Some More Australian Examples Of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as "There's A Party On The Hill") Children's Recreational Rhymes

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part IIII of a three part pancocojams series on the English language children's recreational rhyme "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as There's A Party Up The Hill" Will you please Come?" 

These versions of "There's A  Party 'Round The Corner..."  don't include the "bubblegum"/"chewing gum" and "blowing kisses" words.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/theres-party-round-corner-would-you.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents information about this rhyme including its history and its accompanying play activities. In addition, this post presents some examples of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as "There's A Party On The Hill" and similar titles.).

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/examples-of-theres-party-round-corner.html for Part II of the pancocojams series on "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" recreational rhymes. That post presents examples from multiple countries of the "Please Bring bubble gum...and blowing kisses" version of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as "There's A Party Up The Hill" Would You Please Come?" and similar titles.)

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, historical, socio-cultural, and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Online examples of There's A Party 'Round The Corner..." document that its large number of variants, many of whom were (are) probably the result of accidental folk processing (i.e. the words being changed because of misremembering and/or mishearing and then substituting what you thought was said for similar sounding words or sounds. 

Folk processing explains the three common titles for this children's recreational rhyme: "There's A Party 'Round The Corner", "There's A Party Up The Hill" and "There's A Party On The Hill".

Evidence of folk processing in these rhymes is even more apparent in the evolution of the lines "Bring your own cup and saucer and a cream bun. Who is your best chum?" in early examples of this rhyme. Those lines have changed to "bring your own cappacino and your own bubblegum", or "bring your own toilet paper and a bottle of rum" or "Bring your own smelly feet and your own dirty bum", and numerous other variants. Most of these variant forms of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" can be traced to mishearing or misremembering the word "chum" which means "friend".

(Also, for my fellow United Staters, the word  "bum" in the phrase "dirty bum" means "butt"/"behind").

As an American community foIklorist, I'm not familiar with "There's A Party 'Round The Corner", except as lines that are occasionally found in long form versions of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky". I wonder if this rhyme was in the past or still is chanted by itself in the United States as a jump rope (skipping) rhyme, or as a counting out rhyme, or as a partner hand clap rhyme, or group hand slapping (elimination) rhyme as appears to have been the case (or is still the case) in Great Britain, Australia, and some other English speaking countries and with some other English speaking populations. 

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SOME MORE AUSTRALIAN EXAMPLES OF THESE VERSIONS OF "THERE'S A PARTY 'ROUND THE CORNER RHYMES

Pancocojams Editor's Note:
Some Australian Examples of this rhyme were featured in other parts of this pancocojams series.

It appears to me that a lot of the commenters this discussion thread responded to the commenter who wrote right before them with the next line that they remember for the rhyme "There's A Party On The Hill" (also known as "There's A Party  'Round The Corner") or otherwise shared a line or lines from that rhyme that they used to say.  

From https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianNostalgia/comments/1123fea/theres_a_party_on_the_hill_would_you_like_to_come/ "Australian Nostalgia Comments: There's A Party On The Hill. Would You Like To Come?"

These comments/examples are numbered for referencing purposes only.

Except for the last example, all of these examples are from 2022.

1.echo-94-charlie
"There's a party on the hill, would you like to come?

"Edit: Ok, I'm surprised at how many variations of this there are, and none are the way I remember it. It's a call and response.

Call: There's a party on the hill, would you like to come?

Response: Yes

Call: Then who is your best chum?

Response: <Respondent's best friend, let's say Steve>

Call: Then Steve will come with a sausage up his bum and that will be the end of him."

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2. Inkweaver88
"And bring a bottle of rum?"

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3. Mctorp
"Can’t afford it

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4. Dhasenkam
"But I bought it"

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5. 00PSIEDOOPSIE
"And then I sung..."

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6. clogwog
"So pack your bags, and get lost!"

