Examples Of "Hollywood Goes Swingin" Foot Stomping Cheers & Hand Clap Rhymes (1976 - the early 2000s)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision: November 12, 2024

This pancoocjams post is a compilation of examples of "Hollywood Swingin'" ("Hollywood Goes Swingin") or similarly titled cheers/rhymes that I have directly observed or read off-line or online as of this date. 

Note: Additional examples have been added since this post was first published. Those examples are at the bottom of this post, regardless of their publishing dates.]

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, recreational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all who have contributed examples of this cheer/rhyme.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
"Hollywood Goes Swingin" cheers/rhymes were inspired by Kool & The Gang's 1974 hit R&B/funk hit record "Hollywood Swingin'. Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Swinging for information about that record.

The notes for the vinyl record Old Mother Hippletoe: Rural and Urban Children’s Songs (New World NW 291) documents that within two years of the release of Kool & The Gang's "Hollywood Swinging" record, African American school girls in Washington, D.C." were performing a cheer entitled "Hollywood Now Swingin'".

All of the examples of "Hollywood Swingin" that I've found to date which include demographic notations are from African American females. However, it's very possible that females who aren't African American have also chanted these cheers/rhymes.

Update: As of November 12, 2024, I have collected 23 examples of  "Hollywood Swingin" cheers/hand clap rhymes">

Most of the examples of "Hollywood Swingin",cheers/rhymes (with or without a title that includes the word "Hollywood") are from online sources and are given without any geographic location. I have, however, made the assumption that all of these examples are from the United States. 

Examples of of "Hollywood Swingin" cheers/rhymes that contributors gave with a geographical location are from Washington, D.C. ( vinyl record & record noted), Houston, Texas,(in a book of Black American's children's rhymes), and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (in a book of children's rhymes). I directly collected most of the examples of these "Hollywood Swinging" cheers/rhymes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (and some of its surrounding communities), 

The remainder of these examples of "Hollywood Swinging" cheers/rhymes whose contributors' mentioned their geographical location from online sources, including from my  cocojams.com website that was voluntarily de-activated in 2018. The geographic locations locations that contributors' mentioned along with their examples of "Hollywood Swingin"  were Chicago, Illinois, Birmingham, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia,

I collected all of the other "Hollywood Swingin" examples that are included in this compilation,  from perusing the internet, and particularly from visiting online websites of African American childhood rhymes/cheers and from reading certain YouTube video discussion threads of American children's rhymes and cheers.

It seems likely to me that examples of "Hollywood Swinging" were known to African American girls throughout much of the United States along with other examples of foot stomping cheers such as "Hula Hula", "Introduce Yourself", and "Fly Girl". Notice how similar many of these examples are, particularly those examples from the 1980s and on.

My guess is that "Hollywood Goes Swingin'" and those other cheers/rhymes are no longer  chanted or performed the same way that they were in the late 1970s to the early 2009. That some of these cheers/rhymes may still be chanted in modified forms, or even known to American girls and teens nowadays (in the 2020s) is largely thanks to such as the Bring It On series of cheerleader movies.

Click https://cocojams2.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-influence-of-bring-it-on-movies-on.html for my 2014 cocojams2 post entitled "The Influence Of "Bring It On" Movies On Children's Cheerleading".

I'd love to hear from any readers who know or knew these examples (hopefully with demographic information included-particularly city and year that the example was chanted and how it was performed.)

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/an-overview-of-foot-stomping-movement.html for an overview of foot stomping cheers.

Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/examples-of-hollywood-swinigin-hand.html for a 2014 pancocojams post entitled "Examples of "Hollywood Swinging" Hand Clap Rhymes From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" that includes some of the examples that are found in this post with additional comments.

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EXAMPLES OF "HOLLYWOOD" (HOLLYWOOD SWINGIN" RHYMES AND CHEERS [with available notes & citations]

These examples are given in relative chronological order by year or decade, if known. Numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only.

1.
From http://www.newworldrecords.org/liner_notes/80291.pdf Old Mother Hippletoe: Rural and Urban Children’s Songs
(New World NW 291), Band 3

Barbara Borum and other Washington, D.C., schoolgirls, vocals.
Recorded 1976 in Washington, D.C., by Kate Rinzler.
"Unlike the more communal games, neighborhood cheerleading as performed by girls in Washington, D.C., requires rehearsal and is often dominated by a single dynamic girl who solicits recruits and kicks out slackers. Girls practice by themselves, best friends cheer together, groups proliferate, and everyone who wants to gets into the act."...

