Examples Of "Miss Sue From Alabama" (from the 1940s to the early 2020s) with decades remembered or date collected)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest edition -September 27, 2025

This pancocojams post presents a compilation of examples of  "Miss Sue From Alabama" that includes information about when the contributors remember that rhyme.

These examples may also include some other demographic information such as the race/s of the people chanting these rhymes, the city, state, and/or country where they chanted or heard that rhyme, and/or their  gender or the gender of the people chanting that rhyme.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, recreational, and cultural information.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

Please add to the folkloric record by sharing the examples of "Miss Sue From Alabama" that you know along with demographic information in the comment section below.

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WIKIPEDIA PAGE ABOUT "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA" RHYME [retrieved September 27, 2025]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sue_from_Alabama
" "Miss Sue From Alabama" is a song sung by African American children in the South at the turn of the 20th century. The children would then dance with each other.

The song was recorded in 1934 and 1939.[1]

References

Check-list of recorded songs in the English language in the Archive of Folk Songs"...
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This very short page doesn't include any further information about the origin of this song/rhyme. It also doesn't include any lyrics (words) for examples of this song/rhyme. 

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TWO PREVIOUS WIKIPEDIA PAGES ABOUT "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA"  INCLUDING ONT THAT I CONSIDER TO BE FAKELORE

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sue_from_Alabama

"Miss Sue From Alabama" is a song sung by African American children in the South at the turn of the 20th century. The children would then dance with each other.

The song was recorded in 1934 and 1939.[1

1. Check-list of recorded songs in the English language in the Archive of Folk Songs
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I retrieved this quote from Wikipedia on December 9, 2024. That page indicates that it was last edited on December 6, 2020.  Although that page is quite short, it's better than the version that I cited in the initial pancocojams post for this rhyme as that version of that Wikipedia page included information about the reason why African American children would chant "Miss Sue From Alabama". I consider the reason that was given to be FAKELORE.
Here's the complete quote of that previous Wikipedia page: 

"Miss Sue From Alabama" is a song sung by African American children in the South at the turn of the 20th century. The children would then dance with each other. Miss Sue was, in African American folklore, a prostitute that lured White men to bed and then manipulated them into doing favors for the Black men on the plantation. She was somewhat of a spy an undercover agent that worked on behalf of Black men.[citation needed]

The song was recorded in 1934 and 1939.[1]

References

 1. Check-list of recorded songs in the English language in the Archive of Folk Songs"
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"Check-list of recorded songs etc. refers to this book : https://dp.la/item/69795fb638c9acfac22a1c44035aa5f3
"Check-list of recorded songs in the English language in the Archive of American folk song to July, 1940, v.3

Created Date

1942-01

[...]

Folk Song (U.S.)

United States. Work Projects Administration (Washington, D.C.)"
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This is the end of the quotes from the earlier Wikipedia page on "Miss Sue From Alabama" rhymes. 

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EXAMPLES OF "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA" (WITH THE DATES THAT ARE FOUND ONLINE OR OFFLINE (I.E. THE DATES CONTRIBUTORS GAVE FOR CHANTING OR OTHERWISE KNOWING THOSE EXAMPLES)

1940s

"Miss Sue Miss Sue
Somebody’s in your parlor

Miss Sue Miss Sue
Somebody’s in your parlor

Miss Sue Miss Sue
Somebody’s in your parlor

Miss Sue from Alabama
Miss Sue Miss Sue
Did you ever see a monkey make a motion

Miss Sue Miss Sue
Did you ever see a monkey make a motion
Miss Sue Miss Sue

Did you ever see a monkey make a motion
Miss Sue from Alabama"
-https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/moon-lake-842/miss-sue-alabama-who-de-cat-sail-sail "Miss Sue from Alabama / Who De Cat (Sail, Sail)

Date recorded: August 12, 1942
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This is my transcription of this rhyme.

Here's information that is included on that online page:
"Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified girls; Performer: Johnson, Mary; Performer: Harris, Etherine; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis

Subject(s):

Genre: play song, game song

Instruments: voice

Setting: Mohead Plantation

Location: Moon Lake, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States

Tape number: AFS6669

Track Number: 3

Archive ID: 6669A3

Transcript:

Belongs to: Moon Lake 8/42"

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1950s

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1960s

1. "Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Alabama
Someone is in your garden

Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Someone is in your garden

Miss Sue from Alabama
Show me what you can do

Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Show me what you can do

Miss sue from Alabama
Is this the way you do

Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Is this the way you do
Miss Sue from Alabama

Hey Hey
A doobie-do-wah
Your mama's broke
And your papa's broke

Turn to the east
Turn to the west
Turn to the very one you love the best

Milk in the pitcher
The butter's in the bowl
Can't catch a sweetheart
To save your soul

I think this is the way we sang this game in Northern Mississippi cira 1965."
-GUESTnanasallthat, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=63097, Do kids still do clapping rhymes?, 11 Dec 07

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2. "Miss Sue, Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Alabama
Hey you Scooby -doo
Now let me see you smoothing

Now let me see you smoothing"
-from Yo Mama!: New Raps, Toasts, Dozens, Jokes, and Children's Rhymes from Urban Black America, edited by Onwuchekwa Jemie, (Temple University Press, 2003, page 99) [collected "Collected primarily in metropolitan New York and Philadelphia during the classic era of black street poetry (i.e., during the late 1960s and early 1970s)
https://books.google.com/books?id=9_4fUgF9BFMC&dq=miss+sue+from+alabama+in+other+countries&source=gbs_navlinks_s:

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1970s

1. "I grew up in and around New Orleans. The first time I remember this was second grade, 1973. It was a hand game song. Each person's right hand hits down while left hand hits up. Then each person's right hand hits up while left hand hits down. Then each person's hands hit in front of them. (Additional hand moves in parentheses.)

All of this while singing:

Miss Sue, Miss Sue, Miss Sue from Alabama.

Hey little girl with the dippity doo,

Your momma's got the measles and your poppa does too.