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7. Hot-Chilli-Chicken
"Then get lost"

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8. Andytherooster
"For some reason we said rum tum tum"

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9. Vanidorr
"At my schools we used to say “whiskey rum” which I have no idea where that came from. It doesn’t even make sense now I think about it"

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10. reddit_somewhere 
"‘Then bring a bottle of butchers rum’ ; “Cant afford it!” ; ‘Then pack your bags and get lost!’

Regional vic response in the 90s"
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Here's information about "regional vic" ("Regional Victoria") from “AI Overview:
“ “Regional Victoria" refers to the areas of Victoria outside of Melbourne, and it includes many cities and towns. Major regional cities in Victoria are Ballarat, Greater Bendigo, Greater Geelong, Horsham, Latrobe, Mildura, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, and Wodonga, according to Regional Cities Victoria and Local Jobs First. The specific city depends on the context of the question, as there are numerous cities and towns within the broader regional area.”…

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11. StrawberryPristine77
"Yep, can confirm this of regional vic"

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12. Bread_And_Butterfly
"Ours was ‘then you may not come’ 

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13. pieceofpecanpie
"Minus the “butchers” and bang on regional vic from the 90s for me."

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14. tattisalisations
"Bring your own toilet paper and your big fat bum"

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15. Presence_of_me
"Melbourne North East - same as OP but “who is your best friend” and “….that is the end of that!”

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16. designerjeans
"Then bring a bottle of rum tum tum.

Can't afford it.

Then go to a fish and make a wish. / Then pack your bags and get lost!"

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17. nunicorn
"Bring your own toilet paper and your own clean bum"

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18. pastelcower
"Bring your own toilet paper and a fresh cream bun.

Was it a clapping song? With the who is your best friend bit changing from up and down clapping to putting your hands together and smacking them sideways against the other person's hands?

Do kids still do that? Do they play skippings and elastics? I feel so old"

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19. echo-94-charlie (Original Poster "OP")
"It was for choosing who was it for tiggy and such."
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Here's information about "tiggy" from AI Overview
" "Tiggy" is a name for the popular chasing game "tag," used in parts of Australia and New Zealand. The basic game involves one person being "it" and chasing the others to "tig" (tag) them, with the tagged person becoming the new "it". While "tag" is the most common term in many places, "tiggy" is a well-known variant, often associated with specific regions like parts of Victoria and Queensland in Australia.”…

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20. celesteshine
"Bring a bottle of rum a tum tum"

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21. Lucifang
"I’ve never heard this in my life 😳"

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22. [deleted]
"Bring your own toilet paper and your own shi--y* bum
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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23. cheshire_kat7
"I've never heard it either."

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24. dinydins
"BYO toilet paper and your own cream bun"

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25. glutenfreeironcake
"Response: “bring your own cup off coffee and your own cream bun…whose your love one” "

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25. mamakumquat
"So bring a bottle of strawberry rum!

Can’t afford it.

Then pack your bags and get lost and who is your best friend?

Then he will come with a sausage up his bum and that is the end!"

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26. BinChicken16
" "Bring your own toilet paper, wipe your own bum." '

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27. Atibug
"Ours was different.

There's a party on the hill would you like to come? Bring your own toilet paper and your own sticky bum. Who is your best friend?

Steve

Steve will come will a sausage up his bum, pull it in pull it out, you are out!

It's for choosing who is "it" in a game. Everyone started with 2 hands in. If the song ended on you, one hand would be taken away until there's only one hand left and that person is "it"."

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28. GreenCamelior
"Ours was:

There's a party on the hill would you like to come? Yes.

Then bring a bottle of rum tum tum. Can't afford it.

Then pack your bags and get lost for the rest of the game."

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29. [deleted]
"Bring your own smelly feet and your own smelly bum"

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30. the-audience
"Bring your own cup and saucer and your own cream bun."

