Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest update - October 27, 2025
This pancocojams post showcases some examples of the children's recreational rhyme "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" that include lines from "Mickey Mouse Built A House" rhymes.
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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This is a complete reprint of a 2022 pancocojams post with some minor additions, corrections, and a few updates. .
Some of the rhymes in this post aren't from the "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" family of children's recreational rhymes. Most of those examples were given as comments that I added to that 2022 post but which are given in this post as updates.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/03/part-i-of-some-examples-of-down-by_22.html for a closely related pancocojams post entitled "Part I of Some Examples Of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" Rhymes With Geographic Locations (A - J)".
The link for Part II is included in that post.
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General Information About Mickey Mouse & Mickey Mouse Television Series
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse
"Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves."...
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mickey_Mouse_Club
"The Mickey Mouse Club is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned to social media in 2017. [The series was] Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions"...
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse
"Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an American interactive computer-animated preschool television series which was the first Mickey Mouse and computer-animated program for preschoolers. It aired from May 5, 2006, to November 6, 2016 on the Disney Channel.[1] ….
Premise
Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, and Pluto interact with the viewer to stimulate problem solving during a self contained story.[3]
Once the problem of the episode has been explained, Mickey invites the viewers to join him at the Mousekedoer, a giant Mickey-head-shaped computer whose main function is to distribute the day's Mouseketools, a collection of tools needed to solve the day's problem, to Mickey."...
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My Analysis Of The Children's Recreational Rhyme "Mickey Mouse Built A House"
"Mickey Mouse Built A House" is an English language children's recreational rhyme that appears to have initially been used as a counting out/choosing it rhyme.
Based on the number of examples of this rhyme that I've found online, it appears that "Mickey Mouse Built A House" is a rather widely known English language children's rhyme in the United States, if not elsewhere.
A sub-plot of Mickey Mouse cartoons/television skits is that Donald Duck is jealous of Mickey Mouse having the spotlight. Therefore, out of spite, Donald Duck is often depicted as messing up Mickey's plans, and in the case of most of the versions of this rhyme that I've read, he messes up Mickey's house.
The "Mickey Mouse Built A House" rhymes were chanted by children in their neighborhoods before the "Mickey Mouse Club House" American television series began airing in 2006. (The 1980s is the earliest date that I've found for these rhymes. Read that example below.) However, it's likely that the "Mickey Mouse Club House" series helped popularize these rhymes.
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Types of Recreational Rhymes
"Mickey Mouse Built A House" rhymes have been chanted as skipping (jump rope) rhymes, partner hand clap rhymes, group hand slap rhymes, and "counting out" (choosing it) elimination rhymes. These rhymes have been chanted by themselves as (independent; stand alone) verses or in combination with lines/verses of one other (and usually more than one other) recreational rhyme/s such as long forms of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky".
Here's one example of "Mickey Mouse" rhymes that isn't part of the "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" rhyme family:
From https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=18352&messages=75&page=1
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Playground songs
From: GUEST,Tasha
Date: 05 Dec 07 - 02:01 PM
"Ok, This is one my mates sing at school and its slightly different to the others we hear..
Mickey Mouse is in the house
Pulling down his trousers
Quick comes mom to smack his bum
What colour will they be?
[person landed on]-Blue[or other colour]
B-L-U-E spells blue
O-U-T
O-U-T
O-U-T spells out!"
-end of quote-
The word "mates" is rarely used in the United States which strongly suggests that this example isn't from the United States but is from an English speaking nation such as the UK.
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Early Documentation of "Mickey Mouse Built A House" Rhymes
From https://dokumen.pub/counting-out-rhymes-a-dictionary-9780292711037.html
"[page] 345
Mickey Mouse (He) bought a house. See 346. Mickey Mouse built a house Under an apple tree, Mickey Mouse called his house Number twenty-three. Also found as a jump-rope rhyme; see JRR, p. 122. Opie (1959), 111 [Dublin].
Mickey Mouse In a public house. See 355. -141 -
[Page] 346
Mickey Mouse Lived in a house. What color was it? "Red." R-E-D spells red And you are he. Opie (1969), 59 [since 1936]. "Mickey Mouse bought a house. / What colour did he paint it?" Howard, NYFQ, 16 (i960), 140 [Australia 1954-1955]. Ritchie (1965), 47 [Edinburgh]. Begins "Mickey Mouse / He bought a house."
