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This pancocojams post is part of an ongoing pancocojams series on the African American originated rhymes/cheers entitled "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" and/or "Brick Wall Waterfall".
This series also includes examples of rhymes/cheers that have other titles but include lines from versions of "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train"/"Brick Wall Waterfall"
This post presents a compilation of some examples of the children's "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" rhymes and cheers from 2011 to 2023. These examples are presented in chronological order by year, if that information was given. Geographic information is also given for some of these examples if that information is available.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, folkloric, and recreational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/01/childrens-examples-of-bang-bang-choo.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" (Documenting Dates For & Analysis Of Early Examples Of This Rhyme: early 1970s to 2010)".
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/08/bang-bang-choo-choo-train-rhyme-cheer.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train rhymes and cheers (early sources & examples)"
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/01/bang-bang-choo-choo-train-tik-tok.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train Tik Tok Challenge Dance Compilation (Dancing To A Clip Of The 1995 Song "Giddy Up Let's Ride")".
That post showcases the 1995 record "Giddy Up let's Ride" by Kinsul. The prechorus and the bridge of that record includes lyrics from the "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" rhyme. That record is featured in the 1997 American movie Baps. Also, as the above link indicates, the "Bang Bang Choo Choo train" words that were sung in that record were the music backdrop of the 2021 TikTok "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" dance challenge. Click https://genius.com/Kinsui-giddy-up-lets-ride-lyrics for that record's complete lyrics.
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SELECTED EXAMPLES OF "BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN" RHYMES & CLOSELY RELATED RHYMES
These examples are presented in relative chronological order based on their publishing date and not the date or decades that the commenters remembered chanting these rhymes/cheers.
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
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Notice that some of these examples have the group/soloist word structure of foot stomping cheers.
Also, read the note for Example #14 that includes lyrics for the 1995 Hip Hop "Giddy Up Let's Ride" song by Kinsui that includes words from the "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" rhyme. A brief sound clip of that record was used in 2021 as the music for TikTok "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" dance challenge videos.
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BRICK WALL WATER FALL [Example #1]
"the way i learned it was " Brick wall waterfall
girl you think you got it all but you dont, i do so boom wit that attitude,
reeses pieces butter cup mess with me i mess you up, bang bang choo choo train
wound me up and do my thing why not bc my back is aching my bras to tight my
booty's shaking from the left to the right, this is skinny this is fat, boys
whtacha looking at, all the boys on the floor saying check me out, check me
out, mama mia,Then i learned
another one was Cap.. Cap... Captain Crunch I got somethin you cant touch"
-Angelina Cisneros, 2011,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSbCOuhek4E&ab_channel=tishaechappelle
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BRICK WALL WATERFALL [Example #2]
"my version :brick wall waterfall.girl u think u got it all but u don I do so boom with that attitude come back u need a tic tak not one not two but whole 6 packs my back is aching and my shoes are to tight my hips are shaking from the left to the right chimy chimy coco puff chimmy chimy pow chimy chimy get out right now"
-Tiana Archie, 2013,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSbCOuhek4E&ab_channel=tishaechappelle
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BRICK WALL WATERFALL [Example #3]
"This is how me and my friends say it,
brick wall
waterfall boys think they know it all but they dont girls do so boom with that
attitude reises pieces buttercup mess with me i mess u up, bang bang choo choo
train comeone girl lets do our thing, why not i cant why not i cant cuz my back
is achin and my skirts to tight and my bootys shakin from the left to the
right"
-Jenna Yrell, 2014,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSbCOuhek4E&ab_channel=tishaechappelle
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REESE'S PIECES [Example #4]
"Reese's Pieces, Butter Cup
Sing with us, we'll cheer you up!
Bang, Bang- Choo Choo Train
Come on _____ do your thing!
- I can't
- Why not?
-Cause I cant!
- Why not?
My back aches, My skirts too tight, my booty shake from the left to the right!
To the left, To the right. To the left, to the right, ot the left, to the right!