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31. Eloisem333
"Bring a bottle of rum and your bum"

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32. StrawberryPristine77
"Then bring a bottle of butchers rum (Can't afford it) Then pack your bags and get lost"

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33. LilacLove, 2023
"Super late reply but at my school we sang "there's a party on the hill would you like to come? Bring your own toilet paper and your big fat bum"

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Examples Of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" Children's Recreational Rhymes: "Bring Chewing Gum [Or "Bubblegum"]...Blowing Kisses" Versions

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest update - November 2, 2025

This is Part Ii of a three part pancocojams series on the English language children's recreational rhyme "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as There's A Party Up The Hill" Will you please Come?"

This post presents examples of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (and similar titles) of the "Please Bring bubble gum...and blowing kisses" version of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner".

I've included the names of countries where this version of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner".... is identified by the commenter or by the title of the online discussion thread or video. So far in this compilation, the countries that were identified this way identified are Australia, South Africa. and the United States.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/theres-party-round-corner-would-you.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents information about this rhyme including its history and its accompanying play activities. In addition, this post presents some examples of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as "There's A Party On The Hill" and similar titles.).

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/some-more-australian-examples-of-theres.html for Part III of  "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" recreational rhymes. That post presents more examples of  Australian versions of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as "There's A Party Up The Hill" Would You Please Come?" and similar titles

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, historical, socio-cultural, and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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DISCLAIMER
This pancocojams post doesn't mean to imply that these are the only countries where children (usually girls) have chanted or still chant this version or other versions of 'There's A Party 'Round The Corner...".

Please add to the folkloric record by sharing in the comment section below geographic information (city & nation o city, state if inside the United States as well as the year/decade you first chanted or know people who chanted this rhyme. Thanks in advance!

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Online examples of There's A Party 'Round The Corner..." document that its large number of variants, many of whom were (are) probably the result of accidental folk processing (i.e. the words being changed because of misremembering and/or mishearing and then substituting what you thought was said for similar sounding words or sounds. 

Folk processing explains the three common titles for this children's recreational rhyme: "There's A Party 'Round The Corner", "There's A Party Up The Hill" and "There's A Party On The Hill".

Evidence of folk processing in these rhymes is even more apparent in the evolution of the lines "Bring your own cup and saucer and a cream bun. Who is your best chum?" in early examples of this rhyme. Those lines have changed to "bring your own cappacino and your own bubblegum", or "bring your own toilet paper and a bottle of rum" or "Bring your own smelly feet and your own dirty bum", and numerous other variants. Most of these variant forms of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" can be traced to mishearing or misremembering the word "chum" which means "friend". 

(Also, for my fellow United Staters, the word  "bum" in the phrase "dirty bum" means "butt"/"behind").

As an American community foIklorist, I'm not familiar with "There's A Party 'Round The Corner", except as lines that are occasionally found in long form versions of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky". I wonder if this rhyme was in the past or still is chanted by itself in the United States as a jump rope (skipping) rhyme, or as a counting out rhyme, or as a partner hand clap rhyme, or group hand slapping (elimination) rhyme as appears to have been the case (or is still the case) in Great Britain, Australia, and some other English speaking countries and with some other English speaking populations.       

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EXAMPLES OF THIS VERSION OF "THERE'S A PARTY 'ROUND THE CORNER RHYMES
These versions of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" ("There's A Party On The Hill" ) rhymes include the "'bubblegum/"chewing gum and boyfriend blowing kisses line from variant forms of that recreational rhyme.

This pancocojams compilation also includes examples of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" that include a variant form of the "cup and saucer/bubblegum" line from "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" ("There's A Party On The Hill".)

Click Part III of this pancocojams series for other versions of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner..." that don't have the "bubblegum"/"chewing gum" and "blowing kisses" words.

These sources are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only. 