Mickey Mouse made (planned) a house. See 366. 347
Mickey Mouse was in a house Wondering what to do. So he scratched his bun-tiddly-um, Out goes you. Opie (1959), 111 [Farnham, Surrey]."
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An Example Of A Recreational Rhyme That Features Mickey Mouse And Daffy Duck
Here's an example of "Mickey Mouse Built A House" rhymes (or similar titles)
"Mickey Mouse built a house and made it out of glass. Daffy Duck messed it up and made me kiss his a**" - http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml
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This is the way this rhyme was written on that page except that all the words were given in upper case letters. Notice that the name "Daffy Duck"* is used instead of "Donald Duck". My guess is that the person who contributed this example to that rhyme page either mixed up the names of the two cartoon ducks or the version of that rhyme that she or he learned had the name of the wrong duck.
This rhyme was probably composed in the United States since that nation is the "birthplace" of the fictional characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and the rest of the characters that join them in their episodes.
*Here's some information about "Daffy Duck" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daffy_Duck :
"Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character created by
animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions. Styled
as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for
either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.[1] He was one of the first of
the new "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to
replace traditional everyman characters who were more popular earlier in the decade,
such as Mickey Mouse, Porky Pig, and Popeye."...
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Following the standard way that counting out rhymes are played, it's very likely that when that 1980s "Mickey Mouse Built A House" counting out rhyme was chanted, the person who is pointed to when the last letter of the word "ass" is spoken is out of the game (or, alternatively is "it". The person who has to count in a game of hide & go seek" or other functions that are assigned to the person who is designated "it".
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The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse television series first aired on the Disney Channel in the United States from May 2, 2006 to Nov 6, 2016. Yet, as the 1980s date of that rhyme documents, there existed rhymes that referred to Mickey Mouse building a house. Those rhymes might have referred to any building where Mickey Mouse planned to live or those rhymes may have referred to "The Mickey Mouse Club", a television series that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned to social media in 2017. In any event, the Mickey Mouse Built A House rhymes probably became more widely chanted as a result of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse television series, and those rhymes may also have changed their form as a result of that later series.
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Rhyme Structure
I've found these three "standard" forms of "Mickey Mouse Built A House" online:
Form #1 focuses on what Mickey Mouse used to build his house (i.e. bricks, or nails, or glass).
[The person who is pointed to on the last letter is out or is "it".]
The 1980s example that is quoted above is an example of form #1 of that rhyme
My guess is that Form #1 is the earliest form of "Mickey Mouse Built A House".
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Form #2
"Micky Mouse built a house
Donald Duck messed it up
Who will pay the consequences, mouse or duck"
[The person who is pointed to chooses either the word "mouse" or "duck". The chosen word is then spelled out and the person who is pointed to on the last letter of that word is out or is "it".]
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Form #3
"Mickey Mouse built a house
Donald Duck messed it up
Who will pay the consequences" (or "who will pay the consequences and responsibilities)
Y.O.U.
[The person who is pointed to on the last letter is out or is "it".]
Based on my admittedly unscientific online search, Form #3 appears to be the most widely chanted version of "Mickey Mouse Built A House" in the United States. And my guess is that Form #3 is the newest version of that rhyme.
There are also other rhymes about "Mickey Mouse" that aren't in the "Mickey Mouse Built A House" rhyme family such as "Mickey Mouse had a house" and "Mickey Mouse is in the house".
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse for information about the animated Walt Disney cartoon character "Mickey Mouse" and click
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_universe for information about the animated Walt Disney cartoon character Donald Duck.
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SOME EXAMPLES OF "MICKEY MOUSE BUILT A HOUSE" RHYMES IN "DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY" RHYMES
The online sources for these selected examples are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
The "Mickey Mouse Built A House" portion of the rhyme is given in italics to showcase those lines.
Source #1: Mudcat :Origins: Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky (multi-page folk music discussion thread)
This source includes multiple pages of this "Origins: Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky"
discussion thread.