HOLLYWOOD NOW SWINGIN' / DYNOMITE
Hollywood now swingin'! (4 times)
CALL: Name is Nita.
RESPONSE: Hollywood now swingin'!
Similarly
I know how to swing.
Every time I swing,
Stevie come around.
CALL: He popped me once.
He popped me twice!
All I felt was—dynomite!
RESPONSE: Dynomite, dynomite!
(Twice)
Dynomite!
CALL: Here she is.
RESPONSE:Dynomite!
Similarly
Foxy Brown!
You mess with me,
I'll shoot you down!
Down, down,
To the ground, Up, up,
CALL: Just out of luck!
RESPONSE: Dynomite, dynomite!
(Twice)
-snip-
This vinyl record album was first released in 1978.
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2.
From Barbara Michels, Bettye White, editors, Apples On A Stick, The Folklore of Black Children; (Coward-McCann, Inc, 1983, p.14)

HOLLYWOOD ROCK SWINGING
Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging

My name is Aniesha
I'm number one
My reputation is having fun
So if you see my just step aside
'Cause mighty Aniesha don't take no jive

Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging

My name is Katrina
I'm number two
My reputation is me and you
So if you see me just step on back
'Cause mighty Katrina don't take no slack

Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging

My name is Natasha
I'm number twelve
My reputation is ringing that bell
So if you see me just step aside
'Cause mighty Natasha don't take no jive
-snip-
The preface to this book indicated that the examples were collected from Black school children in Houston, Texas. No rhyme categories or performance descriptions are given for any of those examples.

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Example #3:
From: TMH, memories of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (East Liberty section) in the mid 1980s; African American teenage girls, 

HOLLYWOOD GOES SWINGING

Entire Group- Hollywood goes swinging
Hollywood goes swing- ing
Swinging for the good times.
Swinging for the bad times.
1st Soloist- My name is [insert first name or nickname].
(And) I'm cool and the gang.
Mess with me and I'll do my thang.
My sign is [says her sun sign such as "Taurus" or "Libra"].
And that's alright.
Cause all [says her sung sign]
Are out of sight.
Entire Group-Hey, you- check it out.
You, you check it out.
[The cheer begins from the beginning with the next soloist.]
-TMH, memories of the mid 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East Liberty section.
-snip-
The order of the soloists was often determined by which girl was the fastest to yell out "First!", "Second!" , "Third!" etc.

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Example #4

ya'll I just remembered this one.
It just came to me..
Hollywood Swingin”
Hollywood (keep) swingin’
Hollywood Swingin”
Hollywood (keep) swingin’
My name is ___ I’m number one.
My reputation is having fun.
So if you see me
Just step aside
Cause mighty ___
Don’t take no jive!

Repeat chorus

My name is ___ I’m number two
My reputation is loving you.

It goes on and on and on and on!

Have mercy!"
-- AKA2D '91;  12-29-2000, http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=4123&page=2; Childhood chants and games [page 3 of 4 page discussion]
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AKA@D'01 and other participants in this 2000 discussion are from historically Black Greek letter sororities. AKA= Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. '91 [1991] is likely the year that she "went over" (officially became a member of ) AKA.

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Examples #5, #6, & #7
These three examples of "Hollywood Swinging" chants are from a six page 2003 GreekChat.com. discussion thread entitled "Old School Chants".

Commenters who participated in that 2003 discussion were members of historically Black Greek letter sororities. One commenter wrote that these examples are "inspired by the 1970s". Another commenter wrote that she and a friend who remembered a certain rhyme were 23 and 24 years (in 2003). Yet another commenter had the screen name "Honeykiss1974". The "1974" is probably the year she was born. Given the fact that some commenters mentioned just graduating or preparing to graduate from universities, it's likely that most of these examples of cheers/rhymes were from the 1980s. 

That said, one example entitled "Tell it" mentions the rapper Nas who didn't begin his Hip Hop career until 1991 and whose highly regarded album Illmatic wasn't released until 1994. Therefore, it's likely that any version of that cheer that mentions Nas* was from 1994 or later.

*Nas isn't the same rapper as Lil Nas X, who recorded the 2019 country rap song "Old Town Road".

