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Edited by Azizi Powell This post features examples of the playground rhyme that begins with the 'eenie meenie sisaleenie' (or similar spelling) verse and also includes the 'saw you with your boyfriend' verse. Text analysis and other comments about these rhymes and some other related rhymes are also included in this post. The content of this post is provided for folkloric and recreational purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. DISCLAIMER Including these rhymes on this blog that focuses on African American rhymes & songs and rhymes & songs from other Black cultures throughout the world, isn't meant to imply that examples of this rhyme are only chanted by Black people.
That is obviously not true. However, given its structure and its words, I believe that some, if not all, of the early examples of this rhyme originated with African Americans. EDITOR'S TEXT ANALYSIS OF 'EENIE MEENIE SISALEENIE' 'Eenie Meenie Sissaleeni' (or similarly pronounced spelling) is a large family of playground rhymes that originated in the United States.
Those rhymes may be chanted as a four line verse without the addition of 'saw you with your boyfriend' or any other verse. Other versions of this rhyme begin with a two line rhyme similar to that given as Example #1 in the 'Other Text Examples' found below or this three line example: Eenie Meanie Justa Leanie Ooca lacka Trackalacka I love you. In those examples, the first line contains an internal rhyme based on the 'eenie' syllable, and the second line contains an internal rhyme based on the 'acka' syllable. I chanted a four line version of this rhyme while doing a partner hand clap routine (Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1950s). We sang: Eenie meenie epsodeenie Ooh aah umbaleenie Ashie mashie kohkah lashie I love you The dashes represent one pause in the beat.snip- Four Line Structure In the four line 'eenie meenie sissalini' verse, the first line contains an internal rhyme made from the the 'eenie' syllable.
The last word of the second line also ends with the 'eenie' sound and thus rhymes with the first line. The third line contains an internal rhyme made by the 'ie' (pronounced 'ee') syllable, and thus rhymes with the first and second lines.
The fourth line is the only one that does not have an internal or end word rhyme. 'Eeny Meenie Sisaleenie' rhymes can be recited with just those lines; However, that core verse is often combined with other stand alone (independent) rhymes such as the 'take a peach take a plum' and/or 'saw you with your boyfriend'.
verses Those combined rhymes flow into each other without any transitioning words or phrases.Although I categorize 'saw you with your boyfriend' as an independent rhyme (a rhyme that can be chanted alone), I've not yet found any examples online of that rhyme being chanted alone.snip- Since at least the 1970s, it appears that most but not all examples of 'Eenie Meenie Sissaleeni' rhymes begin with the four line 'eenie meenie sissaleeni' verse and return to that verse at the end of the rhyme. 'Saw you with your boyfriend' is a verse that is often combined with the 'eenie meenie sisileeni' verse. 'Saw you with your boyfriend' is usually made up of a series of non-rhyming lines that are each followed by a two word or one word response to that particular line - for instance 'looked through the key hole/nosy nosy' (or 'nosy').
My guess is that the two word response is the earliest version of the responding line as it appears to me to be the more rhythmic than the single word. However, that is just a guess. In some contemporary versions of this rhyme 'looked through the key hole' and 'looked through the peep hole' has been changed to 'looked through the window'. Other independent rhymes (such as verses of the 'Down Down Baby' rhymes) may be combined with 'eenie meenie sissaleeni' without the 'saw you with your boyfriend' lines. Or other independent rhymes might be combined with the core verse and be placed before or after those 'saw you with your boyfriend' lines.
To date, I've only collected one example of 'saw you with.' That replaces the word 'boyfriend' for 'girlfriend' e.g. 'caught your with your girlfriend'. Visit the Hand clap Rhymes #1 page of my Cocojams cultural website for that example which is found under the title 'Eenie meenie pepsa deenie'.
The link for that Cocojams page is given in the 'Related Links' section below.snip- The words 'eenie meenie' undoubtedly have their source in the very old European counting out rhyme 'Eeny meenie minie mo'. Click for information about that rhyme. The word 'sisaleenie' or similarly pronounced words is a made-up rhyming word with no meaning. I also believe that the word 'liberace' (also found as 'Liberachi', 'Liborachi' or similar spellings) is a newer substition for made-up rhyming phonetic phrases such as 'kohkah lashie' which have no meaning. 'Liberace' (also written as 'Liberachi') has its origins in the last name of the flamboyant American pianist/vocalist known by his last name 'Liberace' (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987). However, I doubt that most people who've recited that rhyme are aware of that informational tidbit. Tune To date, I've heard two different tunes for 'Eeny Meenie Sisaleenie' rhymes.