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&page=2 Origins: Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky
1. From: GUEST, Date: 21 Jun 07 - 05:17 PM
...."i learned this from chole,elizibeth1,elizibeth2,abby at loyola academy day camp
Down by banks of hankey-panky were the bullfrogs jumps from bank to bank sayin' eeps iips ohp sacadillain - kerplunk!
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 mickey mouse had a house dohnald duck messed it up who shall pay the caonceacuences mouse or duck (or duck or mouse)1 person said duck or mouse and if it ends up on you you pull your hand away so the other person is out then but if they hit your hand your out"
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https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&page=4
1. From: GUEST,Anonymous.
Date: 21 May 08 - 05:24 PM
"Now when I was in elementary school, we had one with similar words but it was different.
It went:
Down on the farm said Hanky Panky
Said bulldog, bulldog Hanky Panky
Said Fee-Fii-Foo-Fum
Pass it to the bulldog
Mickey Mouse built a house
Donald Duck messed it up
Who will pay the consquences
And the ..
But I forget how it ends.
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https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&page=5
1. From: GUEST,SOUR Skittles #1
Date: 27 Feb 09 - 09:59 PM
"i learned this at my friends birthday party
it was sooo fun!!
down by the bank of the hanky pank where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank sayin
fe
fi
fo
foam
mi sa mi sa ding dang dong
i pledge alligance 2 the flag that micheal jackson is my dad pepsi cola burnt him up now were talking 7 up
7 up has no caffine now were talkin billy jean
billy jean went out of sight now were talkin dynomite
dynomite blew up the school now were talkin really cool
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 mickey mouse built a house donald duck messed it up who will pay the consequinces Y-O-U spells you!!
cool huh??"
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https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&messages=452&page=7
1. From: GUEST,HHA222
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 12:56 AM
"This is how we played in sumemr camp
Down on the farm said Hanky Panky
Said bulldog, bulldog Hanky Panky
Said Fee-Fii-Foo-Fum
Pass it to the bulldog
Mickey Mouse built a house
Donald Duck messed it up
Who will pay the consquences
Or Responsibilities
Y O U spells you
are
out"
2. From: GUEST
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 04:51 AM
"I
down by the banks of the hanky panky where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky with a fe fi fo fum know here comes another one, mickey mouse built a house, donald duck knocked it down, who will pay the consiquenses, y-o-u are out"
3. From: GUEST,wyah
Date: 28 Apr 10 - 12:07 PM
"
It went:
Down by the banks of the hanky pank'
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
fee, fi, fo, fum
your momma smells like King Kong
daddy smells like Donkey Kong
east side, west side, ding, dang, dong
Mickey Mouse built a house
Donald Duck messed it up
who will pay the consequences
and responsibilities
Y-O-U spells you!
And whoever got their hand slapped on "you" was out."
Spent so many mornings playing this and "Shame, Shame, Shame" when I was a little kid."
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"Shame. Shame, Shame" is probably the rhyme that is also known as "I Don't Want To Go To Mexico".
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4. From: GUEST
Date: 10 Oct 10 - 10:10 PM
"Stay down
Stay down
Stay down, down, down.
Donal duck say hanky pank
Say bull dog, bull dog hanky pank
Say fe fi fo thumb
listen to the bull dog
mickey mouse build house
Donald duck mess up
who will pay the con-se-quen-ces?
and re-spons-ibil-ities?
y-o-u and
you
are
out!"
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&page=8
1. From: GUEST
Date: 27 Mar 11 - 06:13 PM
"
how to play: you say all the words together and at the end whoevers hand is at the others picks mouse or duck. then you spell the work at the last letter of the word you try to slap the others hand and the others hand moves their hand away"
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2. From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 06 May 11 - 12:40 PM
"in Rochester, NY it goes like this
down by the bank of the hanky pank;
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank;
saying E-I-O-U;
yo momma stank and so do you;
so ping pong donkey kong;
martin luther king jr;
mickey mouse bought a house;
donald duck messed it up;
he couldn't pay the rent;
so he got kicked out;
O-U-T;
out"
we would do process of elimination by eliminating whoever got to the letter -T they we would start over the song until we got to the last person
3. From: GUEST
Date: 08 Dec 11 - 09:10 PM
"
Bullfrog, bullfrog jumped the bank
Say, fee fi fo fum,
pass it to the next one.
