"Gracie and Sweetie,
Sittin' in the tree.
K I SS I N G.
First came love,
Then came marriage,
Then came Helene in the baby carriage!"
Or...my all-time favorite:
"My mommy told me,
If I was goody,
That she would buy me
a rubber dolly.
My aunty told her
I kissed a soldier.
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly.
3, 6, 9 the goose drank wine,
The monkey chewed tobacco
on a street car line.
The line broke,
The monkey got choked,
and they all went to heaven
in a little rowboat...ah huh."
(How come I can remember all that...and now I'm looking all over for my glasses?)
I also remember playing Chinese Jump Rope (with the rubber bands around our ankles...ouch!) and "pitch a milk cap" with my dad.
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Buffalo
...Staten Island...New Jersey...The Village of Amelia!