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5. From http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/archive/index.php/t-31403.html
Old School Chants [page 1 of 6 pages]

kisha, 03-25-2003
[no location noted]
"Hollywoods are swingin, Hollywoods are swingin
My name is Kisha and I’m cool in the gang
If you don’t like it, I’ll tell you one thang,
My sign is Aquarius and that’s alright,
Cause all ‘quarius are dynomite
Others: Uhn, she think she bad
Me: Bad enough to kick yo bleep (I used to say bleep for real back in the day)
Others: Uhn, she think she fine
Me: fine enough to blow yo mine
Others: Ah girl, stop yo lyin’ you know yo man leave you cryin
Hollywoods are swingin, Hollywoods are swingin"

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6. From http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=31403&page=3 Old School Chants

Mz Destiny, 03-25-2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
"remember this one?
Hollywood got swingers
Hollywood got swingers
Hollywood got swingers
Hollywood got swingers

My name is ______ I'm number 1
My reputation's just begun
My sign's ________ and that's alright
Cuz all ______ are dynamite!

Hush chile...I ain't lyin'!!!"

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7. AKA2D '91, 03-26-2003
[quote]

Originally posted by sigmadiva

Re: A 70's inspired chant
I don't remember all of it but it went something like this:

My name is __________, my number is one,
my reputation is having fun,
those who see me step aside,
mighty (Zodiac sign) don't take no jive.

My name is ______, my number is two,
my reputation is loving you,
those who see me step aside,
mighty (Zodiac sign) don't take no jive

My name is _______, my number is three,
my reputation is being free,
those who see me step aside
mighty (Zodiac sign) don't take no jive.


Each person in the group would pick a number and it would go around until you get to the number 10. I don't remember all the rhymes, but I am sure creative people can think of stuff to say.;)"

[end of quote]

THAT WAS OUR HOLLYWOOD KEEP SWINGING.
-snip-
This was the way this comment was written in that discussion thread.

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Examples #8 and #9
These two examples are from lipstickalley.com's "Hood Cheers" 2006 discussion thread (remembrances of childhood cheers). Given the title of the thread, it's probable that all are the participants are Black. A commenter wrote that these examples "took her back to the summer of the 80s". [08-18-2006, 11:59 AM #24 Cherica Cherry.] 

It's possible that the other participants in this discussion also remembered these examples from the 1980s.

8.
From http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/43158-Hood-Cheers
08-18-2006, 10:22 AM #1
Cocaine [This commenter's earlier screen name was yellagirl3658. That name is a reference to her light skin.]

Hood Cheers
When we were kids, what were some of your favorite hood cheers? Post 'em here. Mine was "Hollywood Not Swingin'"

Hollywood not swingin', Hollywood not...swingin'
Hollywood not swingin', Hollywood not...swingin'

Well my name is Yella, my number's 1,
My reputation is havin' fun,
So if you see me just step aside,
Because this light chick don't take no jiiiiiiiiivvveeee... .

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9. 08-18-2006, 10:53 AM #10
GODDESS! [commenter's screen name]

Tee Hee Hee...

we had a similar one...

Hollywood in my swinging...hollywood in my swingin
hollywood in my swinging...hollywood in my swingin

My name is Goddess! and I'm Kool and the Gang..
and if you don't like it let me tell you one thang...
my sign is a scorpio and that's alright
cus all scorpios are dynomite!

homegirls: uh! she think she bad
me: hush honey I know I'm bad

Homegirls: uh! she think she cool
me: cool enough to steal your dude

homegirls: uh! she think she fine
me: fine enough to blow your mind

homegirls: aw girl stop that lyin
me: at least my man didn't leave me crying

(repeat until everyone gets a turn)
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In another comment, Goddess! wrote that she was from Chi-town (Chicago, Illinois).

Another commenter wrote this about "Hollywood Not Swingin'" cheers:
8-18-2006, 12:08 PM #26
mollflanders
..."And Hollywood not swingin. It was only fun if you could make up your own ending. The older we got, the nastier they got lol." https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/hood-cheers.43158/

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Examples #10 - #14 - I collected these examples in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (from African American pre-teenage girls). Click http://cocojams2.blogspot.com/2014/10/g-h-hand-clap-jump-rope-rhymes-examples.html for more notes on these examples.