I believe that the most common tune in the United States is the one used in video example given as example #1 and example #2 below. That is the tune that I used when I chanted this rhyme in the 1950s. Performance Activities As is the case with most playground rhymes in the United States, 'Eeny Meenie Sisaleenie' rhymes were originally chanted while jumping rope. However, since at least the 1970s, they are usually chanted as a partner hand clap game. And, as it appears to often be the case with many hand clap rhymes in the United States, those rhymes are also performed with actions which mimic the words that are chanted.
VIDEO EXAMPLES WITH TRANSCRIPTIONS Transcriptions made by listening to the videos. Additions and corrections are welcome. Video Example #1: Eenie Meanie Sassaleeny Clapping Songs sharonmnich, Uploaded on Oct 2, 2009 Kids Clapping Songs -snip- Transcription: Eenie meanie sassaleeny. Oops ah tumbalini. Achi achi liberace. Take a peach. Take a stick of bubble gum.
No stick of bubble gum. Saw you with my boyfriend last night.
How'd you know. Peekin through the peep hole. Nosy Ate a lot of candy Greedy Didn't do the dishes Lazy Jumped out the window Doggone crazy And that's why they call you.
Eenie Meanie Sassaleeny, Ooh ah babalini, Achi atchi Liberace, I love you.snip-.One of the girls seemed to start to chant 'looked out' instead of 'peeped through'. Additional examples of this rhyme are found in the viewer comment section of this video. Video Example #2: Eenie meenie sissalini Miamichellekaraoke, Published on May 19, 2012 Mia and Michelle demonstrate their new hand game -snip- Transcription: Rhyme begins at.021 Ready. Eenie meanie sassaleeny, Ooh ah babalini, Achi cachi Liberace, I love you, Take a peach, Take a plum, Take a stick of bubble gum, No peach No plum Just a stick of bubble gum Saw you with my boyfriend last night How'd you know I looked through my window Nosy Ate a lot of cookies Greedy Didn’t flush the toilet Nasty Didn't do the dishes Lazy And that's why they call you. Eenie Meanie Sassaleeny, Oops ah tumbalini. Achi cachi Liberace, I love you. Oops ah tumbalini, Achi cachi Liberace, I love you!.
Video Example #3: eenie mini dissemini fun and easy clapping games! Mitzi Brennan, Published on Apr 28, 2013 -snip- Transcription: Eenie mini dissemini You are the one and only Education Liberation I like you. Downtown baby Down by the roller coaster Sweet sweet cherry No place to go Didn’t do the dishes Lazy lazy Stole a box of chocolates Greedy greedy Snogged your boyfriend Naughty naughty Jumped out the window Flippin crazy Eenie mini dissemini You are the one and only Education Liberation I like you.snip- 'Italics' mean that I'm not sure of this word. From the girls' accents, I assumed that this example of 'Eenie Meanie' is from outside of the United States. Update: December 16, 2013: I corrected the words that I was uncertain about as per a comment from that video uploader Mitzi Brennan, who thanked me for featuring her video. Mitzi confirmed that she lives in England. 'Education liberation', 'downtown baby', 'down by the rollercoaster' etc.
Are phrases that either come from or are folk etymology forms of phrases that are found in some versions of the playground rhyme 'Down Down Baby'. For example, 'downtown baby” is folk etymology for 'down down baby' and 'Sweet sweet cherry/No place to go' is a folk etymology form of 'sweet sweet baby/I really love you so'. Similar examples of 'Eeny Meenie Sisaleenie' that include phrases from 'Down Down Baby' are found in the viewer comments threads for the video given as Example #1 in this post. OTHER TEXT EXAMPLES Example #1 Eenie Meanie Justa Leanie Ooca lakca Trackalacka, I love you. Take a peach, Take a plum Take a piece of bubble gum.
Teacher, Teacher, Dummy Dum Gimme back my bubble gum. Saw you with your boyfriend last night. How do you know?
I was peekin' through the keyhold. NOSY Wash them dishes LAZY Jump out the window CRAZY Peaches on the tree, Bananas on the floor Jump back baby.
