The AntiTuber, Oct. 13, 2010
Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest Update: March 28, 2021
This pancocojams post presents an alphabetized compilation of some examples of children's jump rope and hand clap rhymes that include the "Pepsi" brand name.
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Please add versions of rhymes with the brand name Pepsi in the comment section below. For the folkloric record, please include when (year of decade) you first chanted or performed this rhyme, where (city/state or nation if outside of the USA) you first performed this rhyme, and how you performed this rhyme (such as jump rope rhyme or hand clap rhyme). Thanks.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/08/brand-names-jump-rope-hand-clap-rhymes.html for the 2017 pancocojams post entitled "Brand Names In Children's Jump Rope & Hand Clap Rhymes, Part II". Also use pancocojams' internal search engine or Google search to find pancocojams posts for specific children's rhymes. For instant, if you are seeking examples of children's rhymes that include the phrase "a biscuit", place children's rhymes a biscuit + pancocojams in the seach box [children's rhymes a biscuit pancocojams].
Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/03/two-videos-about-coke-vs-pepsi-cola.html for the 2021 pancocojams post entited "Two Videos About The Coke vs. Pepsi (Cola Wars) & An Excerpt Of A 2013 The Atlantic Article Entitled "A Brief History of Racist Soft Drinks" "
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SELECTED EXAMPLES OF CHILDREN'S RECREATIONAL RHYMES THAT INCLUDE THE BRAND NAME "PEPSI"
These rhymes are given alphabetically based on the first letter of the first lin of that example (except for words such as "the" or "a"). The first use of the word Pepsi is given in italics. By "the first line of the example, I'm excluding commenters' introductory remarks.
This compilation usually doesn't include any notes about these examples except for the sub-category of recreational rhyme if it is known and demographic information, if it is known.
Some versions of these rhymes are found with the brand name "Coca Cola" instead of "Pepsi-Cola". Also, some of these rhymes may be performed differently than was is indicated after an example (For instance, the "Firecracker" rhyme is often performed as a children's cheer in the United States.)
These examples aren't numbered.
WARNING: The offensive referent "fag" is found in one of these examples.
A - B
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This is our one at school:
Coca Cola,
Pepsi Cola,
Alley Alley Pussycat,Alley Alley Pussycat,
Boys got the muscles,
teachers cant count,
girls got the sexy legs,
you better WATCH OUT!
Im gonna hypnotize ya,
paralyse ya,
turn around and faint!
But as we say the last line someone
turns around and falls into eachothers arms,VERY DANGEROUS! Thanks for sharing
ur great vid!
-Schoolgirl
16 July, 2010, https://thevicarswife.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/playground-rhymes-1-coca-cola/ [hand clap rhyme with mimicking motions]
coca cola went to town,
diet pepsi knocked em down,
doctor pepper fixed em,
now were drinking 7 up,
7 up got the flu,
now were drinking mountain dew,
mountain dew fell off the mountain
now were drinking from the fountain, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
-amia, cocojams, 6/15/2007
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no thats not the way its supposed to be said and different people in different places learned it different ways i learned it as
pepsi cola wnet to town
coca cola shot him down
dr.pepper fixed him up
now we all drink 7 up
and so on so yeah its fun hearing different ways people learned it but u cat tell her that her way is wrong she just learned it different -
omgitsalize, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFYB_QCRRyY&feature=related, 2008
Coca cola came to town
Diet Pepsi shot him down
Dr. Pepper picked him up
Now we all drink 7up
Bom Bom
Run around around around
Crash Beep Beep
Honk Honk
Run around around around
Crash Beep Beep
Oh Oh
Run around around around
Crash Beep Beep
Whoosh!
Crash Beep Beep
adam, hope, lana (United Kingdom) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3xDuBQeqg8&feature=related, January 20, 2009 [transcription by Azizi Powell, 4/16/2010.