(Repeat through whole team)"
-https://tafths.enschool.org/students/student_web/EAST/Academic%20Center%20Poms%20Website%20March2014/Cheer%20Website.html; March 2024 [Cheers for Basketball games]
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ROCK THE BOAT
[Example #5]
"Oh! I remember how we did it at camp, now. The counselors would choose a camper and we'd sing the song.
Something like this:
Her name is Liesl! Rock the boat
She's doin' fine! Rock the boat
She'll do her thing! Rock the boat
She'll blow your mind! Rock the boat
Hit it!
Bang bang, choo choo train,
Wind her up, she'll do her thing,
No Reese's Pieces, no buttercup,
She'll show you how to pump it up!
She knows karate
She knows Kung Fu!
*__ __ __ __ __ __ ooo!
Rock clap the boat clap
Rock clap rock the oohah! oohah!
Rock clap the boat clap
Rock clap rock the oohah! ooh!
And it would repeat with another camper
I forgot what goes there, but the blanks are syllables, and
it rhymes with the 'ooh' sound"
-Liesl Lockheart, 2015, [example from a commenter in the
discussion thread for "Do You
Remember 90s Handgames?".] That YouTube video showed two young Black American women demonstrating hand clap games that they remember from their childhood, That well viewed video and its active comment section are no longer available. Part II of this video is also no longer available.
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN [Example #6]
"This was a song that we did at camp a lot, and the
first part was sang by everyone in the group but the counselor usually picked
the first Person B. Then as the verses continued whoever was Person B last
would yell the name of the new Person B.
Person A: Peanut butter Reese's cup sing a song to cheer you up
Bang bang choo-chop train come on (person B) do your thang!
Person B: I can't!
Person A: Why not?
Person B: I just can't!
Person A: Why not?
Person B: My back's aching, my belt's too tight, my booty
shaking from the left to the right
Everyone: to the left! to the right! to the left to the right to the left to the right! to the sky, to the ground, my booty's shaking all around that's right we're tight so rick-tick-tick-tick! hold on wait a minute put a booty in it! Jump! Shake your booty! Jump jump! Shake your booty!
(Repeat the song)"
-Claire Jelagin, 2016;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55TnrD5re5g Do You Remember 90s Rhymes
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PEANUT BUTTER IN A CUP [Example #7]
ALL Peanut butter in
a cup we sing this song to pump us UP!
Bing Bang choo choo train, come on Bridgette do your thang…
BRIDGETTE: I can’t!
ALL: Why not?
BRIDGETTE: I just can’t!
ALL: Why not?
BRIDGETTE: My back’s aching, the sun’s too bright, my hips popping from left to right. To the left. To the right, to the left, To the right.
ALL: Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right…
Peanut butter in a cup we sing this song to pump us UP! Bing Bang choo choo train, come on Lindsay do your thang…
LINDSAY: I can’t!
ALL: Why not?
LINDSAY: I just can’t!
ALL: Why not?
LINDSAY: My back’s aching, the sun’s too bright, my hips popping from left to right. To the left. To the right, to the left, To the right.
ALL: Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right,
left, right"...
- GoNoodle's "Peanut Butter In A Cup" Cheer, August 24, 2016 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPCGfa44bF0
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN (Cheer) [Example #8]
"--Informant Info--
Nationality: American
Age: 10
Occupation: Student
Residence: Beverly Hills, CA
Date of Performance/Collection: 4/24/16
(Acting out the whole thing, had to recall it)
Stop don’t talk to me loser lame-o wannabe
Like oh totally t-totally
Rainfall waterfall girl you think you got it all
But you don’t I do so boom with that attitude
Bang bang choo choo train wind me up
I’ll do that thing bang bang choo choo train
Wind me up I’ll do that thing.
Reeses Pieces butter cups you mess with me I’ll mess you up
Loser whatever get that picture. Word. (that’s what people say)
THE INFORMANT: Ruby is ten and says she learned this chant in 3rd grade. Everyone in her grade knows it but only the girls act it out because she says the boys are too embarrassed.