10. HOLLYWOOD GOES SWINGIN'

[Both girls] Hollywood.
Hollywood.
Hollywood goes swingin.
Hollywood goes SWINGIN.
Swingin for the good times.
Swingin for the bad times.
[One girl]: My name is Teneisha
and I’m number 9.
I’m kickin it with Ginuwine.*
If you ever see me on the street,
you better speak.
“Long time, no see.”
Sexy as I wanna be.
Some hittin me high.
Some hittin me low.
Some hittin me in my-
Don’t ask what.
My b u t t b u t t butt.
That’s what.
-Teneisha (10 years) and Antoinette (11 years) (African American females, East Hills section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998; collected by Azizi Powell, 1998
-snip-
Kickin it" means "relaxing with", "hangin" with (socializing with).

*"Ginuwine" is a popular young African R&B singer. Three other late 1990s variations of this line that I have heard are “Kickin it with Busta Rhymes (the name of a popular male Hip-Hop star) “Kickin it with Scooby Doo": "Scooby Doo" is the name of a canine cartoon figure) and “Kickin it with Winnie the Poo”- the name of a fictitious bear in children's stories.

This was performed as a two person hand clap rhyme. I was surprised to see this as I had always saw it performed as a foot stomping cheer, or at least that's my memory of this rhyme. My daughter who was with me when I collected this rhyme showed Teneisha and Antoinette the movements for foot stomping cheers. They indicated that they'd never seen "Hollywood" "done" like that. They only knew it as a hand clap rhyme.

However, consider that hand clap rhymes are usually chanted in unison. That the hand clap partners take turns chanting lines in this (and in other) "Hollywood" rhymes seems to me to suggest that this rhyme did indeed start out as a foot stomping cheer. Also, notice other "Hollywood Swinging" examples on this page that were called "cheers". Hmmm.

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11. HOLLYWOOD GOES SWINGIN' (fragment)

Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood goes swingin
Hollywood goes __ swingin
Swingin for Northside.
Swingin for the Eastside.
My name is Rita.
I'm Number 9
Going down Chicago line.
If you see me on the street
You better speak [I couldn't decipher the next words]
Hey hey, you think you cool.
Hey hey, cool enough to rule your school.
Hey hey, you think you bad.
Bad enough to [didn't remember the rest of the words to this rhyme]
-African American girls and boys; Northview Heights Buddy Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1999; collected by Azizi Powell
-snip-
This rhyme was performed as a hand clap routine. The girls who shared this rhyme said that the line might be "Hollywood keeps swingin". The dash means to pause one beat.
The girls said that another version is "swingin for the good times /swingin for the bad times/ swingin every time.

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12. HOLLYWOOD GOES SWINGIN'

Hollywood (clap clap clap)
Hollywood (clap clap clap)
Hollywood goes swingin.
My name is Shanika.
I'll bust it out.
I'll party to the left
I'll party to the right.
I'll party all night.
I'll party all day.
My name is Sandra.
I'm number one
[I couldn't decipher the next line]
I'm busting all day.
I'm busting all night.
She's busting to the left.
She's busting to the right.
-Shanika and Sandra (African American females, under 11 years old) ; Garfied section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; November 1, 2000; collected by Azizi Powell, hand clap rhyme November 1, 2000

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13. HOLLYWOOD GOES SWINGIN'

Both girls:
Hollywood, Hollywood
Hollywood goes swingin
Partner #1:
My name is Raya and I'm number 2
Kickin it with Scooby Doo
Hit me high
Hit me low
Hit me where you wanna go.

Repeat the entire rhyme with the partner #1 saying the lines that partner #1 said, but substitute her name or nickname and (preferably) change the number rhyme. (Each number has one or more rhymes that can be memorized and chanted according to the girl's preference. Number rhymes can also be made up. However, if "Hollywood Swingin" was a foot stomping cheer, the girl who actually was the second soloist, probably would have chanted "I'm number 2" and the soloist who was number 9, probably would have chanted "I'm number 9".).
-ConRaya E. (11 years); Sha'Ona K. (11 years), African American girls; Pittsburgh, PA; 6/12/2008
-snip-
I collected this rhyme during these girls' school lunch period (when I was a substitute teacher at that school) My recollection is that these two girls basically recited the rhyme and didn't do any movements. Although I didn't write down anything about how this rhyme was performed, the fact that I wrote "partner" suggests that the girls said it was a hand clap rhyme.

