Patty Kershaw, May 18, 2019
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases eight YouTube examples of "Bo Bo Ski Otten Totten" (or similar titles).
Five of these videos show people performing partner hand clap routines while singing this song. Two of these videos show people performing a group hand slapping game while singing this song and one YouTube example is a sound file of children singing this song.
The words for two of these examples are given below their videos. Two comments from its discussion thread are also included for one of the videos that is showcased in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/11/some-examples-of-bo-bo-ski-otten-totten.html for a pancocojams post that presents additional lyrics to other versions of "Bo Bo Ski Otten Totten" .
Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-19th-century-source-for-20th-century.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "A 19th Century Source For The 20th Century United States Hand Clap Rhyme "Bobo Ski Otten Totten".
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Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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These videos are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
rachelle hugg, May 27, 2020
Ms Rachelle and Brighton teach you the hand clapping pattern
for Bo Bo Ski Waten Taten.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 -Bo Bo Ski Watten! With Subtitles!sisterearthification, Jul 28, 2017
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Here are the words from the video’s transcript (and the video’s
sub-titles]
Bo bo see otten totten Nay nay I am boom boom boom
Itty bitty otten totten Bo bo see otten totten
Bo bo see otten totten Boom boom boom
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - BOBO SKEE WATTEN TOTTEN - HAND CLAPPING GAME | TI&NAISH
Ti&Naish, Apr 3, 2015
SHOWCASE VIDEO #5 - Nay Nay, I Am-Boom Boom Boom. Itty Bitty Oughten-Taughten
ServiceLearning0, Published on Sep 3, 2009
...The title says it all.
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This is a group hand slapping game version of this rhyme.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #6 - Bo Bo Skee Otten Totten
Zenopox, Oct 9, 2011, Bo Bo Skee Otten Totten
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This hand clap routine is different than the other YouTubevideos that I’ve come
across.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #7- Bo Bo Ski WattenCrossover Campout 2016 -snip-
Here's my transcription of this version of "Bo Bo Ski Watten"
"Bo-bo ski watten tatten,
Ah-ah-ah, boom boom boom
Itty bitty watten tatten
Bo bo ski watten tatten
Bo bo ski watten tatten"
1. @Laneical, 2018
"In my school, this is Stella-Ella-Ola"
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"Similar to down by the banks of the hanky panky or dilly
dally duck. When I grew up bo bo ski
watten tatten was popular but it was a hand clapping game."
SHOWCASE VIDEO #8 - Bo Bo See Wattin' Tattin
Red Grammer Topic, Nov 5, 2015
Provided to YouTube by CDBaby
Red Grammer's Favorite Sing Along Songs
℗ 1993 Red Grammer
Released on: 1993-01-01
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Here's a link to another video of a group slapping form of this rhyme:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNvqa8AXJ0 "Oboshinotentoten - Singing game", published by Aileen Miracle, July 7, 2014
Notice that the summary of this video indicates that this rhyme is "An African-American singing game, played by the Level One Kodaly class at DePaul University in Chicago.".