ANALYSIS: Some research on this chant, because I remember the “bang bang choo choo train” part but not the rest, has shown that this rhyme / cheer has been around in some form or another since as far back as 1902, with many variations along the timeline. It is often used as a cheer for young girls to perform as cheerleaders or dancers, and has historically been controversial because some versions of it use more sexualized language than parents think is appropriate for their children to perform to. However, the language used in Ruby’s version shows the large differences between the different versions of this cheer from school to school and over time, where only the “bang bang choo choo train” part is still intact"
- tokemper, .May 3, 2016, http://folklore.usc.edu/bang-bang-choo-choo-train-cheer/, Folk speech, Game, Gestures, Humor, Kinesthetic, Musical
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BRICK WALL WATER FALL
[Example #9]
"I learned brick wall water fall boys think they know
it all they don't we do that do we do so hoom with yo attitude Reese's pieces
butter cup you mess with me I'll mess you up bang bang chu chu train wind me up
I'll do my thang why not I can why not I can cuz my back is aching and my bra
too tight but my boy friend days that it fits just right my booty shaking from
the left to the right my hands up high and my feet down low come on girls let
show they how it goes............ me and my cousins were some crazy
children........"
-Deandrea Seda, 2016,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSbCOuhek4E&ab_channel=tishaechappelle
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BRICK WALL WATER FALL
[Example #10]
"I learned thus as Brick wall, waterfall, hey girl you
think you know it all. You don't. I do. So poor with the attitude. Bang bang
choo choo train now let me see you shake that thing. I can't. Why not? I just
can't. Why not? My back is aching and my bras too tight. My bootys shaking from
the left to the right. From the left to the right."
-AngelIque B, 2018,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSbCOuhek4E&ab_channel=tishaechappelle
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BRICK WALL WATERFALL
[Example #11]
"Brick wall waterfall
Girl you think you got it all
But you don’t
I do
So Boom with that attitude
Peace punch captain crunch
I got something that you can’t touch
Bang bang choo choo train
Wind me up I’ll do my thang
Reece’s pieces 7up
Mess with me I’ll mess you up.
🌻Cheyenne 🌻"
-@cheyennee2016; Dec 4, 2018· https://twitter.com/cheyennee2016/status/1069829283277721600
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN (Cheerleader cheer) [Example #12]
Ready Go!
Bang Bang Choo Choo Train
Come on Lasers Do your thing.
Shake it high. Shake it low
Turn around and strike a pose.
Okay,gym let's go!
-@eastsideyouthleaguecheerle6352 August 29, 2019
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MY LEFT [Example #13]
My left my left my left right left
My left my left my left right left
My left my left my left right left
My back achin my belt too tight
My booty shaking from the left to the right
My?- My ? My-hoochie coochie ?
-https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2020/06/kids-explain-their-rhymes-games-and-songs/ "Kids Explain Their Rhymes, Games, and Songs" June 5, 2020,
Posted by: Stephanie Hall [sound file of Children's rhymes, games, and songs performed by Mrs. Currier's 4th grade class, Blue Ridge Elementary School, Ararat, Virginia, 1978; An African American girl shares this rhyme that she learned from her cousin Lavera who lives in New York]
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN (SOFTBALL CHEER) [Example #14]
Any softball players here would know the chant that goes “bang bang choo choo train call me over I’ll do my thang I know karate I know kung fu you mess with me I’ll mess you up!”
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This twitter dance challenge compilation has a brief clip of the 1995 Hip Hop record "Giddy Up Let's Ride" by Kinsui. That sound clip includes the "Bang bang choo choo train/let me see you do your thing" words from that rhyme/ Also, the bridge of that 1995 record includes more words from that rhyme
"Go left, go right
Go left, right, left, right
My back is aching, my belt's too tight
My booty shakin' from left to right
Go left, go right
Go left, right, left, right
My back is aching, my belt's too tight
My booty shakin' from left to right"...
