Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a four part pancocojams series that presents a compilation of (mostly online) examples of Stella Ella Ola & similar group hand slapping games that include information about their ger geographic location.
This post presents complete examples of group hand slapping rhymes whose geographic locations are from cities or states in the United States that begin with I-M. When commenters mention both the city and the state for United States examples, I've listed those examples under the first letter of the name of the city. Examples that cite a region of the United States are listed under the first letter of that region (for example: "New England" is listed under the letter "N".
This post also presents complete examples of these rhymes whose geographic locations are from countries outside of the United States whose names begin with the letters I-M.
The rhymes that are included in this compilation have the titles "Stella Ella Ola", "Strolla Ola Ola", "Quack Diddley Oso", "Crocodilly Oh My", ""Slap Billy Oso", and similar titles.
The online sources for these examples are cited along with their full comments (except for additional examples or off topic comments).
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/11/stella-ella-ola-similar-group-hand.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents examples whose geographical locations are given under letters A-H.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/11/pancocojams-compilation-of-examples-of_87.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post presents examples whose geographical locations are given under letters N-S.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/11/pancocojams-compilation-of-examples-of_48.html_ for Part IV of this pancocojams series. That post presents examples whose geographical locations are given under letters T-Z.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric and recreational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/10/in-search-of-sources-for-stella-ella.html for the 2016 pancocojams post entitled "In Search Of Sources For "Stella Ella Ola"/"Quack Dilly Oso" Rhymes".
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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS COMPILATION
The rhymes that are included in this pancocojams compilation
are selected examples from various sources.
I found almost all of these examples in this pancocojams compilation by reading multiple online discussion threads, including YouTube discussion threads (Thankfully, I had documented some of the comments from YouTube discussion threads that are now deleted because in Feb. 2019 YouTube deleted most of the discussion threads for videos that feature children. A few YouTube discussion threads for videos that feature children show old comments and are still open for new comments. This compilation includes some of those examples.)
In addition, a few of examples in this pancocojams compilation of "Stella Ella Ola" and similar group hand slapping rhymes are from comments that I received in other posts on this pancocojams blog.
In addition, a few of examples in this pancocojams
compilation of "Stella Ella Ola" and similar group hand slapping
rhymes are from comments that I received in other posts on this pancocojams blog.
The exceptions to the online sources for these examples are those that I learned from my direct experiences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania beginning in the 1980s.
These examples are given in alphabetical order under the geographical location that is mentioned in the comment. Examples from cities in the United States are given under their state's name. Examples from regions in the United States are given under the first letter of that region's name (for instance examples from "New England" is given under the letter "N".) Examples from outside of the United States are given under the name of the country.
Multiple examples from each of these geographical categories are given in no particular order.
The YouTube videos of "Stella Ella Ola" and other related hand slapping games whose links are included in this compilation are played the same way as I've seen in my direct experiences of that game (from the 1980s to early 2000s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and some of its surrounding communities, mostly among African American children).The exception is that my recollections of those games is that they were always played by people standing in a circle while YouTube videos sometimes show these games being played by people who are seated.
Also, the videos of "Stella Ella Ola" and other related hand clapping games that are included in this compilation have the same recognizable tune & tempo as those particular hand slapping games that I have had direct experiences with in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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DISCLAIMER
This compilation isn't meant to represent all of the examples of these rhymes in a given city, state, or country during any particular period of time. This post also doesn't present any information or examples that purport to be the earliest example/s of this rhyme. Nor does this compilation stipulate that any example of these rhymes is more correct than any other examples.
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EXAMPLES
I, J
Israel
GUEST,Gagi, 28 Jul 08; https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=77066 Subject: RE: Kids chant Stella Ola Ola / Stella Ella Ola [henceforth given in this post as "Mudcat: Stella Ella Ola"]
"Hi, I was wondering about the origins of the version I know which sound more Italian/Spanish. hope it will help.
The Israeli version as I knew it back in the 80's (so it might have evolved already):
La qua qua de la oma
Qua qua qua (qua)
Decima triko
Triko triko tra
Vallo, vallo,
Vallo, vallo, vallo, vallo
1, 2, 3 ..... 10
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZbaaQvwgc for a video of adults playing the Israeli children's game "A Qua Qua" game in what appears to be a United States university music class. This song is played the same way and has the same recognizable tune & tempo as "Stella Ella Ola" and other related hand slapping games.