Source #1 [These commenters didn't identify the name of their country.]
From https://allieslifeinwords.blogspot.com/2012/07/theres-party-around-corner-will-you.html 

1 "theres a party around the corner will you please please come bring your own cappuccino and your own chewing gum. what is your lovers name? josh. Josh will be there blowing kisses in the air saying i love allie yiata yiata yiata i love allie yiata yiata yiata. o-u-t- spells you are out"
-. Musicaluver, July 31, 2012 
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In her profile, musicaluver's nickname (or name) is "Allie".

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2. "I know that hand game 😎😎"
- Unknown, November 27, 2015 

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3. "I know it as "there a party round the corner will you please please come. Bring your mama and your papa and some blue bubblegum. Your boyfriend will be there, your boyfriend name is ____. ______ will be there blowing kisses in the air saying I love you!" Whoever it lands on 'you' is out."
-Raquel Deo, January 31, 2016 

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4."I know it as

Theres party round the corner would u like to come bring urn own cups of sauces and ur own bubblegum by the way whats ur boyfriends name ( name here) (name here) will be there blowing kisses in the air saying i love u i love u kings queens brussel sprouts u are out"
-Unknown, February 25, 2016 

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5. "I know it as

theres a party round the corner would you please please come bring your own cup and saucer and your own chewing gum so what is your boyfriend or girlfriends name (Insert name ) ** will be there blowing kisses in the air saying i love (Insert Other name) I said I said I love **, How many kisses do you want? count number of kisses and then OUT spells you go out"
-Unknown, September 8, 2016 

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6. "I know Theres a party round the corner can you please please come. Bring your own cuppa soda and yourbown bubblegum. By the way whats your boyfriends name. Boy. Boy will be saying oolala girl oolala girl. O-u-t goes y-o-u"
-Unknown, January 8, 2017 

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7."I know it as "there's a party round the corner would you please come come bring your own cups and sauces and your own bubble gum just tell us who you like"
-Unknown, November 28, 2017 

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8."i know, theres a party round the corner will you please, please come. bring your own cups and scauers and your own bubblegum. tell us your boyfriends name? (their name) will be their blowing kisses in the air saying i love (insert other name) i love (insert other name). o-u-t spells out"
-Anonymous, April 14, 2018 

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9."t know it as,

"There's a party round the corner owuld you please please come. Bring your own cups of soda and your own bubble gum. Now what's your boyfriend slash girlfriends name?______. _______ Will be there blowing kisses in the air saying I love ______ I love _____ now you are in and you are out."
-Unknown, December 10, 2018 

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10." i know it as

there's a party round the corner will you please please come bring your own cappacino and your own chewing gum what is your boyfreind's name? (name). (name) will be there blowin kisses in the air sayin i love (name) (name) (name) (name) i love (name) (name) (name) (name) o-u-t spells you are out."
-Unknown, March 14, 2019 

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11. "I know it as - Theres a party around the corner would you please please come bring your own bag of chips and your own bubble gum just tell us your boyfriends name ____ _____ will be there blowing kisses in the air saying i love _____ i love _____ how many kisses will he blow (choose a number then count to it) O-U-T spells OUT"
-Unknown, March 28, 2019 

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12."I know it as

Theres a party around the corner will you please please come bring your own smokes and your own bubble gum, what is your boyfriend name. Ben. Ben will be there blowing kisses in the air saying I love (your name) I love (your name) o-u-t spells out"
-Unknown, June 13, 2019 

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13. "I know it as:

There's a party on the hill, would you like to come? Bring your own cup of soda and your own bubblegum. What is your boyfriend's name? Jimmy. Jimmy will be there, blowing kisses in the air, singing oola la _____ oola la _____. You are not in"
-Unknown, June 29, 2019

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14."at my school it was “there’s a party going on so please please come, bring your own sausages and your own bubblegum, shout out your boyfriends name. (Name) will be there blowing kisses in the air saying I love (your name), I love (your name), o-u-t spells out so out you go"
-  Bib July 28, 2019 

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15. "I know it as:

There's a party around the corner would you like to come, bring your own cups an saucers and your own bubblegum. By the way, what's your boyfriends name? (name here)

(name here) would be there blowing kisses in the air, saying I love you, I love you!