Mickey Mouse built a house,
Donald Duck messed it up,
who will pay the consequences
Y - O - U!"
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https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&page=9
From: GUEST,Misty
1. Date: 08 Dec 18 - 10:43 AM
"Down by the banks of the hanky panky,
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank,
Saying eeps, ipes, opes, ops,
Crockadilly and kerrrplop!
Mickey Mouse build a house,
Donald Duck messed it up.
Who will pay the consequences?
Y-o-U!"
When you get to the U if you slap your own hand you are out or if you slap the person's next to you they are out.
2. From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 03:53 AM
"
Down by the banks of the hanky panky where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky saying fee fi fo fum. i pledge allegiance to the flag that Micheal Jackson is my dad. Coca Cola burned him up. Now we're drinking seven up. Seven up has no caffeine. Now we're talking jelllybeans. Jellybeans are out of sight. Now we're talking dynamite. Dynamite blew up the school. Now we're talking really cool. Mickey mouse built a house. Donald duck messed it up. Who will pay for all the damage? Y O U spells you. Tarzan the monkey man swinging from a rubber band. Fell down broke his crown. What color was his blood?"
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3. From: GUEST,Columbus, Ohio
Date: 29 Apr 21 - 10:07 AM
"Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky
Where the bullfrogs leap from bank to banky
With a, fee fi fo fum,
pass it to the next one.
Mickey Mouse built a house,
Donald Duck messed it up,
who will pay the consequences
Y - O - U!"
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4. From: GUEST,A southern girl
Date: 14 May 21 - 04:55 AM
"I grew up in Memphis and this is how I personally heard the song for the game goes:
Down by the river of hanky Panky
Bullfrog jumps from bank to bank he
Says "ooh! Ah! Skittle skat! Big fat dirty rat!"
I pledge allegiance to the flag, Michael Jackson is so bad
Coca-cola burnin' up, now it's time for seven up
Seven up has no caffeine, now it's time for billy Jean
Billy Jean went out of town riding on a pony
Stuck a feather in his head and called it macaroni
Mickey Mouse had a house
Donald Duck messed it up
Who will pay the con-se-quenc-es
Y-O-U
And the person who's hand gets hit on the last U is the "loser" and is removed from the circle and we keep going with the game"
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This is an example of directions for a "hand slap" game in contrast with a (usually) partner hand clap game/routine.
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5. From: GUEST,yui
Date: 16 May 21 - 08:54 AM
"I heard at camp
Down by the bank with a hanky pank
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
say E I O U
Listen to the words song (probably misheard)
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Michael Jackson is my dad
Pepsi cola burned him up
now he's drinking gasoline
gasoline is meant for cars
Now he's shootin up to mars
there's a place on Mars
where the women smoke cigars
and the men wear bikinis
and the babies drink martinis
every step you take is enough to kill a snake
when the snake is dead
you put mustard in its eyes
when the mustard dries
It is 1948
Mickey mouse builds a house
Donald trump messes up
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who the fairest of them all
Y O U"
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Source #2
From
Somercy, 01-16-2008, 08:23 PM
"one two three four five six seven eight nine ten; Micky Mouse built a house, Donald Duck messed it up; who will pay the consequences, mouse or duck (that player then chooses one, and the word mouse or duck is spelled out. Last person's hand slapped is out)"
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Source #3
From https://just-hopeless-enough.tumblr.com/post/66727430588/my-childhood
"my childhood
down by the banks of the hanky panky
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
say fee fi fo fum pass it to the last one
mickey mouse built a house
donald duck messed it up
who will pay the consequences
y-o-u spells YOU ARE OUT
# ALL THE KIDS WOULD PLAY THIS AT RECESS # IT WAS THE BOMB
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Hi im Kelsey. Chicago suburbs. I like bands and sleeping. Fall Out Boy is my heart and soul. Ya. [no publishing date given.]
