Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the children's cheerleader cheer "Slide And Slide & Do The Butterfly".This post presents the standard form of the "Slide And Slide & Do The Butterfly"cheer and presents partial lyrics of the 1994 Hip Hop song "The Tootsie Roll" which served as the source of that cheer.
This post also presents examples of longer forms of the "Slide And Slide & Do The Butterfly". The longer forms of that cheer are made up of the standard form of that cheer combined with other lines and/or verses from certain independent cheers/rhymes. (Independent cheers/rhymes are compositions that can be chanted by themselves instead of in combination with other rhymes/cheers.)
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Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/four-videos-of-childrens-butterfly.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases various YouTube videos of girls performing the "Slide And Slide & Do The Butterfly"cheer.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/four-videos-of-childrens-butterfly.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases various YouTube videos of girls performing the "Slide And Slide & Do The Butterfly"cheer.
Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/videos-of-pepsi-cola-cheer-slide-slide.html for a closely related 2014 pancocojams post entitled "Videos Of
"Pepsi Cola Cheer" (Slide & Slide And Do The Butterfly)
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THE SHORT ("STANDARD") FORM OF THIS CHEER
Slide and slide and do the butterfly
And dip and dip and shake my little hips
I want you and you
To cheer with me too.
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Analysis:
The earliest example of this cheer that I've found -and what popularized this cheer- is when it was chanted in a Cheerleader episode of the American television series Hannah Montana. (That clip is showcased as the first video in Part I of this two part pancocojams series.)
I don't know whether the writers of that episode composed this cheer or whether it had been chanted by girl cheerleaders "in real life".
Explanation of these movements
The "slide", "do the butterfly" and "dip" words for that cheer are lifted from the lyrics for of The 69 Boy's hit 1994 American Hip Hop song "Tootsie Roll". (Those words are given in Part I of this pancocojams series).
Slide
Definition- to move smoothly over a surface. In terms of this cheer, "slide" means to glide from the left to the right.
Do the butterfly
"Do the butterfly" refers to a 1992 (and probably earlier) Jamaican Dancehall Reggae dance whose leg wobbling movement is quite similar to the leg movements (but not the arm movements) of the 1920s African American originated dance "Charleston". The leg wobbling movement in the 1994 African American originated dance "Tootsie Roll" is supposed to be performed the same way as the Dancehall "Butterfly" movement.
However, it appears that many American children cheerleaders (and others) who chant that "do the butterfly" portion of that cheer, do motions similar to or the same as those that the actress/singer Miley Cyrus performed in the 2006 episode of the American television series Hannah Montana which popularized the "Slide and slide and do the butterfly" cheer: In a clip of that episode (which is given as Video #1 in Part I of this pancocojams post) Miley Cyrus, the star of the Hannah Montana television series, doesn't do Dancehall Reggae "Butterfly" dance the way it is performed in Jamaica. Instead, when she chanted the words “do the butterfly”, Miley crossed her hands slightly below her chin, and wiggled her fingers. She then slightly bent both knees and moved up and down to the rhythm. At the end of this cheer, Miley(purposely for that episode) akwardly atempts to do a gymnastic leg lift.
And dip and dip and shake my little hips
I want you and you
To cheer with me too.
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Analysis:
The earliest example of this cheer that I've found -and what popularized this cheer- is when it was chanted in a Cheerleader episode of the American television series Hannah Montana. (That clip is showcased as the first video in Part I of this two part pancocojams series.)
I don't know whether the writers of that episode composed this cheer or whether it had been chanted by girl cheerleaders "in real life".
Explanation of these movements
The "slide", "do the butterfly" and "dip" words for that cheer are lifted from the lyrics for of The 69 Boy's hit 1994 American Hip Hop song "Tootsie Roll". (Those words are given in Part I of this pancocojams series).
Slide
Definition- to move smoothly over a surface. In terms of this cheer, "slide" means to glide from the left to the right.
Do the butterfly
"Do the butterfly" refers to a 1992 (and probably earlier) Jamaican Dancehall Reggae dance whose leg wobbling movement is quite similar to the leg movements (but not the arm movements) of the 1920s African American originated dance "Charleston". The leg wobbling movement in the 1994 African American originated dance "Tootsie Roll" is supposed to be performed the same way as the Dancehall "Butterfly" movement.