[Whoever the 'you!' goes on is out).
-Unknown, April 26, 2021 

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16."There's a party around the corner would you please please come bring you own cup and saucer and your own jelly tots so what is your boy friend 's name(name here), (name here) would be there blowing kisses in the air saying, I, I love you, I said, I said, I, I love so will you kiss me yes or no?"
-Unknown, July 8, 2021 

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Source #2
From https://bpsrhymes.appspot.com/rhymes/party.html "Botany public School Rhymes"

"Party 'round the corner [title]

There's a party 'round the corner
If you wish to come
Bring your own cup of soda
And your own bubblegum
By the way
What is your best friend's name?
**** will be there blowing kisses in the air
Saying ooh la la ____
Ooh la la ____
By the way you are out!"
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Here's information about "Botany Bay" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany,_New_South_Wales
"Botany is a suburb in the south of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Botany is 11 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Bayside Council...

Botany sits on the northern shore of Botany Bay, east of Sydney Airport"
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This is the way that example is written on that website. The asterisks represent the best friend's name and the "___" represents the chanter's name.

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Source #3
from https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/1n4zql4/anyone_remember_this_clapping_game/ South African Comments: Anyone Remembers This Clapping Game?
1. lexxy7, 2025
"Anyone remember this clapping game?

Growing up me and my friends would play this clapping game but I can’t for the life of me remember it or how it went.

We would all sit in a circle with our hands on our knees and clap the persons hand next to us and they would do the same to the person next to them. It started with something I can’t remember (maybe it was bubblegum bubblegum?) and then in the middle of the song you would pick a name. So whoever the song ended on would have to pick a name. Then you go (name chosen) will be there blowing kisses in the air saying I love you, saying, saying I love you. How many kisses will he blow in three days time. Then again song ends and whoever was last clapped on the hands picks a number.

That’s all I can remember. Anyone else play this game? Otherwise maybe it’s just a game we made up"

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2.PheeaA, 2025
"There's a party down the hill, will you please come come. Bring your own cup and saucer, and your own bubblegum. What is your boyfriend's name?....or something like that."

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3. lexxy7 (OP), 2025
"OMG yes yes that’s it. For a second I thought i made this up cause no one knew🙈"
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4. tumblingmoose, 2025
"Conscientiotiously... and the best of my ability

We always said “there’s a party round the corner” but there may be slight differences based on where you’re from/who taught you the game"
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Pancocojams Editor- This description reminds me of how group hand slapping games like  "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" are played.

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{Pancocojams Editor's Note regarding Source #3 & Source #4:
The lines from "There's A Party Round The Corner" in versions of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" are given in italics for referencing purposes only.

Source #4
From: GUEST,mooseormeece?, 21 May 08,  https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&messages=476&page=4 "Origins: Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky"

"I learned this and forgot most of it (not complete! but it goes sort of like this....

Down by the bay in beverly hills

where the bull frog jumps from bank to banky

and the heeps hops, coffee shops,

we all drink mochas and we wear flip flops

(faster)

I pledge allegence to the flag

Michal jackson makes me gag

coca cola has cafeine and now we're talking billy jean

billy jean when out of style now lets sit and talk a while

diddy diddy donkey

daddy had a donkey

donkey died, daddy cried

diddy diddy donkey!

theres a party round the corner wont you please please come

bring your own cappuchinos and your own chewing gum

what is your boy friends name?______ (whoever the clap lands on has to come up with a name)

 

_______ will be there blowing kisses in the air saying I love ______ (who ever came up with the name) saying I love_____ saying O U T spells you are out!

OR

______will be there blowing kissed in the air singin' I... Love...Ma..Ma...Mia, singin' I love ma...ma...mia singin' O U T spells you are out!"
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I believe that this example is probably from the United States because its a longform version of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" and the "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" rhyme originated in that country and I believe that long from versions of that rhyme are more widely chanted in the USA known in the USA than anywhere else. 