They've got the A B C D E F G (make a circle around your right temple like signalling that they are crazy)

They've got the H I J K LMN OP (make a circle around your left temple like signalling that they are crazy)

They've got a booster shot... (Soft Karate chop for each syllable on bent arm alternating above and below elbow)

They've got a booster shot... (Soft Karate chop for each syllable on bent arm alternating above and below elbow)

They've got a booster shot... (Soft Karate chop for each syllable on bent arm alternating above and below elbow)

And FREEZE. Both kids freeze first one to move loses. The winning kid might karate chop or might punch the bicept the losing kids arm. My friends and I usually just had bragging rights, ah, you moved, I won.

So that's our version. I spent all of second grade in Terrytown Elementary School."
-Lawyer Assistant, December 21, 2019
 [comment]  http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/11/folk-processing-childrens-rhyme-miss.html "Some Folk Processed Versions Of The Children's Rhyme "Miss Sue From Alabama"

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2. Miss Sue (clap clap clap)
Miss Sue (clap clap clap)
Miss Sue from Alabama
Now let’s have a party.

Chicka boom chicka boom
chicka boom boom boom
Now let’s have a tic tac toe
Ah tic ah tac ah tic tac toe
My mother’s in the kitchen peelin white potatoes
My father’s in the alley drinkin lemonade-o
Brother in the clink waitin for the clock to go
boom tic tock boom tick a wally wally (7x)
boom tic tock

Miss Sue (clap clap clap)
Miss Sue (clap clap clap)
Miss Sue from Alabama
She ma *
My mother had a baby
My father called it crazy
But, if it’s a girl
I’ll give it a curl
And If it’s a boy
I’ll give it a toy.
Wrap it up in toilet paper
Send it down the elevator
First floor ¬ Stop!
(Think it over)
Second floor -Stop!
(Think it over)
Third floor, you better not stop
'Cause S.T.O.P spells stop.
-Songs for Children from New York City [1976],  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzyI9N6i0WU; Transcribed by Azizi Powell from the sound file 
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* "She ma" seems like it was an utterance that the girls chanting this rhyme caught and then moved on to the "My mother had a baby" verses. "Mother had a baby" is a stand alone jump rope (hand clap) rhyme (a rhyme that can be chanted by itself).

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3. "Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Alabama
Hey you,
scooby do
your Mama's got the measles
Your papa's got the flu
magic measles
magic flu
Take an a b c d e f g
Take an h i j k l.m.n.o.p.
Take a smooth shot
Take a smooth shot
and now freeze."
-Eleanor Fulton, Pat Smith, editors Let's Slice The Ice, (Magnamusic-Baton, 1978; St. Louis, Missouri; p. 16)
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I think that the words "take a smooth shot" originated from "take a flu shot" [an immunization to prevent against getting influenza [disease].

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1980s

1. "Hi there. I'm from Mississippi and was in elementary school in the late 80's through early 90's. the version of "Miss Sue" I remember was not listed here. I thought I'd help you out. Last time I heard it, I think it had varied ever so slightly from when I was in school, but this is how I remember it: Miss Sue (clap clap clap) Miss Sue (clap clap clap) Miss Sue from Alabama Sittin' in a rocker eatin' betty crocker watchin' that clock go tick-tock, tick-tock-banana-nana tick-tock, tick-tock banana-nana ABCDEFG-wash those stains right out'a my knees MUSHKA, MUSHKA, MUSHKA FREEZE (as fast as you can) 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10! 

I never got the last part...sometimes the rule was you had to stay still while you counted, and sometimes it was to count the fastest. The most distinct difference I remember is that there were always three claps after "Miss Sue." I hope that was helpful."
-Allison [Mississippi; late 1980s, early 1990s}; 2/28/2007; http://cocojams.com [cocojams.com was my cultural website. I voluntarily deleted that website in 2018 and partly replaced it with this pancocojams blog and with https://cocojams2.blogspot.com]

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2.  "Miss Sue, (clap, clap)
Miss Sue (clap, clap)
Miss Sue from Alabama,
Let's make a movie,
Sittin' in a rocker,
Eatin' Betty Crocker,
Hey wise girl,
Whatcha gonna do,
When your mama's at work,
Baby's got the flu,
Daddy's got the chicken pox,
And so do you?
Take an a b c d e f g,
Take an h i j k l m n o p,
Take a booty shot,
take a booty shot,
And FREEZE!!"
- http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml "Children's Rhymes From the Eighties"

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2. "Miss Sue (Clap Clap)
Miss Sue from Alabama
She's havin a party
Chica Boom Chica Boom Chich Boom Boom Boom
Mama got the measels
Daddy got the flu
I ain't lyin
Neither are you
Just sittin in the field pealing white potatas
Sittin in the hall drinkin achahol
Got to drunk I fell out
How many hours was I knocked out
-http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml "Children's Rhymes From the Eighties"
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This entire example was written in upper case letters, and was also written in paragraph form. I changed those features in order to conform to the other examples on this page.

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1990s

"Miss Sue, Scooby Doo
Miss Sue from Alabama
Sittin at the table
peeling mashed potatoes.
Waitin for the clock to go
boom tick tock.
boom ticky wally wally.
Boom tick tock
Boom ticky wally wally.
Stop!
Ah 2 more time.
Boom tick tock.
Boom ticky wally wally.
Boom tick tock.
boom ticky wally wally.
Ah 1 more time.
Boom tick tock
Boom ticky wally wally
Boom tick tock.
Boom ticky wally wally.
Ah no more times.
-Alafia Children's Ensemble, Pittsburgh, PA; 1999 & 2001; Collected by Azizi Powell, 1999 & 2001
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"Alafia Children's Ensemble" was an after school recreational and performing arts group that I founded in 1999 to 2001 in Braddock, Pennsylvania (1999-2001) and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2001-2002). In Braddock, Pennsylvania  the main part of the group was learning, sharing, and performing African American game songs (mostly girls ages 4-12 years, but also a few boys under 9 years old. In Braddock, another part of the group was for children ages 8-12 years who learned African djembe drumming (age requirement 8 to 12 years; the only participants were boys although that wasn't a requirement.  In Braddock, almost all of the participants were African American. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the principal's directive, that after-school activity was limited to third grade girls. In Pittsburgh, almost all the participants were African American.

