tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post2914381275302263906..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Multiple Examples Of The Children's Rhyme "I Went Downtown" ("To See Charlie Brown" or "To See James Brown") Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-52337962954708467792022-08-22T13:09:04.506-04:002022-08-22T13:09:04.506-04:00Here are two fragments of the "I Went Downtow...Here are two fragments of the "I Went Downtown To See...." rhyme:<br />From <a href="https://twitter.com/nuxbug/status/1233674276231925762" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/nuxbug/status/1233674276231925762</a><br />"núbug🦁<br />@nuxbug<br />I went downtown to see James brown he gave me a nickel to buy me a pickle the pickle was sour... y’all remember that😭 probably only hood chern know<br />3:44 AM · Feb 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone<br /><br />"chelsey lynn billingham<br />@chelseyvibez<br />·<br />Feb 29, 2020<br />Replying to <br />@nuxbug<br />he gave me a flower the flower was dead so i shot him in the head"<br /><br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-61283384967094328042021-04-11T08:14:25.793-04:002021-04-11T08:14:25.793-04:00I just recently came across this 1950s rhyme with ...I just recently came across this 1950s rhyme with the last name "Brown":<br /><a href="https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1016?articleID=176751" rel="nofollow">https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1016?articleID=176751</a> "Playtime with Buster Brown"<br /><br />[That page has no author cited and the date changes each day.]<br /><br />..."While skipping rope as fast as you could, you would sing this little rhyme*:<br /><br />Buster Brown<br />Went to town<br />With his pants<br />On upside down<br />He lost a nickel<br />He bought a pickle<br />The pickle was sour<br />He picked a flower<br />The flower was yellow<br />He bought him a fellow<br />The fellow was mean<br />He bought a bean<br />The bean was hard<br />He bought a card<br />And on the card<br />It said, "Red hot pepper!"Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-7634064734396427452020-05-21T10:50:57.850-04:002020-05-21T10:50:57.850-04:00Unknown, thanks for sharing this example and thank...Unknown, thanks for sharing this example and thanks for including where you recited this. <br /><br />It appears that jumping rope for leisure time play is a dying art in the USA. I wonder if its the same elsewhere in the world.<br /> Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-44156213544464641102020-05-21T10:07:00.105-04:002020-05-21T10:07:00.105-04:00This is how we learned this skipping song in a sma...This is how we learned this skipping song in a small town in Manitoba, Canada:<br /><br />Mrs. Brown, she went to town;<br />She had a nickel, so she bought a pickle,<br />But the pickle was sour, so she bought a flower;<br />the flower was dead, so she bought a bed;<br />The bed was hard, so she bought a card,<br />And on that card it said,<br />Spanish dancers, do the splits, splits, splits;<br />(Here, the jumpers jump with their feet spread wide apart - 3x)<br />Spanish dancers, do high kicks, kicks, kicks,<br />(Here, as the jumpers land, they must kick one leg up - 3x)<br />Spanish dancers turn around, round, round,<br />(Here, the jumpers turn as they jump)<br />Spanish dancers touch the ground, ground, ground,<br />(Here, the jumpers must touch the ground - 3x)<br />Spanish dancers get out of town, town, town<br />(At this point, the jumpers jump out and run around a rope turner)<br />Spanish dancers, get back in, in, in<br />(By the end of the last 'in,' all jumpers must have re-entered and resumed jumping)<br />Spanish dancer sat on a pin, pin, pin<br />How many inches did it go in?<br />ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR...<br />(The turners turn extremely fast - pepper! - and count each turn until one of the jumpers misses a jump) (Actually, we counted by tens, but that is not logical!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08660561721309119633noreply@blogger.com