UNDER A LADDER - IF YOU SEE A WHITE HORSE - WHEN YOU SEE AN
AMBULANCE - 4-legged animals - WHEN YOU SEE AN AMBULANCE - FOR THE MAIL-VAN
YOU SAY - LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD - WHEN YOU SEE A FEATHER - WHEN I FIND A WOODBINE
CIGARETTE PACKET - IF YOU TREAD ON A LINE - (Hants) WISHING STONE - Warts: WHEN
YOU SEE A FUNERAL - MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER - adding Saliva spittle: I HAD
SINCE BIRTH A NUMBER OF WARTS - YOU PUT FOUR PEBBLES IN A MATCHBOX