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Source #5
From https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/pme8mi/down_by_the_banks_of_the_hanky_panky/ Nostalgia comments: "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky"
1. "Denver colorado:, 2024
"saying heeps hops over the tops and he lands on a lily pad with a kerplop. i pledge allegiance to the flag that justin beaber makes me gag, coca cola has caffeine and now we’re talking billy jean, billy jean went out of style now let’s sit and talk a while. there’s a party round the corner won’t you please please come bring your own Frappuccino and your own chewy gum, what is your boyfriends name?
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I'm including this example even though it doesn't have the "blowing kisses" line.

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2. DragonDragon27, 2024
"Then it went “I pledge allegiance to the flag, Michael Jackson makes me gag, Coca Cola has caffeine, now we’re talking Billie Jean, Billie jeans went out of style, now let’s sit and talk a while, there’s a party round the corner won’t you please please come, bring your own cappuccino and your own chewing gum” and then either “what is your boyfriend’s name” or something about winning (From Colorado)"

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Source #6
From  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X91BT6X7iSs "Down by the Banks (Girl Scout Game)" by Girl Scout Troop 7579. Nov 7, 2021
1. @kkachi560, 2023 [comment]
"I've never heard this version before! The one I know goes like:

Down by the banks of the hanky panky

Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky

With a hips, hops, over the tops

Lands on a lilypad with a ker-plop

 

Plus an optional long version that very few people I played with knew:

 

[above]

I pledge allegiance to the flag

Justin Bieber makes me gag*

Coca Cola has caffeine

Now we're talking Billie Jean

Billie Jean went out of style

Let's go sit and talk a while

There's a party at the corner

Will you please please come

Bring your own Frappuccino

And your own chewing gum

What is your boyfriend's name?**

BF will be there

Blowing kisses in the air

Saying "I love GF, yadda yadda yadda"

"I love GF, yadda yadda yadda"

O - U - T spells you are out!

 

* Alternate line is "Michael Jackson is my dad" which I guess makes a bit more sense with the Billie Jean line

** The game stops for a moment, the player it landed on will say what their boyfriend's name is and then the song continues. My friends and I (elementary schoolers) would change this to "What is your best friend's name?" and just say someone from the circle, it was never very serious. "I love [name]" would be changed to "I like [name]"

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"There's A Party 'Round The Corner. Would You Please Come?" Children's Recreational Rhymes (History, Play Activities, & Examples)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series on the English language children's recreational rhyme "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as There's A Party Up The Hill" Will you please Come?"

This post presents information about this rhyme including its history and its accompanying play activities. In addition, this post presents some examples of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as "There's A Party Up The Hill".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/examples-of-theres-party-round-corner.html for Part II of the pancocojams series on "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" recreational rhymes. That post presents examples from multiple countries of the "Please Bring bubble gum...and blowing kisses" version of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as "There's A Party Up The Hill" Would You Please Come?" and similar titles.)

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/some-more-australian-examples-of-theres.html for Part III of  "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" recreational rhymes. That post presents more examples of  Australian versions of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" (also known as "There's A Party Up The Hill" Would You Please Come?" and similar titles

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, historical, socio-cultural, and recreational purposes.

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HISTORY AND GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CHILDREN'S RECREATIONAL RHYME
These sources are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

Source #1
"AI Overview [retrieved Cctober 25, 2025]

The phrase "There's a party round the corner" is part of a traditional British skipping rhyme, though variations exist. While the exact lyrics can differ, a common call-and-response version asks, "There's a party round the corner, would you like to come?" with the response "Yes!" and further verses about who is attending and what games will be played. The rhyme was particularly popular during and after World War II, according to one source. *

Traditional rhyme: It's a call-and-response children's rhyme, often used for skipping.

