tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post8964945334186865600..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Selected Examples Of The Hand Clap Rhyme "Miss Sue From Alabama" (with various titles) (after 1999 or no dates established)Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-15740704067720741042022-04-08T17:11:51.293-04:002022-04-08T17:11:51.293-04:00Hello, Lauren.
Thanks for sharing your memories ...Hello, Lauren. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your memories of "Miss Sue From Alabama" and thanks for including demographic information & rhyme's performance activity.<br /><br />I haven't come across "finale alley" or "do not show your __ to me" before either.<br /><br />It's interesting how rhymes are different in different areas at the same time and/or how they change over time.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-73646979513033360942022-04-08T16:09:59.819-04:002022-04-08T16:09:59.819-04:00It’s really fun to read about all these versions!
...It’s really fun to read about all these versions!<br />The one I remember, from Massachusetts in the 80’s (I was born in ‘76 and the girls all did it in my elementary school, which was all white kids) went like this:<br />Miss Sue<br />Miss Sue<br />Miss Sue from Alabama<br />Sitting’ in her rocker<br />eating’ Betty Crocker<br />Watching the clock go<br />Tick Tock<br />Tick Tock Finale-alley<br />Tick Tock<br />Tick Tock Finale-alley<br />A-B-C-D-E-F-G<br />Wash those spots right off of me<br />Moocha, moocha, moocha, FREEZE!<br />… and both people would freeze, and one (not sure how we knew which person) would say something like, “Do not show your lips (or teeth or nose, eyes, even hands, etc.) to me!”<br />Then the pair would use the whole thing again, while hiding that body part. Things would get very funny when we were trying to chant without showing our lips, or “clap” without using our hands.<br />I’ve been teaching it to my son, he loves it.<br />Since those days, I’ve never read of anyone else using “finale-alley” or the “do not show your __ to me” round.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705739385352324106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-55180414186273742692021-07-31T08:48:05.092-04:002021-07-31T08:48:05.092-04:00Anonymous, thanks for adding to the folkloric reco...Anonymous, thanks for adding to the folkloric record by sharing this central Illinois version of "Miss Sue".<br /><br />I hadn't come across an example of that rhyme before with an "and even outer space space space" line. :0)Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-31448870050284055652021-07-31T03:01:09.284-04:002021-07-31T03:01:09.284-04:00This version is from central Illinois about 2002. ...This version is from central Illinois about 2002. There were multiple versions floating around, but this is the one I best recall.<br /><br />Miss Sue<br />Miss Sue<br />Miss Sue from Alabama, <br />Alaska, Nebraska,<br />And even outer space space space!<br />Sittin' in a rocker<br />Eatin' Betty Crocker<br />Watchin' the clock go<br />Tick, tock, Tick tock sha-walla-walla<br />Tick, tock, Tick tock sha-walla-walla<br />A B C D E F G<br />Brush those crumbs right off of me<br />Betcha can't<br />Betcha can't<br />Betcha can't<br />FREEZE!<br /><br />(freeze contest ensues)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-34830395794238539502020-04-16T19:45:11.794-04:002020-04-16T19:45:11.794-04:00Thanks for your comment, Elise K.
And thanks for ...Thanks for your comment, Elise K.<br /><br />And thanks for sharing your example along with demographics! Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-15478218433721504512020-04-16T16:48:19.419-04:002020-04-16T16:48:19.419-04:00This has been fun reading!
The version I learned ...This has been fun reading!<br /><br />The version I learned in Toronto around 1979 was closest to the one from Nova Scotia you have listed above. It went:<br /><br />Miss Mew<br />Miss Mew<br />Miss Mew from Alabama<br />She's sittin' in her rocker<br />Eatin' Betty Crocker<br />Watchin' the clock go<br />Tick,<br />Tock<br />Tick, Tock, Sha-walla-walla<br />Tick,<br />Tock<br />Tick, Tock, Sha-walla-walla<br />A B C D E F G<br />Wash those bugs right off-a me<br />With the moonshine<br />Moonshine<br />Moonshine - FREEZE!Elise Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07436186599787049508noreply@blogger.com