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Those words are directly from military cadences.
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REESE'S PIECES [Example #15]
"It's:
Bang bang choo choo train, wind me up I do my thang.
I know karate, I know kung fu, you mess with me I mess with
you.
Brick wall, waterfall, girl you think you know it all.
You don't, I do. So poof with the attitude.
But wait, come back. Cause girl you need a tic-tac.
Not one, not two, but the whole six pack."
-Kelly Jones answered, no publishing date given,
https://entertainment.blurtit.com/1705724/what-are-the-words-to-bang-bang-choo-choo-train-cheer
, retrieved January 6, 2022
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN [Example #16]
"A-B-C Hit It! That's the way Uh-Uhh I like it Uh-Uhh.
That's the way Uh-Uhh I like it Uh-Uhh. Brickwall Waterfall
Girl you think you know it all. You don't. I do. So Poof
with the Attitude. Bang bang choo choo train watch me while I do my thang.
Reese's pieces 7-up u mess with me I'll mess u up!"
-Anonymous answered; no publishing date given,
https://entertainment.blurtit.com/1705724/what-are-the-words-to-bang-bang-choo-choo-train-cheer
, retrieved January 6, 2022
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN [Example #17]
"Bang bang cho cho train wind me up and I'll do my
thang no Reese peice no butter cup mess with me I'll mess you up I know karate
I know Kung fu mess with me and I'll do it on my you"
-Wendy Morlock answered,
no publishing date given,
https://entertainment.blurtit.com/1705724/what-are-the-words-to-bang-bang-choo-choo-train-cheer
, retrieved January 6, 2022
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN [Example #18]
"The long way goes like this:
Let me see you do your thang
I can't
Why not
Because I can't
Why not
Because my back is aching and
My bra's too tight
My hips are shakin' from the left to the right
My mom's on fire; she's got a butt like mine
When she crosses the street, the cars go beep beep beep
When she gets down low she does the rodeo
When she gets up high she does the butterfly
Oh now I see why you can't
Bang Bang Choo Choo Train"
-Anonymous answered, no publishing date given,
https://entertainment.blurtit.com/1705724/what-are-the-words-to-bang-bang-choo-choo-train-cheer
, retrieved January 6, 2022
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BRICK WALL WATERFALL [Example #19]
[Three girls chant in unison] - Brick wall Waterfall
Michael thinks he got it all
But he don't and we do
So POOF with that attitude
[Michael]
Um, it's "BOOM with that attitude
Boom with that attitude.
Peace punch Captain Crunch.
I got something you can't touch
Oh oh bang bang choo choo train
Wind me up
I’ll do my thing
No Reese's pieces 7 Up
You mess with me I'll mess you.
-MelissaKristinTV - DigitalMunchies, Mar 2, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5X69y9X9Cw Remember the #early2000s “Brick Wall Waterfall” diss chant? #nostalgia
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Here's the rest of the words to that video:
The Main girl speaks to her two girl friends who had moved over to Michael’s side:
"You’re
supposed to be on my side."
Michael says to those two girls- “Let’s go home, Skillets".
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As of May 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM EST, this YouTube video has a total number of 31,480,261 views.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/01/brickwall-waterfall-examples-analysis.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Brick Wall Waterfall" (Examples & Analysis)
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ROCK THE BOAT (BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN) [Example #20]
its actually now a softball cheer it goes like
my name is _ rock the boat im feeling fine rock the boat you mess with me rock the boat i blow your mind rock the boat im talking bang bang choo choo train wind me up and i do my thing no reeses peices no captain crunch you mess with me i mess you up rock the boat dont tip it over if you do this game will be over
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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN CHEER [Example #21]
Bang, Bang Choo Choo Train
Come on Lions, do your Thang!
Get it…Get it…get it
Got it…got it… got it
Whoosh, and let it roll
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