I Don't Love You No More! (Pittsburgh, PA 1984); collected by Azizi Powell, 1998; posted on Cocojams by Azizi on 2/26/2006 -snip- Donetta A (African American woman) responded to a voluntary written survey of playground rhymes that I conducted at my former work place.
Donetta said she learned this rhyme when she was growing up from her cousin who visited her from the South. She indicated that she performed it as a partner hand clap game.
The line 'peaches on the tree, bananas' on the floor' reminds me of the 'apples on the shelf /I'm so tired of living by myself' verse that is found in in Thomas W. Talley's 1922 book Negro Folk Rhymes Wise And Otherwise. Versions of that line are found in other African American playground rhymes, Blues songs, and other compositions along with the line 'I've seen the line 'Jump back, baby I don't love you no more' or similar lines such as 'Step back, baby/I don't love you no more'.This is the last verse of the rhyme entitled 'Mama's Darling' (p. 188) 'I has apples on de table, An' I has peaches on de shelf; But I wish I had a husband— I'se so tired stayin' to myself.' . Example #2: Eenie meenie sicileenie ooh ahh combaleenie ochie cochie liverochi C-O-D Take a peach, take a plum, take a stick of bubblegum No peach, no plum, just a stick of bubblegum Saw you with your boyfriend last night How'd you know? Peeked through the peek hole Noisy Didn't do the dishes Lazy Ate a box of candy Greedy Jumped out the window Now I know you're really crazy, thats why we call you Eenie meenie sicileenie ooh ahh combaleenie ochi cochi liverochi C-O-D Source: Me and my friends used to love this!
-qwerty, 'Hand clap game. What are the words?' , 2007 -snip- Asker's rating the highest rating 5 stars & comment 'Haha so did we! I was trying to think of it the other day and i couldnt.ashley jonasss; (asked 2007).o. Example #3: Eenie Meanie Sassaleeny, Opps ah tumbalini, Achi cachi Liberace, I love you, Take a peach, Take a plum, Take a stick of bubble gum, No peach No plumb No stick of bubble gum Saw you with your boyfriend last night How'd you know I was peaking through the key hole Nosy Didn't do the dishes Lazy Stole a box of candy Greedy Jumped out the window Dog on crazy. That's why they call me. Eenie Meanie Sassaleeny, Opps ah tumbalini, Achi cachi Liberace, I love you!
In the mid-70s in Yreka, California, my friends and I chant-sang the following - and it always made sense to me as a story about a girl who was, or fancied herself as, a gypsy queen and thought she could have a secret boyfriend only to learn that she was caught out and her friends knew all along. I had no idea there were different versions, of course.
Eenie meenie gypsy queenie Ooh ah allimeenie Atchie Caughtchie Liberace I love you. pause Saw your boyfriend the other day What's his name?
How did you know? Peekin' through the keyhole. Hate to do the dishes.
Jumpin' through the window. Eenie meenie gypsy queenie Ooh ah allimeenie Atchie Caughtchie Liberace I love you! We played this game as a double dutch chant in the 70's in Philadelphia Pa. It went like this: Eeny meany sisaleenie. Ooh ah chacha leenie ocka bocka liberacha I love you choo choo shampoo. I saw ya with your boyfriend last night What was his name? Charlie White How do you know?
Because I Peeked through the peephole Nosey! Wash those dishes! Jump out the window! Oh I can do the oochi coochi, I can do a split! Betcha 5 dollars you can't do this! Lady on 1 foot Lady on 2 foots close your eyes and count to ten. If you miss you've got the ends 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10!
Unknown, thanks for sharing that version of 'Eeny Meany'. And thanks for adding demographic information and the information that this rhyme was chanted while playing double dutch jump rope. Was this rhyme primarily chanted by African Americans in Philadelphia? And did the boyfriend's name change with each jumper? Also, as explanation, sometimes 'enders' is the term that is used for the two people who turn the two ropes that are held together and turned for double dutch (That term is also used for the two people who turn the one rope that is used for jump rope with three or more people). That explains the line that Unknown shared 'If you miss you've got the ends'. Thanks again!
As a 10 year old white girl in upstate New York my sister and I and my school bus friends used to chant and clap: Eenie meenie stepaseenie Ooja bagga hamaleenie Umm bah icky poo spells out goes you! Just a peach just a plum not a stick of bubble gum Not a peach not a plum just a stick of bubblegum.