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2000s

1. 

"Hot off the presses from 9-yr-old daughter, provenance unknown: "Um, just from my friends and all". Haphazard guardianship indeed!

Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Alabama
Her name was Suzianna
Sitting in a rocker
eating Betty Crocker
Watching the clock go
Tick Tock
Tick all around go
Tick Tock
Tick all around
A-B-C-D-E-F-G
Gotta wash that stain right out of me
Gotta Boom-shot
Gotta Boom-shot
Gotta crick in my side
Gotta crick in my side
Salt and pepper said "DO NOT MOVE"

(alternate ending)

Salt and pepper said" DO NOT MOVE,
FIRST ONE TO MOVE IS A BLACK-EYED-PEA
SECOND ONE TO MOVE IS A BEAUTY QUEEN"
- Dani [United States], 22 Sep 03 - 08:09 AM https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=63097,63097 Folklore: Do kid still do clapping rhymes?
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2.  

 MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA
"Miss Sue. Miss Sue. Miss Sue from my Ala-bama, Ari-zona, Ala-ska. Sittin' on the r'a'cker eatin' that cracker, watchin' that clock go 'Tick-tock. Tick-tock-sha-wala-wala. Tick-tock. Tick-tock-sha-wala-wala.' A-B-C-D-E-F-G--Wash them haters off'a me. Kaboosha! Kaboosha! I see my mommy! Kaboosha! Kaboosha! I know Karate! Kaboosha, Kaboosha! Oops, I'm sorry! Kaboosha, Kaboosha! Bet'cha can't see me!" And then you freeze. Lol"
-FudgeSundae22, 01/16/12; cocojams.com 

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3.

mine is

miss sue

miss sue

miss sue from parramata

hey you Scooby-Doo

your mother's got the measles

your fathers got the flu

magic measles magic flu

take a abcdefg

take a hijklmnop

take a smooth shot

take a smooth shot

and freeze. (×4)
-Gymnast Queen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-svfUMX3BM Miss Sue Playground Song [discussion thread comment],  2016

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4. 
"My school does

Miss Sue

Miss Sue

Ms Sue from Alabama

Her name is Suzianna

Mommy's having a baby

Daddy's going crazy

If its a boy I'll give it a toy

If its a girl I'll give it a twirl

Wrap it up in toilet paper

Shoot it down the elevator

First floor stop

Second floor stop

Third floor stop

Gimme that s.t.o.p

Spells stop

Got that a b c d e f g

And that h i j k l m n o p

Now smooth it

Now smooth it

Now keep yo dirty hands off me and do not show yo black eyed teeth

The you couldn't show your teeth"
- ʟ ᴇ ᴍ ᴏ ɴ ᴄ ʜ ɪ ʟ ᴅ, 2019 [comment] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-svfUMX3BM&t=6s "Miss Sue Playground Song" published by Irene Kistler Apr 7, 2011

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5.
 "I do it really different

We do:

Miss Sue(clap clap clap)

Miss Sue(clue clap clap)

Miss Sue from Alabama

Her real name is Suzanna

Sitting in a rockin chair

Eatin cotton candy watching

The clock go tick tock tick tock banana rock

Tick tock tick tock banana rock

Abcdefg wash the spiders off of me booshka booshka I know karate booshka booshka oops I’m sorry"
- Caroline Howard, 2019, [comment] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-svfUMX3BM&t=6s "Miss Sue Playground Song" published by Irene Kistler Apr 7, 2011

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6.
 "We sang a totally different version than anything I've seen online. This was around 05 in central GA.

Miss Sue,
Miss Sue,
Miss Sue from Alabama,
Her real name's Suzianna.
Chicka-boom, chicka-boom,
Chicka boom-boom-boom.
Momma's got the measles,
Daddy's got the flu
I ain't lying, neither are you.
(You) 'Hey (friend's name)!'
(Friend) 'who's calling my name?'
(You) 'hey (friend)!'
(Friend) 'who's playing my game?'
(You) 'your boyfriend's on the telephone's
(Friend) 'if ain't my baby tell him I ain't home, if it is my baby tell him hooooold on'
(Both again)
Sittin in a rocker,
Eatin Betty crocker,
Watchin that clock goin
Boom chicka-wa wa,
Boom tick-tock.
Boom chicka-wa wa,
The clock says stop.
I like coffee,
I like tea,
I like the little boy who likes me
Tick tock!"

There were hand motions for each line, similar to the usual ones. At the last part (boom chicka wa wa) we crossed our hands on our laps and back over and over, when the song ended if they were parallel, you were the little boy, if they were crossed you were the girl. It was really weird now that I think about it but we never did it any of the ways I've seen on YouTube or here!"
-Anonymous; January 12, 2020 [comment], http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/11/folk-processing-childrens-rhyme-miss.html

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7.

Miss Sue, Miss Sue

Miss Sue from Alabama

Her real name is Susanna.

 

Sitting on a rocker,

Eating Betty Crocker,

Watching the clock go

Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock,

Banana Rock!

Tick, Tock, Tick Tock,

Banana Rock!

 

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

Wash that spider off of me!

 

Mooshka, Mooshka, I know karate

Mooshka, Mooshka, I love my mommy

Mooshka, Mooshka, oops! I'm sorry!

Mooshka, Mooshka, FREEZE!
-Podo Town English, August 1, 2023,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xv5AN8BiOU "Miss Sue - Super Fun & Rhythmic Hand Clap :) | Fun Clapping Games for 2 players 👏"

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LINES FROM "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA" THAT INCLUDE THE PHRASE "TICK TOCK" 
The "Miss Sue From Alabama" family of children's rhymes include a large number of different (variant) examples. Some examples of "Miss Sue From Alabama" rhymes include the lines "Waitin for the clock to go/boom tick tock/boom ticky wally wally/Boom tick tock/Boom ticky wally wally/Stop!" (or similar lines).