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Source #4
From https://schoolyardplay.net/down-by-the-banks-of-the-hanky-panky/ Down By The Banks of the Hanky Panky
SCHOOLYARDPLAY AUGUST 9, 2010;
"Down by the banks of the hanky-panky,
where the bullfrogs jumped from plank to plank,
sayin eeps ipes ohps ops,
listen to the ker-plop
I pledge allegiance to the flag,
Micheal Jackson sings so bad,
Pepsi cola burns his butt,
now he’s drinking Seven Up,
seven up has no caffeine,
now he’s drinking gasoline,
gasoline is made for cars,
now he’s shooting up to mars,
there’s a place on mars
where the boys wear bikinis
and the girls drink martinis,
every step you take,
it’s enough to kill a snake,
when the snake is dead
you put mustard on his head,
when the mustard dries
you put rubies in his eyes,
when the rubies break in 1948, FREEZE,
Mirror mirror on the wall,
who’s the fairest of them all,
Mickey Mouse built a house,
Donald Duck messed it up,
who will pay the consequences?
Y-O-U"
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Source #5
From http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe80s/smf/1109960765.shtml
Subject: Re: Those clapping songs
Written By: the11yearoldknowz on 07/17/09 at 4:28 pm
"nowadyz the song goes.. down in the valley hanky panky bullfrong jump frog hanky panky ooh ah skit skat big fat dirty rat
i pledge alliegance to the flag michael jackson is a fag(r.i.p.)coca cola burned him up now its time for seven up mickey mouse had a house donald duck messed it up who will pay the consequences y-o-U!(whoever you is is out)"
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Source #6
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-NKrzvqz_I&t=3s
1. Fish Legs, 2021
"We do “down by the banks with the hanky pankys, where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank saying fe fi fo fum, Mickey Mouse had a house, Donald Duck blew it up, who shall pay the consequences, Y-O-U”
And on the “U” you would have to pull away and if u did it fast enough you were still in the game. The last two people left in the game makes it confusing so I won’t explain how we do that but we did this game today at our recess"
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This is another example of directions for a group "hand slap game"
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2. sierra johnson, 2021
"we had “ sit down sit down sit down down down down down bulldog bulldog hanky pank say bulldog bulldog hanky pank say fe fi fo fum listen to the bulldog mickey mouse built a house donald duck messed it up , who will pay the consequences Y O U spells you are out of this entire game “ ours was fast & im from chicagoš ."
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Source #7
From http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/down-by-banks-of-hanky-panky-video.html [comment] hpuppiesz636, October 29, 2018
"This is how I learned it:
Down by the river of the hanky banks
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
sayin' fee, fi, foe, fum,
Miso miso ding dang dong
I pledge allegiance to the flag ,
Micheal Jackson is my dad
cokacola burns his butt,
now were talkin 7 up
7 up has no caffeine
now were talkin billy jean
billy jean is out of sight,
now were talkin dynamite,
downright blew up the school,
now were talkin really cool
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Micky mouse built a house, donold duck messed it up,
Who will pay the consequences?
Y-O-U spells you"
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Update: October 27, 2023
From https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&messages=467
[This is another link to the mudcat post on "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" that is given earlier in this post.]
Subject: RE: Origins: Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Oct 23
all of you are wrong.the right version is
down by the banks of the hanky panky
where the bull frog jumps from bank to bank
with n eeps ops soda pop hey
smackadoodle and he went kerplop
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Justin Beiber makes me mad
pepsi cola burnt his butt
now he's drinking 7-up
7-up has no caffine
now he's drinking gasoline
gasoline is made for cars
now he's shooting up to mars
there's a place on mars where babies smoke cigars
mean wear bakinies and women drink martinis
every step you take is enough to kill a snake
when the snake is dead you put mustard on his head
when the mustard dries you put diamonds in his eyes
when diamonds break it is 1968
mirror mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all
mickey mouse build a house
donald duck broke it down
who will face the consequences?
Y-O-U
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Update: September 28, 2025
These are examples of rhymes that I added to the comment section of the original pancocojams post on this subject from September 3, 2022 to November3, 2023 :
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/09/names-of-united-states-presidents-in.html
…“His name is still uttered by children around the United States in the playground rhyme (a variation of eenie meenie minie mo) that starts “Mickey Mouse, built a house; Donald Duck messed it up. Who will pay the con-se quen-ces, Mouse or Duck?"