Israel
GUEST, 20 Oct 11; Mudcat: Stella Ella Ola
"I know a different Israeli version. I recently heard my neices playing the game, and while it was similar to
'La qua qua de la oma
Qua qua qua (qua)
Decima triko
Triko triko tra
Vallo, vallo,
Vallo, vallo, vallo, vallo
1, 2, 3 ..... 10'
it had an extra verse. There was mention of ima (mom) and
aba (dad), mixed in with the nonsense (which inlcuded the word banana, which is
said the same in Hebrew). As well as that the children seemed to think that
valo was from the Hebrew words
va-and
lo-no
and the song also includes the word vaken (ken-yes)
There also seemed to be some words that sounded Arabic."
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Israel
Israel (Versions differ), https://kids.kiddle.co/Stella_Ella_Ola
"Qua qua de la oma (gibberish)
Qua qua qua. (quack, quack, quack)
Desi matriko / Be-simlat triko (gibberish / in a t-shirt)
Aba-sh'ha kofiko (your father is a small monkey)
Ima-sh'ha hipopotam (your mother is a hippo)
Ve ata hamor katan (and you are a small donkey)
Va lo, va ken (and no, and yes)
Tzolea oo-misken (limping and miserable)
Zaken (old man)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5"
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K, L
Kentucky
GUEST, 12 Oct 11; Mudcat: Stella Ella Ola
"As a kid in the late 70s in Kentucky, I played this game. However, we "translated" the lyrics into english words, though they stil didn't make much sense. We sang:
Oh my crocodile
Oh my crack crack
There's a tree called
the tricky tricky trap
Fa-low, fa-low,
fa-low, fa-low fa-low
fa-low!
1 2 3 4
If you got slapped on 4 you were out...
Wonder what happened to "stella" in this version?
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Maine
https://kids.kiddle.co/Stella_Ella_Ola
"Quack diddly oso
quack quack quack;
From San Francisco,
do a little disco;
Galore, galore, galore-galore-galore, galore!
1, 2, 3, 4"
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Downeast Maine
https://kids.kiddle.co/Stella_Ella_Ola
"
Clap clap clap
Sing señorita,
Rita rita rita
Galore, galore, galore-galore-galore, galore!
1, 2, 3, 4!"
Franklin, Massachusetts
GUEST,
" "Crocadilly oh my, croc croc croc
Say chico chico,
chico chico chock
Fellow fellow, stick your hands in jello
1-2-3-4-5-6-7!
Franklin, Ma"
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Milton, Massachusetts
GUEST, 21 Nov 09; "Mudcat: Stella Ella Ola"
"Franklin, Ma-
In Milton ours was almost the same
Crocadilly oh my, croc croc croc
Say chico chico,
chico chico chock
Follow follow, stick your head in jello
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
And I think maybe our ch's got turned to s's. Like "Say
sico sico sico sico sock" "
Southern Massachusetts
GUEST,
"I'd never heard it before my kids just started singing it.
In southern Massachusetts, they sing it like this:
Croc a dilly oh mi quak quak quak
Say sinco sinco, sinco sinco sak
Follow, Follow
Stick your head in Je-llo
Dye your hair ye-llow
Eat a marshme-llo
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10!
Boston, Massachusetts
"18 years ago in Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston, MA we
would sing:
Crocadilly oh my
oh my OH!
Say cinco-cinco
cinco cinco suck!
Follow, follow,
stick your butt in jello!
With a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10!
Eastern Massachusetts (one example) and Charlton, Western Massachusetts (one example)
GUEST,
"I learned this in Eastern MA as:
Crocadilly oh my
Croc croc croc
Say cinco cinco
Cinco cinco sock-a-locka
Follow, follow
Stick your head in jello
Your face is turning yellow
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
But I heard it in Western MA(Charlton) as
Quackadilly oso
Quack quack quack
Señorita
Your mama smells like pizza
Felora, felora, I'll kick you out the door-a
Sayin' 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
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east -ish Massachusetts
"From east-ish Massachusetts,
Croc-a-dilly oh my, crack crack crack
Say cinco cinco, cinco cinco sack(-a-lack-a)
Fallow, fallow,
Stick your head in jello
Eat a marshmallow
Dye your hair yellow
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"
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Michigan
Northern Michigan
@alyssacleland, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvVQvqyW2bw
"Northern Michigan Version:
Slap diddly oso slap slap slap!
From sanderico, rico rico rico
Alert! Alert! Red alert!
1, 2, 3, 4!!"
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This concludes Part II of this four part pancocojams series.
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