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Coca Cola came to town
diet Pepsi shot him down
Dr pepper fixed him up
now we're drinking 7up
7up has got the flu
now were drinking mountain dew
mountain dew fell down a mountain
now we're drinking from the fountain
oh no the fountains broke
now we're drinking cherry coke
cherry coke is so laat year
now we're drinking ginger beer
ginger beer got in a fight
now we're drinking ice cold sprite
ice cold sprite is out of date
now we're drinking lemonade
lemonades starting to fade
now were drinking power ade
power ade played hard to get
now we're drinking turbo jet
turbo jet fell in a lake
now we're drinking chocolate shake
chocolate shake thought it was banta
now we're drinking orange Fanta
orange Fanta got hit by a tree
now were drinking boiling tea
boiling tea was caught by her
now were drinking sparkling water
sparkling water got shot by cupid
now we're feeling very stupid
all these drinks were so so bad
now we're feeling very sad
-Victoria Robertson, 2016; discussion thread for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Cw-Awwm_M [hand clap rhyme]
Down by the river with the hanky panky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
Singing E, I, O, U, your mama stinks and so do you
King Kong, Donkey Kong, went to school with nothing on
Asked the teacher what to wear, polka dotted underwear!
Not too big and not too small, just the size of Broward Mall
I pledge allegiance to the flag, Michael Jackson makes me gag
Pepsi cola burnt him up, now we’re drinking 7-up
7-up has no caffeine, now we’re singing Billy Jean
Billy Jean is out of sight, now we’re talking dynamite
Dynamite blew up the school, now we’re talking really cool
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Whoever was clapped on one was I guess out. Actually I remember that my first ever exposure to Michael Jackson was through these rhymes, I remember quite a few featured him. We also had a lot of songs about killing our teachers and burning down the school, you know, innocent schoolyard games!...
-Elle, October 3, 2009, https://kateharding.net/2009/10/02/miss-lucy-had-friday-fluff/
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down by the banks of the hanky panky where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky singing a e i o u micheal jordon went to town pepsi cola shut him down mountain dew shut him up now we are talking seven up sevenup with no calffeine now we are talking bille jean bille jean went down the street singing didee didde didde dum didee doo
-timothy & kimberly b, https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121211173034AAyQw1S , "lyrics to down by the banks in the hanky panky where the bull frogs jump", 2015
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Down by the banks of the hanky panky
were the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
going epps ieps ops oops
Listen to the ker-plop
i pledge allegiance to the flag
Michael Jackson sings so bad (which he doesn't)
Pepsi Cola burned him up
now he's drinking 7 up
7 up has no caffeine
now he's drinking gasoline
Gasoline has no good taste now he's drinking toxic waste(then the melody changes)
there's a place on mars, where the babys smoke cigars and the boys wear bikinis and the ladies drink martinis
(then it ends something like this)mirror mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all!
At the end who ever got landed on would be out and then it would start over with the remaining players.
-GUEST,Marissa, 19 Dec 18, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034 , Mudcat: Origins: Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky
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Firecracker, firecracker, oh, oh, oh.
Firecracker, firecracker, oh, oh, oh
Boys have got the muscles.
Teachers got the brains.
Girls have got the sexy legs,
And we won the games.
If you want to take motion,
Take it slow.
This is how the motion goes:
Pepsicola, CocaCola, Royal Crown.
You've got to hypnotize her.
Boom dorizer,
Knock 'em down.
-Burkhard Leuschner, 1980,
http://mudcat.org/jumprope/jumprope_display_all.cfm [jump rope rhyme]
-snip-
Here's the comment from the contributor of this version:
"I was on holiday in France, Bourgogne, at a castle
with an
English landlady, whose two nieces were visiting with her.
Katy and Miranda, Chateau Leveault, 11 August
1980
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Firecracker, firecracker, boom-boom-boom
Firecracker, firecracker, boom-boom-boom
The boys have got the muscles, the teacher’s got the brains
The girls have got the sexy legs so we’ve won the game
Pepsi cola, Pepsi cola,
Hypnotise you, paralyse you, fall in love
Gonna hypnotise you, paralyse you, fall in love
-Helen (Lincolnshire in the 80s England),
Aprill 30, 2010, https://thevicarswife.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/playground-rhymes-1-coca-cola/ [hand clap rhyme with mimicking motions]
-snip-
This commenter said that this rhyme was similar to the Firecracker rhyme that was given by the vicarswife although that rhyme featured "Coca Cola" and not "Pepsi Cola".
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-Adam Selzer, Jan 30, 2011, http://playgroundjungle.com/2011/01/michael-jackson-and-the-pledge-of-allegiance.html (This example was submitted by a reader who first it heard in 1984 in Placentia, CA)
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7-UP made him pee,
-Adam Selzer, Jan 30, 2011, http://playgroundjungle.com/2011/01/michael-jackson-and-the-pledge-of-allegiance.html (circa the spring of 1992 in Des Moines)
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I went into the baker's shop
To buy a loaf of bread, bread, bread,
They wrapped it up in a five pound note
And this is what they said, said, said
My name is Elvis Presley
Girls are sexy (wiggle)
Sitting in the back seat
Drinkin' Pepsi (mime drinking)
Had a baby, (mime rocking)
Called it Daisy (mime flower above head)
Had a twin,
Named it Tim,
In the Royal Navy,
Push off! (push each other)
Clapping rhymes make no sense
-Phantom Phoenix, 2009, https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=680317
We had ..