I believe that those lines are connected to the 1973 rhyme "Tic Tac" which is perhaps more widely known now as "The Telephone Song" in some American children's [summer] camps.  That song has the line "Tic Tac Tic Tac e waley waley/Tic Toc Tic Tac e waley waley".

I don't know whether those lines in "Miss Sue From Alabama" rhymes or those lines in that "Tic Tac" rhyme came first.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/04/african-american-versions-of-childrens_6.html for a pancocojams post entitled "African American Versions Of The Children's Camp Song "The Telephone Song" ("Someone's On The Telephone")".

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Information About "Miss Sue From Alabama" Rhyme & Examples Of That Rhyme That Include "Scooby-Do-Wah" Or "Scooby Doo"

buttercup7956, March 19, 2011
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My transcription of this rhyme is given below.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest Revision- September 27, 2022

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on Jazz scatting and the inclusion of the Jazz scatting phrase "scooby doo" in some versions the "Miss Sue From Alabama" children's rhyme. 

Part II presents some information about the children's recreational rhyme "Miss Sue From Alabama" (or similar titles).

Part II also presents an example from that rhyme family that includes the scat phrase "scooby-do-wah" and some examples of that rhyme that  include the phrase or cartoon dog's name "Scooby Doo". 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-is-jazz-scatting-with-youtube.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I presents definitions for and article extracts about Jazz scatting.

The Addendum to that post also presents information about scatting.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all the unknown composers of these rhymes and thanks to John and Alan Lomax for collecting and publishing some early examples of these rhymes. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube. 

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EARLIEST RECORDED DATES FOR "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA"
1934 -- cited by Google result: Miss Sue From Alabama- Kodaly Center For Music Education that online site which is no longer available]

Collected by John and Alan Lomax, 1934. Informant/Performer Eight girls, Kirby Industrial School, Atmore, AL,1934. State:Alabama 

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1936- https://www.loc.gov/resource/afc9999005.1833.0
"Title: Miss Sue from Alabama

Contributor Names

Lomax, John Avery -- 1867-1948 (recordist)

Unidentified children (singer)

Created / Published: Taylor, Louisiana.

Subject Headings: -  United States of America -- Louisiana -- Taylor

Notes

-  Sung by Negro children with dancing. (statement of responsibility)

-  With dancing.

-  School Yard (venue)"

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1942 - https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/moon-lake-842/miss-sue-alabama-who-de-cat-sail-sail

Miss Sue from Alabama / Who De Cat (Sail, Sail)

Date recorded: August 12, 1942

Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified girls; Performer: Johnson, Mary; Performer: Harris, Etherine; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis

Subject(s):

Genre: play song, game song

Instruments: voice

Setting: Mohead Plantation

Location: Moon Lake, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States

Tape number: AFS6669

Track Number: 3

Archive ID: 6669A3

Transcript:

Belongs to: Moon Lake 8/42"
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Here's my transcription of the "Miss Sue" portion of the sound file of that recording which is found on that page:

"Miss Sue Miss Sue
Somebody’s in your parlor

Miss Sue Miss Sue
Somebody’s in your parlor

Miss Sue Miss Sue
Somebody’s in your parlor
Miss Sue from Alabama

Miss Sue Miss Sue
Did you ever see a monkey make a motion

Miss Sue Miss Sue
Did you ever see a monkey make a motion

Miss Sue Miss Sue
Did you ever see a monkey make a motion
Miss Sue from Alabama" 

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THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE OF THE WORDS "SCOOBY DOO" IN MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA RHYMES

"Miss Sue, Miss Sue

Miss Sue from Alabama

Hey you Scooby -doo

Now let me see you smoothing

 

Now let me see you smoothing"
-from Yo Mama!: New Raps, Toasts, Dozens, Jokes, and Children's Rhymes from Urban Black America, edited by Onwuchekwa Jemie, (Temple University Press, 2003, page 99) [collected "Collected primarily in metropolitan New York and Philadelphia during the classic era of black street poetry (i.e., during the late 1960s and early 1970s)

https://books.google.com/books?id=9_4fUgF9BFMC&dq=miss+sue+from+alabama+in+other+countries&source=gbs_navlinks_s
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Another early example of "Scooby Doo" in "Miss Sue From Alabama" rhymes is given as Example #1 below in this post's section about rhymes that include the words (or the name) "Scooby Doo".

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THE WORDS "SCOOBY DOO" IN "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA RYHMES"
The actual words "Scooby Doo" don't appear in "Miss Sue From Alabama" rhymes or in any other recreational rhymes until the late 1960s or the early 1970s.

I believe that the words "Scooby Doo" were popularized by if not a referent to the fictional dog cartoon character. Here's information about the "Scooby Doo" cartoon character from the American series Scooby Doo Where Are You" that first aired in 1969.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo_(character) [retrieved September 27, 2025
"Scoobert "Scooby" Doo is a fictional character and protagonist of the eponymous animated television franchise created in 1969 by the American animation company Hanna-Barbera.[1] He is a male Great Dane and lifelong companion of amateur detective Shaggy Rogers, with whom he shares many personality traits. He features a mix of both canine and human behaviors (reminiscent of other talking animals in Hanna-Barbera's series), and is treated by his friends more or less as an equal. Scooby often speaks in a rhotacized way, substituting the first letters of many words with the letter 'r' a speech pattern that, while never fully explained, is understood and accepted without question by those around him. His catchphrase is "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!".