Saw you with your boyfriend last night How do you know? I peeked through the keyhole Nosy Ate a box of candy Greedy Didn't wipe the toilet seat Nasty Jumped off a skyscraper now I know you're crazy now I know to call you Eenie meenie stepaseenie ooja bagga hamaleenie umm bah icky poo Spells I Hate You!. The hands at the end would be going back and forth, try to be last to slap the other persons on the you. I'm an African American mother, grandmother, & retired human services administrator. For more than forty years I have shared adapted West African stories with audiences in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. I have four blogspots:,.
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Notes Diana Joy Leonard sang this song while growing up. She wrote me 'I was born in 1982 and grew up in NYC. This song replaces 'eenie meenie miney moe' for making 'decisions', i.e. Point to one of the options for each word until you get to the end.' Another New Yorker wrote: '.growing up in NYC, queens to be specific, my sisters and I used to sing this song as a hand clapping game, with the following additional verses.' I saw you last night with your boyfriend How do you know I was peaking through the key hole Nosy I didn't wash the dishes Lazy I didn't wash up Funky I jumped out the window You must be crazy That's why they call me.
Eenie meenie sicileeny, Ooh ah zambalini, Achi cachi Liberache, I love you, Take a peach, Take a plum, Take a stick of bubble gum, Not a peach, Not a plum, Not stick of bubble gum. Amy wrote, 'I am a born and bred Wisconsinite (at age 18 just now), and that was one of my favorite counting-out rhymes. We put our feet in a circle and used that chant (and several others) to choose who would be 'it' for games of tag or hide and seek. However, our version went a bit differently, and I thought you might be interested in seeing it. Eeny, meany, tortellini Beep, bop, bopellini Etchy-sketchy, liver-etchy I like you. Take a peach, take a plum Take a stick of chewing gum Stick it here, stick it there Stick it in your teacher's hair No more school, no more books No more teachers' dirty looks Yeah.
: You and your girlfriends stand in a circle, there’s always someone who starts to clap first. Clap, stomp, cheer.
You are 11, 12, still too young for fake nails, but definitely had a perm or two. Jig a looooowwww. A loooooowwww.
Jig jig a loooowww. It’s your turn.
You’re ready! You do your best dance and everybody has to do what you do. It’s a pasttime! But is it more? Jessica Solomon and her team at Girl Griots: The Handgame Society not only remember those old cheers at the playground but are challenging black women everywhere to bring them back!
The website is in its infant stages calls people to submit audio, video and even text of cheers they used to play, Ms. Mary Mack, Telephone, Rockin Robin.
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It’s important that black women and women of color who are gatekeepers and of position to tell their stories. That would be like the tipping point. It’s a common thread we don’t talk about because we grow up and we put childish things away but the fact that I know those games, says something,” says Solomon, 28. While jig a low gives even the shyest young girl a chance to be a leader, other cheers like rockin robin’s lyrics give DC‐based Solomon reason for pause. “Mama in the kitchen cookin rice/ father downstairs shooting dice/ brother in jail raising hell” lead to questions about how it affects the pysche of young girls who are the women we are today. “It affirms that those words, those chants those experiences with my friends were important enough that I carry it with me and can draw from them.
Yes, we can create words and language that helps us to create something else because words matter. That’s what we wanna explore to there’s power in what we say.” I thought this article was so sweet!
And I love the accompanying photos. Ladies, do you remember hand games from your youth? Read the rest of this piece at. I have wanted someone to compile these for a long time.
Little black girls have a unique set of hand‐games and cheers and I hope we are able preserve these. Some that I remember are Down, down baby, down by the roller coaster; hollywood go swingin’ (each girl had a chance to do a little solo dance on this one); down by the river with the hanky‐panky (don’t remember all the words, but this is one where you would sit in a circle and slap hands till the end of the song — and then if you hand was slapped Read more ». “Two Chinese sittin on a bench tryna make a dollar outta seventy five cents.