Regional variations: The lyrics can vary, but a common version includes:

Call: "There's a party round the corner, would you like to come?"

Response: "Yes!"

Next: "Then who is your best chum?" followed by a name or another character's name.

Historical context: The rhyme was common in Britain, especially during and immediately after World War II.*
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A symbol was given for the link to the online page given as Source #2 directly below:

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Source #2
From https://www.facebook.com/RedAphorist/posts/the-kids-song-about-having-a-party-around-the-corner-is-very-liberalthey-ask-wha/681102038599959/

"Elizabeth Robson, 2015

Wartime or immediate post-war version in Britain. It was a skipping rhyme, possibly with actions."There's a party round the corner, will you come? Bring your own cup and saucer and a bun. Who is your best chum? ""Charlie" Charlie then runs into the rope. "Charlie will be there, sitting on a chair with his own cup and saucer and a bun." Child 1 then runs out of the rope while Child 2 goes through the rhyme again."

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Source #3
"AI Overview [retrieved October 25, 2025

The lyrics to the children's rhyme are often: "There's a party round the corner, will you please come? Bring your own cups and saucers and your own bubblegum.". The exact words vary by region and school, and the rhyme is often used to choose a person to be "it" in a game, where the song ends on a specific person.

Common variations

To choose someone to be "it":

"There's a party round the corner, will you come? Bring your own cup and saucer and a bun. Who is your best chum? [Name]"

The last line of the rhyme is used to choose a player, and when the song is over, that person is "it".

For other games:

With a name: "There's a party on the hill, would you like to come? Yes. Then bring a bottle of rum tum tum. Can't afford it. Then pack your bags and get lost!"

For another game: "There's a party on the hill would you like to come? Bring your own toilet paper and your own sticky bum."

How to play

The rhyme is often used as a way to choose someone to be "it" in a game.

Players stand in a circle and clap their hands in time with the lyrics.

The person on whom the song ends is the one who is chosen to be "it"."

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Online examples of There's A Party 'Round The Corner..." document that its large number of variants, many of whom were (are) probably the result of accidental folk processing (i.e. the words being changed because of misremembering and/or mishearing and then substituting what you thought was said for similar sounding words or sounds. 

Folk processing explains the three common titles for this children's recreational rhyme: "There's A Party 'Round The Corner", "There's A Party Up The Hill" and "There's A Party On The Hill".

Evidence of folk processing in these rhymes is even more apparent in the evolution of the lines "Bring your own cup and saucer and a cream bun. Who is your best chum?" in early examples of this rhyme. Those lines have changed to "bring your own cappacino and your own bubblegum", or "bring your own toilet paper and a bottle of rum" or "Bring your own smelly feet and your own dirty bum", and numerous other variants. Most of these variant forms of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" can be traced to mishearing or misremembering the word "chum" which means "friend". 

(Also, for my fellow United Staters, the word  "bum" in the phrase "dirty bum" means "butt"/"behind").

As an American community foIklorist, I'm not familiar with "There's A Party 'Round The Corner", except as lines that are occasionally found in long form versions of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky". I wonder if this rhyme was in the past or still is chanted by itself in the United States as a jump rope (skipping) rhyme, or as a counting out rhyme, or as a partner hand clap rhyme, or group hand slapping (elimination) rhyme as appears to have been the case (or is still the case) in Great Britain, Australia, and some other English speaking countries and with some other English speaking populations.       

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PLAY INSTRUCTIONS
These play instructions are given in no particular order and are given with alphabetical or number entries for referencing purposes only.

Skipping (Jumping) Rope
Read the entry for Historical Information: Source #2 that is found above. 

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Choosing It
a. Atibug, 2022, 
https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianNostalgia/comments/1123fea/theres_a_party_on_the_hill_would_you_like_to_come/ Australian Nostalgia comments: There's A Party On The Hill"
 "Ours was different.