History

Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original Scooby-Doo series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, for Hanna-Barbera as a part of CBS's 1969–1970 Saturday morning cartoon schedule. Originally titled Mysteries Five, the dog who later became Scooby was originally more of a sidekick character – a bongo-playing dog named "Too Much" whose breed varied between Great Dane and sheepdog between treatments.[2][3]

By the time the series was pitched to the network as Who's S-S-Scared? in early 1969, Too Much was solidified as a cowardly Great Dane. Both the dog and the series would be renamed Scooby-Doo by Fred Silverman, CBS's head of daytime programming, between its unsuccessful first pitch and the second pitch that earned the show a green light. Silverman stated that he came up with the name from the syllables "doo-be-doo-be-doo" in Frank Sinatra's hit song "Strangers in the Night".[4][5] Though a similar name was featured in the title of the single "Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.)" released just a few months earlier in 1968 by The Archies, a fictional band from the CBS series The Archie Show that was also overseen by Silverman.[6][7] There was also a character in an unsold TV pilot Swingin' Together, broadcast in 1963 on CBS, named Skooby-doo.[8]…

WHAT "BETTY CROCKER" MEANS IN SOME CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES OF "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA"
Some contemporary versions of "Miss Sue From Alabama" in the USA include the lines "sittin in the rocker/eating Betty Crocker"/watching the clock go boom tick tock etc".  

“Eatin Betty Crocker" means "eating Betty Crocker cookies or pastry", "Betty Crocker" is  the invented name for a fictitious cook who represents the General Mills company. That name and character was first introduced in 1921. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Crocker  "Betty Crocker" cookbooks contain easy to use recipes, including recipes for bake goods such as cookies, pies, and cakes. Thus "eating Betty Crocker" means eating some baked goods that were created by using a Betty Crocker recipe.

The word "rocker" is an abbreviation for "rocking chair" and the word "crocker"  rhymes with the word "rocker". 

Based on my admittedly informal collection efforts, it appears to me that "eatin Betty Crocker" versions of "Miss Sue From Alabama" are relatively recent (1990s?). Please share any examples of this rhyme that you remember with the phrase "Betty Crocker" that predate the 1990s. Thanks!     

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AN EXAMPLE OF "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA" THAT INCLUDES THE SCATTING PHRASE "A DOOBIE- DO-WAH

[no title given] 

Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Alabama

Someone is in your garden

Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Someone is in your garden
Miss Sue from Alabama

Show me what you can do
Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Show me what you can do
Miss sue from Alabama

Is this the way you do
Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Is this the way you do
Miss Sue from Alabama

Hey Hey
A doobie-do-wah
Your mama's broke
And your papa's broke

Turn to the east
Turn to the west
Turn to the very one you love the best

Milk in the pitcher
The butter's in the bowl
Can't catch a sweetheart
To save your soul

I think this is the way we sang this game in Northern Mississippi cira 1965.

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GUEST,nanasallthat, Folklore: Do kids still do clapping rhymes?, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=63097 ; 11 Dec 07 
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Italics are used to highlight this line.
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This is the earliest example of "Miss Sue From Alabama" with words that I've come across offline or online. 

This contributor didn't include any racial demographic information. However, the textual structure and vernacular language of this example is clearly of African American origin. Notice that the contributor referred to rhyme as a "game". Also, notice the "show me your motion: and "I can do your motion" lines. These lines strongly suggest that this version of "Miss Sue From Alabama" was performed as a "show me your motion" circle game with one person in the center. 

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This example is composed of a number of lines from stand alone rhymes including a version of "Little Sally Walker" that is found in 
https://www.loc.gov/folklife/LP/AfroAmFolkMusicMissL67_opt.pdf   [B7 Sung with hand clapping by Nettie Mae and Aleneda Turner, near Senatobia, Mississippi, July 9,1971. Recorded by Cheryl Evans.]

"Little Sally Walker sitting in a saucer.
Rise, Sally, rise.
Wipe )'our weeping eyes.
Put  your hand on your hip
And let your backbone slip.
Oh, shake it to the east.
Oh shake it to the west.
Oh, shake it to the one that you love the best

Your mama says so.
Your papa says so.
That's the way you do it,
and you'll never catch a beau.
The milk in the pitcher,
the butter ill the bowl.
You can't catch a sweetheart
to save your soul. "

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WHAT THE WORDS "TAKE A SMOOTH SHOT" MEANS IN A FEW VERSIONS OF "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA" RHYMES

I believe that "take a smooth shot" is a folk processed form of the phrase "take a flu shot". 

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EXAMPLES OF "MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA THAT INCLUDE A "SCOOBY DOO" PHRASE/NAME 

[The words or the name "Scooby doo" is given in italics to highlight that portion of the rhyme] 

MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA (Version #1)
Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Alabama
Hey you,
scooby do
your Mama's got the measles
Your papa's got the flu
magic measles
magic flu
Take an a b c d e f g
Take an h i j k l m n o p
Take a smooth shot
Take a smooth shot
and now freeze.
-Eleanor Fulton, Pat Smith: Let's Slice The Ice, (Magnamusic-Baton, 1978; St. Louis, Mo.; p. 16)
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Rhymes in this compilation are from African American children in St. Louis, Missouri.

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MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA (Version #2)

Miss Sue
Scooby Doo
Miss Sue from Alabama
Sittin at the table
peeling mashed potatoes.
Waitin for the clock to go
boom tick tock.
boom ticky wally wally.
Boom tick tock
Boom ticky wally wally.

Stop!

Ah 2 more time.

Boom tick tock.
Boom ticky wally wally.
Boom tick tock.
boom ticky wally wally.

Ah 1 more time.
Boom tick tock
Boom ticky wally wally
Boom tick tock.
Boom ticky wally wally.
Ah no more times.
-Alafia Children's Ensemble, Pittsburgh, PA; 1999 & 2001; Collected by Azizi Powell, 1999 & 2001 [Groups on both dates recited the same rhyme.]
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"Alafia Children's Ensemble" was the name of the children's cultural group that I founded in 1990. The group in Braddock, Pennsylvania was divided into components- one for girls and boys ages 5-12 years old in which  the group learned, shared, and performed original and adapted African American game songs, cheers, and rhymes and one for girls and boys ages 10-14 years old in which children were introduced to playing the djembe drum. The group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania consisted of girls ages 8-9 years old who learned, shared, and performed original and adapted African American game songs, cheers, and rhymes . A lot of the children's rhymes that I directly collected from 1990-2004 came from these groups.

