tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post4720144581068864898..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Examples Of & Comments About The Children's Rhyme "I Like Coffee, I Like Tea, I Like Sitting On A Black Man's Knee"Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-70141304982286135622023-11-20T04:54:37.806-05:002023-11-20T04:54:37.806-05:00Hello, Anonymous. Thanks for sharing your version ...Hello, Anonymous. Thanks for sharing your version of this rhyme with demographics for the folkloric record.<br /><br />I agree. I like your version of that rhyme, and I can see where that version got the word "bumblebee" from.<br /><br />Best wishes!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-57872509944247576532023-11-20T04:07:06.131-05:002023-11-20T04:07:06.131-05:00Bedfordshire, UK in 1977ish we sang "I like s...Bedfordshire, UK in 1977ish we sang "I like sitting on a bumblebee". No mention of black men or knees. Definitely prefer our version!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-21722226416458965432021-08-10T21:04:30.247-04:002021-08-10T21:04:30.247-04:00Unknown, thanks for your comment.
I appreciate wh...Unknown, thanks for your comment.<br /><br />I appreciate what you wrote.<br /><br />Best wishes!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-11885939468726350512021-08-10T20:40:58.198-04:002021-08-10T20:40:58.198-04:00For some reason this rhyme popped into my head ton...For some reason this rhyme popped into my head tonight and I googled it as I couldn't remember the full rhyme, I had never considered that it would be offensive in any way, but realised how it might be after reading the comments of others. I apologise to anyone offended but can only think of my childhood memories which were innocent and ignorant of offence. I will not remember this rhyme with the same joy as before. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12866624029146607413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-70925358196410166982019-02-10T19:47:43.500-05:002019-02-10T19:47:43.500-05:00Thanks for your comment, David Oldroyd.
For the f...Thanks for your comment, David Oldroyd.<br /><br />For the folkloric record, which example of "I Like Coffee I Like Tea did you say and where/when did you say it? Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-33267664534212179692019-02-10T19:17:35.250-05:002019-02-10T19:17:35.250-05:00We used to say this a lot as children and I don...We used to say this a lot as children and I don't even know where it came from, where I heard it. My mother used to go mad at us saying it. Now I know. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03140630473085377802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-18718385270316200962018-11-12T15:33:52.397-05:002018-11-12T15:33:52.397-05:00While searching the internet today for children...While searching the internet today for children's rhymes, I happened upon this example:<br />"I like coffee, I like tea, <br /><i>I like sitting on Bobby's knee.</i><br />Salute to the king and bow to the queen, <br />And turn your back on the gypsy queen.<br />-Erin Pollard, <a href="https://www.buyjumpropes.net/resources/jump-rope-rhymes-songs-buyjumpropesnet/" rel="nofollow">https://www.buyjumpropes.net/resources/jump-rope-rhymes-songs-buyjumpropesnet/</a> <br /><br />[Note: Rhymes on that page are from the United Kingdom].<br />-snip-<br />Weren't girls chanting that "sitting on a [boy's name] knee being "fresh" [doing something risque]?<br /><br />If so, it seems to me that the element of "risqueness" was significantly increased with the "sitting on a black man's knee" line [for non-Black girls since -as I noted in this post- that action wouldn't necessarily have the same meaning for Black girls as it does for White and other non-Black girls.]<br /><br />That said, I wonder if "sitting on a man's knee" was more acceptable in the mid 20th century than it is now in 2018.<br /><br />For instance, it's still considered routine for little children to sit on Santa Claus' knee-or is he an exception to this rule?<br /><br />And what do you make of this rhyme [portion given in italics]: <br /><br />Had a little car car,<br />Two-forty-eight,<br />Ran around the cor-(skipper jumps out, and turners continue the syllable until they reenter)-ner<br />and slammed on the brakes, but the brakes didn't work,<br />So I bumped into a lady who bumped into a man,<br />Who bumped into a police car, man, oh man!<br /><i>Policeman caught me<br />Put me on his knee,</i><br />Asked me a question<br />Will you marry me?<br />Yes, No, Maybe So (repeated)<br />-Source same as the link given in this post.<br />-snip-<br />I don't think that a policeman putting a girl on his knee and asking her to marry him would be acceptable nowadays. Certainly, [again] for non-Black girls, this "sitting on the policeman's knee" would be far more socially acceptable than "sitting on a black man's knee". But I don't think that action would be all that acceptable for any race/ethnicity of girl or boy nowadays. <br /><br />Have times changed that much or am I reading something that's not there into this example?Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-65751463801576067902018-08-15T09:12:29.764-04:002018-08-15T09:12:29.764-04:00Thanks for sharing those lyrics, Unknown.
Here...Thanks for sharing those lyrics, Unknown.<br /><br />Here's a link to a YouTube sound file of that song: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6IUqrFHjw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6IUqrFHjw</a>.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-88675868250590647452018-08-11T15:03:38.281-04:002018-08-11T15:03:38.281-04:00'I love coffee I love tea
I love the java jive...'I love coffee I love tea<br />I love the java jive and it loves me'<br />Lyrics from Java Jive by the Ink Spots written in 1940Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899872390676114881noreply@blogger.com