However, it appears that many American children cheerleaders (and others) who chant that "do the butterfly" portion of that cheer, do motions similar to or the same as those that the actress/singer Miley Cyrus performed in the 2006 episode of the American television series Hannah Montana which popularized the "Slide and slide and do the butterfly" cheer: In a clip of that episode (which is given as Video #1 in Part I of this pancocojams post) Miley Cyrus, the star of the Hannah Montana television series, doesn't do Dancehall Reggae "Butterfly" dance the way it is performed in Jamaica. Instead, when she chanted the words “do the butterfly”, Miley crossed her hands slightly below her chin, and wiggled her fingers. She then slightly bent both knees and moved up and down to the rhythm. At the end of this cheer, Miley(purposely for that episode) akwardly atempts to do a gymnastic leg lift.
"Dip and Dip"
"Dip" = to quickly bop up and down to the rhythm
"Shake my hips"
Put your hands on your hips and quickly move back and forth to the rhythm
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Here's a folk processed* version of this short form of "Slide and slide and do the butterfly"
"butterfly i learnd it from hannah Montana
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SOME EXAMPLES OF THE LONG FORM OF THIS CHEER
Long forms of children's cheers and rhymes (and particularly contemporary* African American rhymes and cheers) are composed by adding to the short (standard) form of that those cheers/rhymes. Introductory words or lines are sometimes added to the beginning of those compositions. For instance, the words "Pepsi Cola Pepsi Cola" which are found in example # 1 below, are introductory words. Introductory words are chanted for rhythmic effect and don't have any other connection with the rest of the cheer's (or rhyme's) words.
*By contemporary, I mean compositions that date from the 1970s on.
"Shake my hips"
Put your hands on your hips and quickly move back and forth to the rhythm
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Here's a folk processed* version of this short form of "Slide and slide and do the butterfly"
"butterfly i learnd it from hannah Montana
i move i slide i do the butterfly
i dance i twist
i shake my little hips
and i want you and you to cheer it with me to"
-kelsey ;
cocojams.com children's cheerleader cheers , July 7, 2007
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"cocojams.com" was the name of my cultural website that was online from 2001 to Nov. 2014. A number of children, pre-teens, and teens submitted many examples of rhymes and cheers to tht website using an internal submission page. That page didn't require an email address which I believe made it easier for children, pre-teens, and eens to use. I asked that people submitting examples give their first name and encouraged them to add their city/state and their age, but a lot of contributors gave their first name only.
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SOME EXAMPLES OF THE LONG FORM OF THIS CHEER
Long forms of children's cheers and rhymes (and particularly contemporary* African American rhymes and cheers) are composed by adding to the short (standard) form of that those cheers/rhymes. Introductory words or lines are sometimes added to the beginning of those compositions. For instance, the words "Pepsi Cola Pepsi Cola" which are found in example # 1 below, are introductory words. Introductory words are chanted for rhythmic effect and don't have any other connection with the rest of the cheer's (or rhyme's) words.
*By contemporary, I mean compositions that date from the 1970s on.
Many children's rhymes and cheers cheers (and particularly contemporary African American rhymes and cheers) are composed by combining two or more independent (stand alone) cheer/s or rhyme/s. Independent (stand alone) cheers/rhymes are verses that can be chanted by themselves instead of in combination with other rhymes/cheers. Certain independent rhymes/cheers (or portions of rhymes and cheers) are more likely to be combined with certain other rhymes/cheers than with other rhymes/cheers.
For instance, the "My mama's (or "mother's) short and fine" rhyme is a rhyme that can be chanted all by itself, but is also found in some long examples of "Slide and slide and do the butterfly" and in certain other children's rhymes and cheers.
For instance, the "My mama's (or "mother's) short and fine" rhyme is a rhyme that can be chanted all by itself, but is also found in some long examples of "Slide and slide and do the butterfly" and in certain other children's rhymes and cheers.
These examples are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
1.
Pepsi-cola
Pep Pepsi cola
Pepsi-cola
Pep Pepsi cola
I can slide and slide
and do the Butterfly
I can dip and dip
and shake my little hips
I want you and you
To do it with me too
To the Front [clap clap clap clap)
To the Back (clap clap clap clap)
To the Side
Front
Back
Side side
Let me see you Butterfly
Five six seven eight
Let me see that booty shake
My mother's short and fine
She got a butt like mine
And when she cross the street
The cars go beep, beep, beep
The cars go beep, beep, beep
-iambeyondbeautifull 1, June 29, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDlBirwshkE
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This cheer is composed of five different sections, four of which have spoken words.