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MISS SUE FROM PARRAMATTA (Example #3) 
Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Parramata

Hey you
Scooby-Doo
Your mother's got the measles
Your fathers got the flu
Magic measles magic flu
Take a abcdefg
Take a hijklmnop
Take a smooth shot
Take a smooth shot
And freeze.
-buttercup7956, Mar 19, 2011
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Here's information about Parramatta from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta
"Parramatta … is a major commercial city[7][8] in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River.[2] Parramatta is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is often regarded as the main commercial centre and the central business district for the broader Greater Western Sydney region.”…

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MISS SUE FROM PARRAMATTA (Example #4)
mine is

miss sue
miss sue
miss sue from parramata
hey you Scooby-Doo
your mother's got the measles
your fathers got the flu
magic measles magic flu
take a abcdefg
take a hijklmnop
take a smooth shot
take a smooth shot
and freeze. (×4)
-Gymnast Queen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-svfUMX3BMMiss Sue Playground Song [discussion thread comment; discussion thread no longer available*], 2016
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*As per the policy of YouTube announced in Feb 2019, YouTube disabled almost all of the discussion threads for its videos featuring children *, including the one for the video whose link is given above.  The admirably reason for this policy was to prevent "predatory comments". YouTube discussion threads were a treasure trove for contemporary examples of children's recreational rhymes.  Unfortunately, almost all of the discussion threads for YouTube children's rhymes were deleted because of that policy. That action resulted in the lost of folkloric material and also means that the opportunities for people to share examples of and information about children's rhymes, game songs, and cheers online are greatly reduced.

 *Click https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/28/18244954/youtube-comments-minor-children-exploitation-monetization for information about that YouTube policy.

Every online version of "Miss Sue From Parramatta" that I've come across doesn't include the "scooby doo" phrase/name, For instance, here's a link to another example of "Miss Sue From Parramata" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBmqEV2U6uA&ab_channel=ThomasTang. The brief summary statement indicates that the girl reciting this rhyme learned it in school. This version doesn't include the "Scooby Doo" phrase/name, but otherwise is the same as the other "Miss Sue From Parramatta" examples given in this post. 

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ADDENDUM: SCATTING
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scat_singing
'In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all.[2][3] In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice as an instrument rather than a speaking medium. This is different from vocalese, which uses recognizable lyrics that are sung to pre-existing instrumental solos.

 Characteristics

Structure and syllable choice

Though scat singing is improvised, the melodic lines are often variations on scale and arpeggio fragments, stock patterns and riffs, as is the case with instrumental improvisers. As well, scatting usually incorporates musical structure. All of Ella Fitzgerald's scat performances of "How High the Moon", for instance, use the same tempo, begin with a chorus of a straight reading of the lyric, move to a "specialty chorus" introducing the scat chorus, and then the scat itself.[4] Will Friedwald has compared Ella Fitzgerald to Chuck Jones directing his Roadrunner cartoon—each uses predetermined formulas in innovative ways.[4]

The deliberate choice of scat syllables is also a key element in vocal jazz improvisation. Syllable choice influences the pitch articulation, coloration, and resonance of the performance.[5] Syllable choice also differentiated jazz singers' personal styles: Betty Carter was inclined to use sounds like "louie-ooie-la-la-la" (soft-tongued sounds or liquids) while Sarah Vaughan would prefer "shoo-doo-shoo-bee-ooo-bee" (fricatives, plosives, and open vowels).[6] The choice of scat syllables can also be used to reflect the sounds of different instruments. The comparison of the scatting styles of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan reveals that Fitzgerald's improvisation mimics[a] the sounds of swing-era big bands with which she performed, while Vaughan's mimics[b] that of her accompanying bop-era small combos.[10]"...

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Children's Hand Clap Rhymes & Cheers That Mention Telephones Or Telephone Numbers

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post documents examples of children's hand clap rhymes and cheers that mention telephones.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those whose rhyme examples are documented in this post.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/hand-clap-rhymes-that-mention-mp3s-cell.html for a related pancocojams post entitled "Hand Clap Rhymes That Mention Mp3s, Cell Phones, HDTV, & Computers".

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/04/african-american-versions-of-childrens_6.html for a related pancocojams post entitled "African American Versions Of The Children's Camp Song "The Telephone Song" ("Someone's On The Telephone")"

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This post documents all of the examples of rhymes and cheers in this category that I have come across, either from direct, face to face collection, or examples that were sent to my (no longer active) cocojams website. This post also includes examples that were sent to this pancocojams blog, and examples that I read online.

Some of the examples of cheers on this page are from the sub-category of children's cheers that I refer to as "foot stomping cheers". Foot stomping cheers are formulaic compositions that are chanted by two or more girls while they perform synchronized, choreographed foot stomping and hand clapping routines.

Click the tags below for foot stomping cheers.

For the folkloric record, pPlease add to this collection of hand clap rhymes and cheers. Remember to include when you remember your example, how it was performed, and where [city, state, or nation if outside of the United States.]

Examples of these rhymes and cheers that don't mention a telephone are included in pancocojams posts with that cheer's or rhyme's title. The easiest way to find these pancocojams posts is by googling the rhyme's name + pancocojams (for example, this is the first result that I get when I type "Miss Sue From Alabama pancocojams" http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/09/selected-examples-of-hand-clap-rhyme.html in the search box. 

The title for that post is "Selected Examples Of The Hand Clap Rhyme "Miss Sue From Alabama" (1965-1990s)"

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/09/selected-examples-of-hand-clap-rhyme_1.html for Part II of this series. Part II of this pancocojams series presents selected examples of "Miss Sue From Alabama" hand clap rhymes regardless of their titles that are dated from 2000 on as well as examples from the "Miss Sue From Alabama" rhyme family (regardless of their titles) that have no demographic information about their dates, but which I believe are later versions.

Note: I haven't updated these posts to add additional examples that I've come across since the last update that is noted in those posts. 

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EXAMPLES OF CHILDREN'S RHYMES AND CHEERS THAT MENTION TELEPHONES
The first mention of telephone (including "cell phone" or "cell") in each example is given in italics to highlight that word.

I also included an example of a rhyme that mentions "texting" since that is done over the telephone.
If indicated by the contributor, the rhyme's category is given below the example.