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2. Here's a version of that counting out rhyme that refers to Mickey Mouse and a house but doesn't include Donald Duck messed it up":
Players: 3
Girls
Age: 9
Mickey Mouse had a house,
What colour was it?
(Response) Red. (any colour can be chosen)
R-E-D.
Person on whose foot the last letter lands is 'It'."
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3. Here's an example of a "Mickey Mouse Had House" rhyme that doesn't refer to Donald Duck:
lucy cool, 2017
"Micky mouse had a house under the movies once the movie started Micky mouse farted what color pink"
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4. I just came across another example of "Mickey Mouse Had A House". Like the other examples of that rhyme that are given in this comment section, this rhyme doesn't has any references to Donald Duck or any other characters but Mickey Mouse.
from https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/forum/culture/school-days/9039-playground-school-songs/page5
glam_racket
16-07-2009, 17:54
Re: Playground Songs!
"For determining who's it.
Rhyme sayer: Mickey Mouse had a house, what colour was it....
Child: RED
Rhyme sayer: R - E - D you are not it."
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Notice that this example is from the United Kingdom
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Update- September 30, 2025
I remembered from this game we used to play:
Mickey Mouse built a house
Donald Duck messed it up
Who will pay the consequences and responsibility
Y-O-U means you are out
-FRED, August 9, 2013, https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/ghetto-childhood-rhymes.553524/page-2 "Ghetto Childhood Rhymes
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Update - October 22, 2025
Some examples of "Mickey Mouse Built A House" verses are found in this long Reddit.com discussion thread that began in 2021 and is still open as of October 22,2025: https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/pme8mi/down_by_the_banks_of_the_hanky_panky Here are five of those examples. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only:
1. Big-Jaguar-3979, 2024
"i as from California and this is how mine went down by the
banks to the hanky panks and the bullfrog jump from bank to bank with a hip hop
soda pop fell off the lily pad and went ker plop. curse out youre out mickey
mouse had a house donald duck messed it up who will take the consequence mouse
or duck duck d u c k root beer root beer 7up 7up no caffine no caffine now were
talking jellybean jellybean went to school now were talking really cool 5 4 3 2
1 youre out! mines a bit longer than the others anyone longer than mine?"
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2. Crow0523, 2023
"I was a Girl Scout in NWPA and i just had to go over what
ours was with a friend and two of my leaders because none of us remembered the
end bit eventually figured it out
Ours was:
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky Where the bullfrogs
jump from bank to banky With an eeps, ipes, opes, ops, opes, down by the lily
pad kerplop. I pledge allegiance to the flag, Michael Jackson makes me gag,
Coka Cola drink it up, Now were talking Seven Up, Seven Up has no caffeine, Now
were talking Billie Jean, Billie Jean is black and white, Mickey Mouse built a
house Donald duck messed it up Who will pay the con-se-quen-ces Y-O-U spells
you. are. out!
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NWPA= Northwestern Pennsylvania
3.
"I’m from Virginia and the beginning of yours is similar to
ours lol: Down by the river of the Hanky Panky, the bullfrog jumps from bank to
banky saying, “e-i-o-u”. Listen to the waterfall. I pledge allegiance to the
flag, Michael Jackson is a f**. Coca-Cola burning up, now we drinking 7 Up. 7
Up has no caffeine, now we drinking gasoline. Mickey Mouse had a house but
couldn’t pay the rent so he got kicked out. Then whoever hand gets clapped last
is out. Crazy things we came up with as kids lol."
**
4. CloeyZoey, 2025
"This is wild that none of the versions here are what I grew
up with in Northwest Illinois. They’re not even close actually.
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky where the bull frogs
jump from bank to banky, saying “fe, fi, fo, fum” who will bang the royal drum?
Mickey Mouse had a house. Donald Duck blew it up. Who will pay the
consequences: Y-O-U!"
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5. emelinerandall, 2023
"I’m from the chicago subarbs and mine went: Down by the
banks of the hanky panky, where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank, with an
eeps, opps, an oo-sock-a-dilly and a kerr-plops. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, micky mouse,
built a house, donald duck, messed it up, who will pay the consequences, mouse
or duck? (whoever it lands on is out)."
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