They missed they missed they missed like this. I don’t wanna go to Mexico no more more more theres a big fat policeman at the door door door Eenie Meanie Sassaleeny, Opps ah tumbalini, Achi cachi Liberace, I love you, Take a peach, Take a plum, Take a stick of bubble gum, No peach No plumb No stick of bubble gum Saw you with your boyfriend last night How’d you know I was peaking through the key hole Miss Susie behind the refrigerator there was a Read more ». Your “Eenie Meenie” had a more gruesome ending, the way I learned it: Eenie meenie dissalini Ooh ahh unbalini Achi cachi Liberachi I love you! “Saw you with your boyfriend last night!” “How do you know?” “Peeped through the keyhole, Nosey! Gimme some candy, Stingy!
Wash those dishes, Lazy! Jump out the window, Crazy!” Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet Eating her gingerbread, choo, choo! Along came a choo‐choo And knocked her in the boo‐boo, And now Miss Muffet’s dead, choo‐choo! As you say, quite inappropriate:-/. But we sang and chanted, stomped and clapped, slapped each other’s hands, danced, and shimmied, and thought nothing of any of it, only that we were having fun.
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Click on it & it takes you to a product description complete with RECORDED SAMPLES you can listen to!! Both the book & CD are compilations of songs,chants,stories & games from the Afro American experience.
I saw some I used to do when I was little. I have the book & the CD & they’re terrific! If you Read more ». This is wonderful brings back great memories of running and jumping. Well the rockin robin we sang sister wasn’t selling no dang on fruit cocktail.
It was dirty it went like this‐ Mama in the kitchen burnin that rice, daddy on the corner shootin dice, brother in jail risin Hell sister on the corner holla @. for sale. I laugh just thinking about how we would pause put our hands on our hips and go um um for sale. There was one sing song one everybody started with“Yo momma don’t wear no draws,I saw her when she took hem off Read more ».
Enjoy teaching sound with these sensational activities for kids. Your third, fourth, and fifth grade students will love them!
Read on for engaging activities, links, and freebies. How to Enjoy Teaching Sound Show, don’t tell!
Even big kids will love these simple, hands-on sound activities. Just set out some everyday items and let them explore. Before you know it, they’ll be making their own scientific generalizations. What Is Sound?.
Use a rubber band and a tuning fork to discover that sound is a vibration. Pluck the rubber band. What do you see? What do you hear? Now strike the tuning fork on your shoe (or the table).
Hold it to your ear then touch it to the surface of water. The vibrations make water shoot all over. How Does Sound Travel? Clap your hands behind your back and above your head. This shows that sound travels in all directions.
Stretch a Slinky out across the floor with a partner. Now give one end a quick push. You’ll see how longitudinal waves move in compressions and rarefactions.
What Is Amplitude? Being noisy at school is fun! Strike a table softly then harder. Pluck a rubber band gently then harder.
Eenie Meenie Sicileeny
Clap your hands lightly then harder. Yep, amplitude is increased when more force is used. What Is Pitch? Stretch rubber bands of different lengths and widths around a box. Fill same-size bottles with varying amounts of water. Blow into a small bottle then a big jug. Students find that longer waves make lower sounds.
Which Materials Conduct and Insulate Sound? Line a coffee can with a soft cloth, aluminum foil, etc.
Now shout into it. Which produces a greater sound? Tie the middle of a piece of string to a metal spoon, a plastic spoon, and a wooden spoon.
Wrap the ends of the string to your pointer fingers and stick them in your ears. Now swing the spoon to strike the edge of a table. It’s obvious that denser, smoother objects conduct sound better. Does Sound Travel Better Through Solid, Liquid, or Gas? Place your ear against the lids of cans filled with air, water, and sand.
Tap the side of the can. Are you surprised that sound travels best through a solid? Learning Links All videos are saved with.
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Say “Eenie Meenie Sassaleeny” while touching your throat with your hand. What do you feel? Clap your hands. What do you feel? Yes, sound is a vibration. (1:18) This Slinky shows how molecules in a sound wave behave. Notice the compressions and rarefactions.
(2:14) Sesame Street characters explore the concepts of loud (greater amplitude) and quiet (less amplitude). (2:21) Which strings on the guitar are best to make a low sound? Solidworks serial number 2019. Find out with this fun video.
Eenie Weenie Song
(0:12) Explore conditions necessary to make sound bounce with this quick video of an echo in a tunnel. (4:00) Study.com examines factors affecting the speed of sound. This video reviews the nature of sound and offers a much more sophisticated explanation. Create an account to view the video and get access to related materials.
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