Children's Rhymes (1941)

[Wilson Gray]

Anna! Anna!
Get the Ipana!
Mother just bit
A wax banana!

"Ipana" was a brand of toothpaste and, once upon a time, dining-room
tables were routinely decorated with a bowl of wax fruit.

-Wilson Gray

On Jan 29, 2005, at 8:40 PM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> CHILDREN'S RHYMES
>
> I've been looking into more of these. What else could follow "battered
> child"?
> Here are some from the Christian Science Monitor.
>
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
> Jump-Rope Rhymes
> HORACE REYNOLDS. Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file).
> Boston, Mass.: Jul 11, 1941. p. 12 (1 page):
> ...
> "One, two, buckle my shoe,
> Three, four, shut the door,
> Five, six, pick up sticks,
> Seven, eight, lay them straight"
> ...
> "Way down South, where bananas grow,
> A fly stepped on an elephant's toe.
> The elephant cried with tears in his eyes,
> 'You big brute, take someone your size!'"
> ...
> "Done the Mississippi where the steamboats 'putt,'
> An elephant stepped on a cocktoach's foot.
> 'Ouch,' cried the cockroach, with tears in his eyes,
> 'Why don't you pick on someone your size?'"
> ...
> "Missus Sippi lived by the shore,
> She had children three or more.
> The oldest one was twenty-four.
> How many children did she have?"
>
>
> Little Girl Jump-Rope Chants: Folk Rhymes in the Making; From
> Nantucket To New Mexico Wandering Minstrels Rhythmic Tap Of Jumping
> Feat
> Special to The Christian Science MonitorMarian Gregg.. Christian
> Science Monitor (1908-Current file). Boston, Mass.: Sep 27, 1941. p. 9
> (1 page):
> ...
> Charlie Chaplin went to France
> To teach the ladies how to dance;
> First the heel, then the toe,
> Round and round and round we go.
> Bow to the queen,
> Salute to the king,
> Turn your back to the submarine..
> ...
> Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around
> Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground,
> Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, tie your shoe.
> Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, that will do.
> ...
> Mabel, Mabel, set the table,
> Don't forget the vinegar, salt and red hot pepper.
> ...
> Amos and Andy,
> Sugar and candy,
> I spy down;
> AMos and Andy,
> Sugar and candy,
> I spy up.
>
>
> Sidewalk Rhymes
> FRANCIS RUSSELL. Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file).
> Boston, Mass.: Jan 4, 1951. p. 8 (1 page):
> ...
> Eeny, meeny, miney. mo,
> Catch a nigger by the toe.
> If he hollers, let him go,
> Eeny, maany, miney, mo.
> ...
> Inty, minty, dibbeldy fig,
> Deelya, meelya, dominig,
> Eitcha, peitcha, dibbeldy eitcha
> Uliga, buliga, boo,
> Out goes Y-O-U.
> ...
> No more pencils, no more books,
> No more teachers' cross-eyed looks.
> ...,,,
> One, two, button my shoe,
> Three, four, shut the door,
> Five, six, pick up sticks,
> Seven, eight, lay them straight,
> Nine, ten, start all over again.
> ...
> One, eat a plum, put your right foot over,
> Two, button my shoe, etc.,
> Three, come with me,
> Four, shut the door,
> Five, I'm alive,
> Six, pick up sticks,
> Seven, I'm in heaven,
> Eight, shut the gate,
> Nine, be on time,
> Ten, start all over again.
> ...
> Eeny, meeny, Mussolini,
> Hit him on the bumble beany.
> ...
> Eeny, meeny, miney mo,
> Catch a Jap by the toe,
> If he hollers, make him say:
> "I surrender U.S.A."
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> SUNNY ROLL (WHERE DID BARRY POPIK EAT?)
>
> I ate at Tiny Thai, 694 Ninth Avenue between West 47th And West 48th
> streets. I had a "sunny roll." Sunny, one so true?
>
>
> (GOOGLE)
> New York Daily News - City Life - Dishes with a little kick at ...
> ... is a wonderful warmup, a bowlful of coconut broth spiked with
> spicy Thai herbs and
> tender slices of white-meat chicken. Meanwhile, the "Sunny roll"
> ($3.50) is ...
> www.nydailynews.com/city_life/ story/247147p-211705c.html - 38k -
> Cached - Similar pages
>