There are a number of similar titles for this rhyme. Among them are "Hollywood", "Hollywood Rocks Swingin", and "Hollywood Keeps Swinging". The tune for the handclap rhyme (and the foot stomping cheer with the same name) is very similar to Kool & The Gang's "Hollywood Swingin'" 1974 record. However, the tempo for examples that I've observed of the rhyme/cheer is somewhat faster.

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14.
Here's a handclap called hollywood!
(person 1) My name is (your name) im number one my reputation's just begun so turn around and touch the ground get back up and break it down

(person 2) you think you're bad

(1) b-a-d i know im bad

(2) you tink you're cool

(1) cool enough to rule the school

(2) you think your fine

(1) fine fine blow your mind mind take em up take em back give the man a heart attack

(2) you think you're hott

(1) hott anough to blow your pot!

That's it....there's clapping and all but its too hard to explain on this...good luck!
-DC, http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php12/9/2005 [website no longer active], example posted on that website on February 9, 2005
-snip-
"DC" may refer to Washington, D.C. or it might be the commenter's initials.

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15.
From http://onolympus.proboards.com/thread/7297/favorite-childhood-rhymes-clapping-games, OOA Old Head, Aug 5, 2009
"...Anybody remember "Hollywood Go Swinging"?

Hollywood go swinging, Hollywood go swinging!
My name is [Z] I'm cool and hey, don't mess with me or I'll do my thang, my sign is Pisces, but that's alright, 'cause all Pisces are DY-NO-MYTE!

ALL: UM! She thinks she bad!
ME: Correction baby, I KNOW I'm bad!
ALL: Um! She thinks she cool!
ME: Cool enough to be no fool
ALL: UM! She think she fine!
ME: Fine enough to blow your mind!

Hollywood go swinging, Hollywood go swinging!"
-snip-
This commenter's screen "photo: is a drawing of Black woman along with a note that says “Hello Negro" with the “o”s in those words substituted for a drawing of a Black person.

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16.
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSf5zITOWls
Hand Game #4 [in that video] : Girls' title: "Hollywood" [video published in 2013]

Hollywood [clap clap].
Hollywood goes swingin.
Hollywood goes swingin
My name is [I think this name is "Kalyse", the name of one of the girls in the video.]
I’m on the phone
With my baby I’m all alone
If you see me on the street
Ooh, you better talk to me.
ooh, she thinks she’s cute.
Cute enough to steal your boo.
Ooh, she thinks she bad
B. A. D. I know I’m bad.
Ooh, he thinks he’s cute
Cute enough to be my boo.
Said Hollywood.
Hollywood
Hollywood
1
2
3
Hollywood.
-snip-
Zoe and Kalyse are the names of the girls in this video.

The girls may be saying “swimming" instead of "swinging".

Notice that this is a dialogue between two people. For instance, one person says "Ooh, she thinks she's cute." And the person who is being addressed says "Cute enough to steal your boo".

In the context of this rhyme, "bad" means "very good".
When girls say it "boo" can mean your boyfriend" (or, when boys say it "your girlfriend)".
-snip-
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/01/black-girls-performing-various-hand.html for a pancocojams post on this video.

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17. BEVERLY ROAD GOES SWINGING [Excerpt]

From Mama’s Girl by Veronica Chambers

Beverly Road go swinging
Beverly Road go swing-ing
Beverly Road go swinging
Beverly Road go swing-ing

Ooh she thinks she’s bad
Baby, I know I’m bad
Ooh, she thinks she cool
Cool enough to steal your dude

From http://www.amazon.com/Mamas-Girl-Veronica-Chambers/dp/1573225991 Publisher: Riverhead Books (May 1, 1997)
"On the streets of Brooklyn in the 1970s, Veronica Chambers mastered the whirling helixes of a double-dutch jump rope."
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These two excerpts preface the author's remembrances of jumping double dutch rope with her girlfriends.

Here's information about Beverley Road (Brooklyn)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Road_(BMT_Brighton_Line):
"Beverley Road is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over a private right-of-way at Beverly Road between Marlborough Road/East 15th Street and East 16th Street in the neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn. It is served by the Q train at all times."
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This pdf file also contains an excerpt of a rhyme that reads like another version of "Hollywood Goes Swinging": http://drshantesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/LaunchExcerpt.pdf excerpt from Dr. Shante’s book, Believing Bigger:
A 31-Day Faith Journey, available March 1, 2016:
“Oooh! She think she cool…Cool enough to steal your dude. Oooh! She think she fine...
Fine enough to blow his mind. Awww girl stop your lying! At least my (man) didn’t
leave me crying.”
-snip-
The author, Dr. Shante, indicates that she and her friends sang this while playing jump rope when they were three and four years old.