1. The words "Pepsi Cola" serve as the introduction to the cheer.
2. The words "I can slide and slide" start the beginning of the 2nd section of this cheer.
3. The words "To the front" start the 3rd section of this cheer.
4. The words "My mama's short and fine" start the 4th section of this cheer/
5. The 5th section of this cheer consists of the girls doing a foot stomping routine without words.
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Notice that these young girls merely cross their hands slightly below their chin and wiggle their fingers when they chant the words "and do the butterfly". They don't do any leg wobbling movements similar to the Jamaican Dancehall "Butterfly" dance or the African American Hip Hop "Toostsie Roll" wobbling movement that is basically the same as "The Butterfly".
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2.
We stomp our feet
We boogie to the beat
We turn around
We touch the ground
We wiggle it
Just
a little bit
We slide and slide and do the butterfly
We dip and dip
and shake our little hips
I want you and you
to cheer with me too
Front (clap clap clap clap clap)
Back(clap clap clap clap clap)
Side to side
Front,
Back,
Side to side
Let me see you do the Butterfly.
5, 6, 7, 8
Let me see your booty shake.
-jose cali Published on Jul 25, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=310bVEgyUPs
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This cheer is made up of three portions.
1. "We stomp our feet" is an independent rhyme.
2. We slide and slide and do the butterfly" begins the next independent rhyme in this composition.
3. "Front" is the third and last independent rhyme (although it appears that this portion is rarely chanted by itself). "Clap clap" indicate an action that is done and aren't spoken.
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3.
My momma's short and fine,
she gotta butt like mine.
And when she crossed the street,
all the cars go beep beep beep.
She likes to kick up high,
and do the butterfly.
She likes to get down low,
and do the rodeo.
She likes to slide and slide
and do the butterfly.
And dip and dip
and shake my little hips
and i want you and you
to do it with me too. Whoo!
-Ally ; cocojams.com children's cheerleader cheer , November 16, 2008
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The Rodeo" was a Hip Hop dance in which the dancers did rhythmical skipping movements in a (individual) circle while pretending to twirl a lasso.
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4.
Rock the boat. Don't tip it over.
Rock the boat. Don't tip it over.
Hey, ______. "
Hey what?"
Hey, ______. "
Hey what?"
D'you wanna rock the boat? "
No way."
D'you wanna rock the boat?!
"Ok."
She slides. She slides.
She does the buttafly
She turns around, touchs the ground
And wiggles it just a little bit*
Rock the boat dont tip it over
rock the boat dont tip it over
-Aria StyPayHorLikSon, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9QuTsAtQPY [comment], 2010
[reformatted for this post]
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*Instead of the line "And wiggles it just a little bit", in the 1990s (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) I heard this line “she gets back up and breaks it down” [“Breaks it down” meaning dances really good, does her best dance moves]. That line fits the cheer better because it rhymes.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-hues-corporation-rock-boat-video.html for a pancocojams post on The Hues Corporation's record "Rock The Boat" that includes examples of children's rhymes with that "rock the boat/don't tip it over" lines.
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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.
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For the folkloric record, here's an example of a childen's rhyme or cheer that doesn't include any reference to the Jamaican Dancehall dance "The butterfly" but refers to another Jamaican Dancehall dance "The Dutty Wine":
ReplyDeletewhen i was growing up we said
i like to kick up high
and do the dirty wine
i like to get down low
and do the rolley pole
i like to step right back
and do the cabbet pack
i like to stop drop pop pop pop
shake shake shake viiiiiibrate
my momma short and fine
got a butt like mine
and when she cross the street
then cars go beep beep beep beep
-nana ; cocojams.com children's cheerleader cheers , November 3, 2007
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"Dutty" means "dirty" (as in "nasty"; "sexually provocative" in Jamaican patois.
"The rolley pole" is probably the dance "the roly poly". Notice that that this reference to "the roly poly" pre-dates the popular 2014 Soca song “Rolly Polly by Mr Killa.* I don't remember how the "Roly Poly" dance was done (if I ever knew.) But it probably was a "hip and butt shaking" (wining) dance similar to or the same as how the 2014 "Rolly Polly" dance is performed.
"The cabbet pack" mentioned in this cheer is "The Cabbage Patch" dance.
*Warning: Videos of these Caribbean dances are rather risque.