The Book of Playground Songs & Rhymes

For generations, neighborhood kids would gather to skip rope, bounce balls, play hand-clapping games or choose one another to be the first "it" in a game with a counting-out rhyme. In The Book of Playground Songs and Rhymes, John M. Feierabend has assembled a great collection of these songs and rhymes, which invite beat motions from students in the mid to late elementary grades.

The songs and rhymes in this book and the community made by playing these games are an excellent foundation for music learning. By sharing these songs and rhymes with students during music class, today's students will discover the joy of music and, hopefully, share the songs, rhymes, and games in this collection with their friends and family.

Contents

 Hand Clapping
•A Sailor Went to Sea
•Bobo Ski Aden
•Doctor Knickerbocker
•Four White Horses
•Head and Shoulders Baby
•Hot Cross Buns
•I Am a Pretty Little Dutch Girl
•Long Legged Sailor
•Miss Lucy
•Miss Mary Mack
•Money Honey
•My Mommy Told Me
•Pat-a-Cake
•Pease Porridge Hot
•Say, Say, My Playmate
•Stooping on a Window
•Three, Six, Nine
•When Billy Boy Was One

Jump Rope
•A, B, C, One, Two, Three (More)
•All in Together Girls (More)
•Apple on a Stick (Other)
•Blondie and Dagwood (Count)
•Blue Bells and Cockle Shells
•Bread and Butter
•Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum
•Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee
•California Oranges
•Cinderella Dressed in Yella
•Cinderella Thinks She's Cute
•Dennis the Menace
•Doctor, Doctor, Tell No Lie
•Don't Say Ain't
•Down in the Valley
•Down the Mississippi
•Eskimo, Eskimo, Eskimo Pie
•Fatty and Skinny
•Fudge, Fudge, Call the Judge
•Grace, Grace, Dressed in Lace
•Grandma Moses Stick in Bed
•Granny, Granny I Am Ill
•Ham and Eggs
•He Took Her to the Garden
•Hello, Hello, Hello, Sir
•Here Comes the Teacher
•Hurry, Hurry Don't Be Late
•I'm a Little Dutch Girl
•I Am a Pretty Little Dutch Girl
•I'd Rather Wash the Dishes
•I Eat My Peas with Honey
•I Had a Little Brother
•I Had a Little Chicken
•I Hate to Wash the DIshes
•I KNow a WOman and Her Name is Miss
•I Love Coffee, I Love Tea
•I Saw a Birdie in the SKy
•I See London, I See France
•I Went to the Pictures
•Ice Cream Soda
•Icka Backa Soda Cracker
•Intry, Mintry, Cutry Corn
•Jelly Fish, Jelly Fish
•Jelly in the Bowl
•Johnny Gave Me Apples
•Johnny Over the Ocean
•La Reina
•Lady Bug, Lady Bug
•Late Last Night
•Mabel, Mabel
•Marco Polo Went to France
•Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
•Mickey Mouse
•Miss Lucy Had a Baby
•Miss, Miss, Little Miss
•Miss Monroe Broke Her Toe
•Motor Boat, Motor Boat
•My Momma Gave Me a Nickel
•My Mother is a Dancer
•My Mother Owns a Butcher Shop
•My Mother Said
•Obediah Jumped in the Fire
•Officer, Officer
•Old Lady, Old Lady
•Old Man Daisy
•Oliver Twist
•On a Mountain
•One Bright Day
•One for the Money
•One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
•One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven
•Ooey GOoey Was a Worm
•Peel an Orange
•Policeman, Policeman
•Polly Put the Kettle On
•Postman, Postman
•Robin Hood, Robin Hood
•Rooms for Rent
•Sally Over the Water
•See Saw
•Spanish Dancer
•Standing on the Corner
•Strawberry Shortcake
•Sugar, Salt, Pepper and Cider
•Sweet and Sour Pickles
•Teacher, Teacher I Declare
•Teacher, Teacher, Oh, So Tired
•Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
•There was a Little Fellow
•Tommy Tucker Went to France
•Two, Four, Six, Eight
•Two Little Monkeys
•Way Down South

Ball Bouncing
•A Me-See, A Clap-See
•A, My Name is Alice
•Bounce High, Bounce Low
•Bouncy, Bouncy, Ball-y
•Down the Mississippi
•Gypsy, Gypsy Lived in a Tent
•Hello, Hello Bill
•Hello, Hello, Hello, Sir
•One, Two, Three, Aleerie
•One, Two, Three Aleerie-o
•One, Two, Three O'Leary
•Right Hand Beats a Booming Drum

Counting Out
•All Around the Buttercup
•Ana, Mana, Mona Mike
•As I Climbed Up the Apple Tree
•Big Bit, Little Bit
•Doggy, Doggy Diamond
•Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Mo
•Eenie, Meenie, Tipsie, Teenie
•Engine, Engine Number Nine
•I Know Something
•Ibbety, Bibbety, Gibbety, Goat
•Icka, Backa, Soda Cracker
•Ickle, Ockle, Blue Bottle
•Inka, Binka, Bottle of Ink
•Inky, Binky, Bonky
•Intery, Mintery, Cutery, Corn
•Look Up
•Mickey Mouse
•My Mother, Your Mother
•One Potato, Two Potato
•Three Potatoes in a Pot
•Two, Four, Six, Eight