Warning.this video may cause laughing and giggles.viewer discretion is advised. Unleish Yvonne, Published on Jul 31, 2013 I'm going to break my rule of "no embedded videos for cocojams2" by featuring this video that demonstrates how "Slide" is played. No words are chanted for this hand clap routine except, perhaps for the words "Slide" or "Slide, baby" eat the beginning of the routine, and numbers. For example, as it just so happens, read the names of the children who contributed this rhyme example.)Įditor: "Slide" is a fairly popular hand clap game among many African American girls. That name's "ch" beginning and "ah" ending fits a post 1960s African American aesthetic preference for names (particularly female names. There was an African American girl in the elementary school that my daughter taught at (in the early 2000s whose name was "China". I believe that the children chanting the word "China" considered it a female name* and not a name of that Asian country or a referent to Chinese people. This rhyme is a variant of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "Down Down Baby I Know Karate", and similarly worded rhymes. The object of the game is to be the last player still in the game. On the last word, if a player’s right foot is not in front of the left foot, he or she is “out”. ![]() Players also do rhythmical “scissors jumps” on beat to the chanted words (scissors jumps are made by crossing one foot in front of the other foot). With three or more players, the players hold on palm up and one palm down and strike the palms of the persons standing next to him or her on both sides. The other partner turns the opposite palms up and down. "Shimmy Chimmy China" is performed wth unison chanting and rhythmical clapping in pairs, with 3 people, or in a circle with any number of people When performed as a partner game, players stand in front of each other and one player turns one palm up towards the ceiling and the other palm down towards the floor. I have also heard “65 cents” for this line instead of “85 cents”. (Continue repeating the entire rhyme until only one player is left. Shan (12 years & Shala 9 years Black Females) and their brother Shep (8 years Black male) in the predominately African American section of Garfield in Pittsburgh PA collected by Azizi Powell, 10/1998 She missed like this, like this, like this. "SAY SAY MY PLAYMATE" AND "SEE SEE MY PLAYMATE"Įxamples of this rhyme can be found under the title "Playmate" in the " O,P" post of this cocojams series. Multiple versions of specific rhymes are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date online or their collection date, with the oldest dated examples presented first. Note: These examples are published in alphabetical order based on their titles or the first few words of their first line. Thanks to all those who have contributed to this collection. The content of this post is presented for folkloric and recreational purposes. That's the story behind this blog name cocojams2. That website vanished late October 2014 [!?!) and I am partially recreating its playground rhymes pages from back-up files and from recent internet "rhyme harvesting". Click and either enter that rhyme's name or enter the words "children's rhymes" or "African American rhymes and cheers".Īlso, a number of the examples in this collection were featured on my cultural website that was online since December 2001. For instance, I've chosen not to include a number of versions of rhymes that are generally found on other children's rhyme sites.Ī number of these rhymes are featured in posts on my pancocojams blog. ![]() This is not meant to be a comprehensive listing of rhymes. Unless otherwise indicated, the examples given below were (or "are") "hand clap rhymes". ![]() The pages present examples whose "titles" begin with the featured two letters, with the exception of post #11 in this series which features examples whose titles begin with the letters "u" - "z".) This cocojams2 series showcases examples of English language hand clap & jump rope rhymes, with a special focus on examples from African American culture.
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