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18. ANGELS GO SWINGING

Group: Angels go swinging
angels go swinging!
angels go swinging,
Angels go Swinging!
Solo:My name is Katy
I'm number 1
my reputation has just begun
so if you see me just step aside
'cause me and my man
don't take no jive
Group: Uh, you thank (think) you bad
Solo: Bad enough to make you mad
Group, Uh, you thank you cool
Solo: Cool enough to go to high school
Group: Uh, you thank you fine
Solo: Fine enough to MO,
fine enough to Macho (not really sure what this line means or if we were even saying it right)
fine enough to hula hoop,
fine enough to kick yo' duke
Everyone: say what, say what
say what say what say what
-Joi; (Birmingham, Alabama; 1990s), cocojams.com, 3/23/2008
-snip-
"Angels" is a group name.

Note that the word "thank" (in the line "Uh, You thank you bad" etc.) probably isn't a typo. Instead, it probably is a purposely pronounced African American Vernacular English word that means “REALLY think”. A similar example of an informal Black vernacular intensifier form of an already existing word ss the word "sang". In some contexts, "sang" is a present tense of the word "sing" and means "to sing very well", especially "to sing soulfully really well".

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19. HOLLYWOOD 
From Recess Battles: Playing Fighting, and Storytelling by Anna R. Beresin (University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 2010, page 108-109, in the section of that book whose sub-title is "Steps"), African American girls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992

Hollywood
Words -------------------------------------------------Basic Motion
Hollywood got Meeca------------------------in pairs, in two lines, retreating
Hollywood got Meeca------------------------right rocks back, left in place
Hollywood got Meeca------------------------right in place, pause, clap
And always do----------------------------------repeat until the end

[Meeca]
Well, it looks like me got number 20
Watch the power of the money
if you see me on the street
Hey girl you better speak

[all]

Hey you think you bad

{Meeca]
Me? I know I’m bad

[all]
Hey you think you cute

[Meeca]
Cute fine sexy too

[all]

Hey you think you fine
[Meeca]
I’m fine I’ll blow your mind

[109
I got a man, he’s twenty-nine
Tic tac Paddy whack
Who you think you looking at?
A-B-C-D- Gonna have a baby

Reese’s pieces butter cup
If you next U wish you luck

[all]
Hollywood got Licia
Hollywood got Licia
Hollywood got Licia
And always do

[Licia]
Well, it looks like me got number 4
Watch the prowler at the door
if you see me on the street
Hey girl you better speak to me

[all]

Hey you think you bad

[Licia]
Least I pick my maxi pad

[all]
Hey you think you cute

[Licia]
Least I’m not a prostitute

[all]
Hey you think you fine
[Licia]
I’m fine I’ll blow your mind
I got a man, he’s twenty-nine
Tic tac Paddy whack
Who you think you looking at?
A-B-C-D- Gonna have a baby

-snip-

The bold font is how those words were given in that book. The underlined words were how those words were given in that book. That underlining probably means that those words wee emphasized. lines that 

This example is given in the sub-section for "Steps." "Steps" is another referent for what I call "Foot stomping cheers". It's interesting that Anna R. Beresin documented "Hollywood" as a "Step" while each of the examples of "Hollywood" that I collected in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were performed as two person hand clap rhymes - the earliest example dating from 1998 and the newest example that I collected from 2008. Yet, I thought that I remembered seeing "Hollywood"" performed in Pittsburgh as a cheer. This example from Philly (about 4 1/2 hours from Pittsburgh) suggests that my memory may be right.

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20. HOLLYWOOD GO SWINGING [fragment]
From AutumnShadow, https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/black-girl-rhymes-what-was-yours-growing-up.1196979/page-3, Jun 26, 2017

"We had some old school ones that my aunt and older cousins her age taught us.

[...]

"Hollywood go swinging!
Hollywood go swinging
(this one is long so I'm not gon type it all)"...