I went to a Chinese restaurant to buy a loaf of bread bread bread
They wrapped it up in a five pound note and this is what they said said said
My name is
Elvis Presley
girls are sexy
sitting on a balcony drinking pepsi
-Anonymous, 6/16/2010, https://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/being-mum-794/parenting-advice-192/434766-playground-clapping-rhymes-your-childhood.html
I went to a Chinese restaurant,
To buy a loaf of bread, bread, bread,
I went up to the counter,
And this is what he said, said, said.
My name is,
Elvis Presley, girls are sexy,
Sitting on the back seat drinking Pepsi.
-https://ctac.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/biogs/E000097b.htm
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Lemonade
Ice Tea
Coca Cola
Pepsi
Lemonade,Ice Tea,Coca Cola,Pepsi
Turn around
Touch the ground
Kick your boyfreind out of town
Freeze!
-Karen, Nov. 12, 2010, http://hunsford.blogspot.com/2007/02/childhood-sayings.html
{Added Sept. 5, 2021]
My mother your mother live across the street
1819 Blueberry street
Every night they have a fight
and this is what they say
Boy's are rotten
made out of cotton
Girls are handy
made out of candy
Boys go to Jupiter
to get more stupider
Girls go to Mars
to get more candy bars
Boys drink whiskey
to get more frisky
Girls drink Pepsi
to get more sexy
Icky Icky soda pop
Icky Icky you
Icky Icky soda pop
a boy loves you
1...2...3...4...
-Author: Bluejeenz1, https://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/27001.html
My mother, your mother lives down the street,
18, 19 Marble Street,
And every time they have a fight
This is what they told me:
Boys are rotten made out of cotton,
Girls are sexy made out of Pepsi,
Incey wincey lollipop,
Incey-wincey poo,
Incey wincey lollipop
Boys love you and that is true
- https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/lals/research/projects/language-in-the-playground-project/publications/lip70.pdf, [New Zealand], ©Laurie and Winifred Bauer 2002 NZ Playground Language
Clapping Games, page 5
-snip-
There are a number of similar examples of this rhyme on that page.
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my mother your mother live across the street 18,19 blueberry street every night they had a fight and this is want they said tonight boy's are rotten made out of cotton girls are sexy made out of Pepsi boy's go to Jupiter to get more stupider girls go to college to get more knowledge............. that's all I know😳😔
-Jah'Niyah Brock, 2016; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0KMFSj-FrQ Fun hand games [hand clap rhyme]
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S-o-s-o-s-o-s-o-s-o-s My mother, your mother Live across the street. 1415 Blueberry Street.
Every night they have a fight.
This is what they fight about:
Boys are rotten, made out of cotton.
Girls are sexy, made out of Pepsi.
Boys go to Jupiter to get stupider.
Girls go to Mars to be movie stars.
Slap. Slap. Clap. Clap
Hands up over the head and:
I-hate-boys.
-Susan Campbell, Courant Staff Writer, The Hartford Courant (Conneticut), June 9, 1993 https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1993-06-09-0000100990-story.html Girls Love To While Away Hours With Slap-Clap Games And Rhymes
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We Do This At School But Our Words Are:
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola
Alley Alley Pussycat
Alley Alley Pussycat
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola
Alley Alley Pussycat
Alley Alley Pussycat
Boys Got The Muscles
Teacher Can’t Count
Girls Got The Trendy Looks
You Better Watch Out
Hypnotise Ya
Paralyse Ya
Turn Around And Faint
-Chloe on 13 July, 2010, https://thevicarswife.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/playground-rhymes-1-coca-cola/ [hand clap rhyme with mimicking motions]
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A Pepsi parody from my childhood:
Pepsi Cola hits the spot
In your stomach it will rot
Tastes like beer, tastes like wine,
(Shouted)OH MY GOSH, IT'S TURPENTINE!
-RangerSteve, 21 Oct 02,
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=52618&messages=341 Jingles you remember .
[a parody of a commercial; recited with no accompanying performance activity]
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