There's a party on the hill would you like to come? Bring your own toilet paper and your own sticky bum. Who is your best friend?

Steve

Steve will come will a sausage up his bum, pull it in pull it out, you are out!

It's for choosing who is "it" in a game. Everyone started with 2 hands in. If the song ended on you, one hand would be taken away until there's only one hand left and that person is "it".

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b. echo-94-charlie, 2022, 
https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianNostalgia/comments/1123fea/theres_a_party_on_the_hill_would_you_like_to_come/

"There's a party on the hill, would you like to come?

Edit: Ok, I'm surprised at how many variations of this there are, and none are the way I remember it. It's a call and response.

Call: There's a party on the hill, would you like to come?

Response: Yes

Call: Then who is your best chum?

Response: <Respondent's best friend, let's say Steve>

Call: Then Steve will come with a sausage up his bum and that will be the end of him."

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c. pastelcower, 2022, https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianNostalgia/comments/1123fea/theres_a_party_on_the_hill_would_you_like_to_come/
1. ..."Was it a clapping song? With the who is your best friend bit changing from up and down clapping to putting your hands together and smacking them sideways against the other person's hands?

Do kids still do that? Do they play skippings and elastics? I feel so old"

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2. echo-94-charlie, 2022
"It was for choosing who was it for tiggy and such."
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AI Overview for "Tiggy" [results retrieved October 25, 2025]
" "Tiggy" is a name for the popular chasing game "tag," used in parts of Australia and New Zealand. The basic game involves one person being "it" and chasing the others to "tig" (tag) them, with the tagged person becoming the new "it". While "tag" is the most common term in many places, "tiggy" is a well-known variant, often associated with specific regions like parts of Victoria and Queensland in Australia.”…

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Hand Clap Game (two to four people)
Some hand clap examples are found on various Tik Tok videos of "There's A Party 'Round The Corner" games 

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Hand Slapping Game (more than four people elimination game)
Here's an example of this play activity for 'There's A Party 'Round The Corner":

https://www.facebook.com/HolyRosarySchoolRowingClub/videos/theres-a-party-round-the-cornerits-getting-competitive-sbschoolsboatraceschoolsb/431603507791900/

Holy Rosary School Rowing Club, December 5, 2019 "“There’s a party ‘round the corner...” It’s getting competitive!, 2020
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Here's my description of this video: A small group of young White men and White women are seated indoors on a rug and playing this like a hand slap version of “Down by the banks of the hanky panky] 

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Lines From This Rhyme Are Chanted In Combination With Certain Other Recreational Rhymes
1."There’s a party on the hill would you like to come bring your own toilet paper and your big fat bum.

 Ip dip dog sh-t you are not it."
-sarajevogold, 2022, 
 https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/zdkwp7/what_phrases_did_you_use_as_a_child_to_choose_who/
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*This word is fully spelled out in this counting out rhyme. 

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2. . I learned this and forgot most of it (not complete! but it goes sort of like this....

Down by the bay in beverly hills

where the bull frog jumps from bank to banky

and the heeps hops, coffee shops,

we all drink mochas and we wear flip flops

(faster)

I pledge allegence to the flag

Michal jackson makes me gag

coca cola has cafeine and now we're talking billy jean

billy jean when out of style now lets sit and talk a while

diddy diddy donkey

daddy had a donkey

donkey died, daddy cried

diddy diddy donkey!

theres a party round the corner wont you please please come

bring your own cappuchinos and your own chewing gum

what is your boy friends name?______ (whoever the clap lands on has to come up with a name)

 

_______ will be there blowing kisses in the air saying I love ______ (who ever came up with the name) saying I love_____ saying O U T spells you are out!

OR

______will be there blowing kissed in the air singin' I... Love...Ma..Ma...Mia, singin' I love ma...ma...mia singin' O U T spells you are out!
-GUEST,mooseormeece?, Date: 21 May 08, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034&messages=476&page=4 "Origins: Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky"
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