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21. CALL REPUTATION 
my name is yonnqa
i'm number one
my reputation has just begun
so if you see me
step a side
cause i don't take no jive
oh think she cool
correction baby
i no i'm cool
i no karate
i no kunfu
you miss with me
i co it on you*
rasasol o dazzo o ox2 **
-yaya, cocojams.com, 2/23/2007 [cocojams.com is the name of my cultural website that was online from Jan. 2001 to Nov. 2014]
-snip-
The contributor wrote that this cheer was called "Call Reputation". I have other examples of this cheer (without the "don't take no jive" phrase) that have the title "Razzle Dazzle".
"no"= known
* I'm not sure what "co" means. 
** I think ox2 means to repeat that line two times.

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22. HOLLYWOOD 

Another one I remember is "Hollywood". Did you play Hollywood as a child?

I was thinking some of It was inappropriate. It went like this.

Hollywood goes swingin

Hollywood goes – swingin

My name is Audi

On the phone

With my purple Reeboks on

[I think it goes like this]

If you see me on the street

Ooh you better start to speak.

“Ugh, she thinks she bad”

B. A. D.” that’s me baby

“Ugh, she thinks she cool”

Cooler than your mama, fool.

“Ugh she thinks she fine”

[Get ready- Begins chanting with a faster tempo]

Fine, fine, blow your mind

Take your man anytime.

Bring him home

Bring him back

I’m still drivin his Cadillac

He bought me one

He bought me two

He married me

Divorced you

Bang Bang and choo choo train

Come on girls, let’s do our thing

I can’t

Why not

“cause I can’t

Why not?

Because my back is hurtin

My bras too tight

My booty shakin from the left to the right

Left right

Left right

Reesie Peesie Buttercup

You mess with me

I’ll mess you up.

end of rhyme.
Original Poster- "What? I think there are a couple of different versions of that rhyme, too."

My name is Audi

On the phone

With my purple Reeboks on

Ooh she thinks she bad

At least I got a wash rag.
-The Sol Doula, March 8, 2023, Richmond, Virginia “Hollywood Hand Clap Game" #childhoodmemories [This is my unofficial transcription from .41-1:50 of this Tik Tok video. Additions and corrections are welcome.] 

*The Sol Doula is a young Black American woman. She begins this video by sharing that her friend reminded her of some games that they played every day during recess and whenever they had some spare time.

Here are two comments from that tick tok post [Unfortunately, this Tick Tok video won't publish on this YouTube format.

(Numbers added for referencing purposes only.)

1oohhwwee, 2023-3-8
"lol Hollywood sounds like a lot of different ones meshed together😂😂and no I've never heard that one 😂😂 cute thou. we were too grown😂😂"

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2. A random a account, 2023, 3-10
"I am so sick that you literally have the only video on this app that talks about the Hollywood game😂 I used to play it when I was a girl it was the best!"

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23. HOLLYWOOD 
Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood go swinging ooh she think she bad B.A.D i know im bad ooh she think she cool cool cool like scooby doo ooh she think she fine fine fine like lemon lime she think she cute cute cute like gin and juice my name is (insert name) and im a super fly girl it takes (#) boys to rock my world go sexy go sexy go.(then the person playing with you sayd the same thing.

this is how i sing it

Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood go swinging Hollywood go swinging my names(insert name)on the phone with my daisy dukes on if you see me in the streets boy you best speak to me uh she thinks shes b.a.d ,at least i use a wash rag ,ooh she thinks she cool coolest girl in high school ooh she thinks she fine fine number nine take me home bring me my man back besta have my cadalicc back bang bang choochoo train come again another day why not because i can't why not cause my back hurts from my bra to tight my booty shake to the left to the right left right shake that booty all night

This is how i sing it

Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood go swinging Hollywood go swinging my name is (Ur name) on the my cell with my apple bottoms on if you see me in the club boy you better speak to me uh she think she bad: B.A.D i know I'm bad uh she think she cool: coolest girl in (whatever one Ur in elementary, middle etc) uh she think she: fine fine fine # 8 take your man up on a date bring him home bring him back he best have my Cadillac he bought me me 1 he bought me 2 he married me divorced you bang bang choochoo train come on girl lets do our thing

(other person) i cant

(you) why not

(other person) because i cant

(you) why not

(other person) because my back is ache-ing and my bra is to tight and my booty shaking from the left to the right left right left right
-global, Feb, 2, 2012, https://blog.naver.com/junjo4/150168052684

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