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. I also added brief editorial comments after some of these examples.

1.
CHEERLEADER
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Roll.
Call.
Are you ready?
Soloist #1: Shayla.
They call me Rosa.
Soloist #2: Shana.
They call me Poo.
Soloist #3: Shana.
They call me Shay.
Soloist #4: Jamie.
They call me Jay Jay.
Soloist #5: Jackie.
They call me HaJack (HighJack?).
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Zodiac signs.
Soloist #1: Aquarius.
That’s a dog.
Soloist #2: Cancer.
That’s a crab.
Soloist #3: Leo.
That’s a lion.
Soloist #4:Scorpio.
That’s a spider.
Soloist #5: Scorpio.
That’s a spider.
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Phone.
Numbers.
Are you ready?
Soloist #1: 348-5110.
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #2: 348-4554.
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #3: 348-3322
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #4: 348-5679
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #5: 348-4285
Group: Always busy.
-Shayla, Shana, Shana, Jamie, and Jackie (African American females about 10 years-12 years old, Talbot Towers Housing after-school program, Braddock, PA; 1985); collected by Azizi Powell, 1985; foot stomping cheers
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I collected this example before telephone numbers in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area were prefaced by area codes. This was also before telephone had the "call waiting" feature and instead had a buzzing signal that was called a "busy signal" if you were on the phone when someone called you. If your phone was "always busy" that means you were getting a lot of phone calls (i.e. you were very popular).

I changed the phone numbers to protect the girls' privacy.

Notice that a spider isn't really the insect that symbolizes the astrological sign "Scorpio". This example was collected during a time when people were supposed to know their astrological [sun] sign. Since these foot stomping cheers had to be chanted without hesitation, if a girl didn't really know her sign, she quickly said whichever sign she could think of and also quickly named whatever symbol she could think of that was associated with that sign so that the group would "stay on beat".

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2.
TELEPHONE
tele-phone, te-te-lephone
hey "bitsy"?
hey what?
your man is on the phone
girl, tell him i ain't home
he only want me for my hips, my lips, my booty and my this(and point to, well your "womanliness")

i know we were some fresh little girls
- bitsy196; http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=4123&page=4; “remember when”; 6-25-2003
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This discussion thread was made up of self- identified members of historically Black Greek letter sororities.

I don't know how this rhyme was performed, but the beginning of this example "sounds" to me like the hand clap rhyme "Gigalo". The last line is a comment and not part of the rhyme.

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3.
MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA (version #1)
one goes back and forth between the people playing the game; I'll just use my name (Monica):
(both)Miss Sue, Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Alabama
Her real name is Susannah
(Boom chicka boom chicka boomboomboom)
Mommy's got the measles, Daddy's got the flu
I ain't lyin', nor are you.
(other person) Hey Monica!
(me) Who's callin' my name?
(other person) Hey Monica!
(me) Stop playin' my game!
(other person) Someone's on the telephone!
(me) If it ain't my baby tell 'em I ain't home!
(both) Sittin' in her rocker, eatin' peanut butter
Watchin' the clock go
Boom ticky wah wah boom tick tock
Boom ticky wah wah clock says stop!
-getoffmyskittle; http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=38901&page=4 "Does anyone remember this?? (goofy kid-rhymes)" February 6th, 2006; hand clap rhyme

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4. MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA (version #2)
We sang a totally different version than anything I've seen online. This was around 05 in central GA.

"Miss Sue,
Miss Sue,
Miss Sue from Alabama,
Her real name's Suzianna.
Chicka-boom, chicka-boom,
Chicka boom-boom-boom.
Momma's got the measles,
Daddy's got the flu
I ain't lying, neither are you.
(You) 'Hey (friend's name)!'
(Friend) 'who's calling my name?'
(You) 'hey (friend)!'
(Friend) 'who's playing my game?'
(You) 'your boyfriend's on the telephone's
(Friend) 'if ain't my baby tell him I ain't home, if it is my baby tell him hooooold on'
(Both again)
Sittin in a rocker,
Eatin Betty crocker,
Watchin that clock goin
Boom chicka-wa wa,
Boom tick-tock.
Boom chicka-wa wa,
The clock says stop.
I like coffee,
I like tea,
I like the little boy who likes me
Tick tock!"

There were hand motions for each line, similar to the usual ones. At the last part (boom chicka wa wa) we crossed our hands on our laps and back over and over, when the song ended if they were parallel, you were the little boy, if they were crossed you were the girl. It was really weird now that I think about it but we never did it any of the ways I've seen on YouTube or here!
-Anonymous; January 12, 2020 at 1:28 AM; comment in the discussion thread for http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/11/folk-processing-childrens-rhyme-miss.html

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Here's a comment about this version of "Miss Sue From Alabama" from the comment thread for that "folk processed children's rhyme" pancocojams post:

from Unknown, October 29, 2020 
"Thank God! I thought my childhood was a lie. This is how we sang it in middle ga as well. I am teaching my daughter the hand games me played but three ones on you tube are so different from when I was a kid."

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5. MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA  (version #3)  [Added March 1, 2021]  

Miss Sue

Miss Sue

Miss Sue from Alabama

Chicka boom boom boom

Chicka boom boom boom

Mommy's got a fever, Daddy's got the flu

I ain't lyin' and neither are you!

Hey (name)

Who's calling my name?

Hey (name)

Who's playin' my game?

Your honey's on the phone.

If it's not my man, tell him I'm not home

Well it is your man

So get on the bus to the movies, the movies

I love to see the movies

Moonshine, moonshine freeze!
- This is what happens when you lack a filter...February 28, 2021, 
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This  example and another example of "Miss Sue From Alabama" were shared in the comment section for https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/11/folk-processing-childrens-rhyme-miss.html along with this statement:  " In Howell Michigan in the late 70's early 80's we did:"

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6. MY NAME IS 

SOLO: My name is Naomi on the Phone with my Daisy Dukes on
if you see me on the street boy you better speak to me.
GROUP:Oo she think she bad

SOLO: At least i use a wash rag
GROUP: Oo she think she cool

SOLO: Soap and water will do

GROUP:Oo she think she fine

SOLO: Fine Fine #9 take yo man anytime, he took me out he brought me back he besta have my cadillac. he brought you 1 he brought me 2, married me and divorced you.
he taught me Karate and taught me Kung Fu. mess wit me
and i'll do it on you

GROUP:Bang Bang choo choo train
wind her up she'll do her thang

SOLO: I can't
GROUP:Why not

SOLO: I said I can't

GROUP:WHY NOT?
SOLO: I said my back is aching and my bra's too tight. my
booty's shakin from the left to the right
GROUP: Left Right Left Right yo mama is a ugly sight
-Naomi; 1/17/2007; cocojams.com; foot stomping cheer
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From https://www.apparelsearch.com/definitions/clothing/daisy_dukes.htm
"Daisy Dukes" are extremely short, form-fitting, denim cut-off shorts worn by young women, particularly in the American South. They were so named after the character of Daisy Duke (portrayed by actress Catherine Bach) in the early 1980's American television series, The Dukes of Hazzard.

The appearances on the television show created a nationwide craze in the United States. Young women clamored for the risqu shorts, and even after twenty years they are still associated with, and referred to by the name of, the character of Daisy Duke."
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Actually, "Daisy Dukes" shorts were worn and are still worn by females of all races/ethnicities in all regions of the United States.

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7  CHECK
Soloist: My name is Shelly
Others: Check
Soloist: They call me Shell
Others: Check
My horoscope is Aquarius
Others: Aquarius
Soloist: If you don't like
Others: Check
Soloist: Without a dial*
Others: Check
Soloist: Just call my number
and check me out.
Others: Check her out
Soloist: Cause I am fine.**
My number is 222-888***
Others: Check
Soloist: That fellow is mine **
Cause I know how to skate
Others: Well alright
Well alright
-Shelly H. (African American female, Cleveland, Ohio, mid 1980s), collected by Azizi Powell, May 2007; foot stomping cheer

Directions: Repeat cheer from the beginning with the next soloist. That soloist says her name & nickname, and gives her astrological sun sign ("horoscope") and her phone number. In the " I like to ___" line, that soloist indicates what she is good at doing ("sing", "dance", "draw"). This pattern continues with the next soloist until everyone has had one turn as the soloist.

* "If you don't like without a dial" probably means "If you don't like it without a doubt"
** "Mine" and "fine" were elongated and sung-"my -i-i-n" ;"fi-i-i-n"
***This number refers to a telephone number. I changed the number for privacy purposes.

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8 .MAMA MAMA CAN'T YOU SEE
this is my version

mama mama cant you see
what the baby done to
he took away my water jug
now i cant go fill it up!!!
took away my mtv now i cant watch bet.
took away my miny skirt now i cant go out to flirt!!
took away my cell phone
now i cant go call home!!!
dont stop till your hands get hot!!!!"
- webkinzgirl18245, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhIXn5dauvk, 2010; hand clap rhyme
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The second line in all of the versions of this widely known rhyme is "what __ done to me".

This example was written in paragraph style with very little punctuation. It is reformatted here to enhance its reading clarity.

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9. HOLLYWOOD GO SWINGING
this is how i sing it

Hollywood Hollywood
Hollywood go swinging
Hollywood go swinging
my name is (Ur name) on the my cell
with my apple bottoms on
if you see me in the club
boy you better speak to me
uh she think she bad:
B.A.D i know I'm bad
uh she think she cool:
coolest girl in (whatever one Ur in elementary, middle etc)
uh she think she:
fine fine fine #8
take your man up on a date
bring him home
bring him back
he best have my Cadillac
he bought me 1
he bought me 2
he married me
divorced you
bang bang choochoo train
come on girl lets do our thing
(other person) i cant
(you) why not
(other person) because i cant
(you) why not
(other person) because my back is ache-ing
and my bra is to tight
and my booty shaking
from the left to the right left right left right
-ID1122325703, http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_words_to_the_Hollywood_hand_clapping_game retrieved on September 20, 2010
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This example was written in paragraph style with very little punctuation. It is reformatted here to enhance its reading clarity.

I don't know how this rhyme was performed. However, its two person speaking format is more similar to foot stomping cheers since hand clap rhymes are always chanted in unison. My guess is that this example-like all other "Hollywood Swinging" rhymes started out as a foot stomping cheer and changed to a hand clap rhyme while retaining its call and response feature.

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10. SEE MY PINKY
....And we do this

See my pinky see my thumb see my fist u Better run holdup wait come back u needa tic tac not one not two but the whole six pack sorry to be mean but u need some  Listerine now a sip now a cup now a sip now a cup"
-.DatBallaBrie, 2020, hand clap rhyme,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-NKrzvqz_I&t=2s&ab_channel=Geneas; 
90’s hand games (part 2), retrieved on March 5, 2021

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Reply
"Omg that’s how we did it! But at the end we go “See my pinky see my thumb, seen my fist you better run, call me, text me, and ✌️ peace”
-Pixie Queens, 2020, hand clap rhyme, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-NKrzvqz_I&t=2s&ab_channel=Geneas; 
90’s hand games (part 2), retrieved on March 5, 2021

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11, OOOOO, SHE THANK SHE BAD
Man, Imma go ahead and bust Fortitude out for this one....
I remember her in the 6th grade with a few other girls in our hood doing this lil chant....

"Ooooo, She thank she Bad!!!!"

Baby, Baby, don't make me Mad!!!

"Ooooo, she thank she Cool!!!!"

If you don't like it then you a fool!!!

My numba's 555-1234...I said 555-1234!!

Did you get it? Unnnhhh, Unnnhhh, Did you get it!!
-Makaho 2.0 Jul 26, 2006, https://www.hbcusports.com/forums/threads/childhood-expressions.48612/page-3

WARNING: Some examples in that three page discussion thread include profanity and sexually explicit references.
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This is a version of the “Hula Hula” foot stomping cheer.
It's possible that the telephone number that was chanted changed with each soloist.

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