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Helpno, it isn't made up ...
in reply to a message by queenv
It's pretty well-known as a jump-rope rhyme. It goes something like "Mabel, Mabel, set the table. Something something something, sugar, salt and DON'T FORGET THE RED! HOT! PEPPER!"
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Oh. Just wondering. I jumped rope as a kid, but we never chanted anything.
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It's much more fun when you have something to chant.
M I crooked-letter, crooked-letter i, crooked-letter crooked-letter i, humpback humpback i!
Register, register, spell my name. (Forget how that one ended)
Charlie Chaplin went to France,
to teach the ladies how to dance.
First the heel and then the toe,
Something something and away you go.
M I crooked-letter, crooked-letter i, crooked-letter crooked-letter i, humpback humpback i!
Register, register, spell my name. (Forget how that one ended)
Charlie Chaplin went to France,
to teach the ladies how to dance.
First the heel and then the toe,
Something something and away you go.
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Mabel Mabel set the table
Don't forget the salt and pepper
Vinegar! Vinegar! Vinegar! (Nova Scotia variant.)
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Charlie Chaplin went to France
to teach the ladies how to dance
Curtesy to the queen, bow to the king
And turn your back on the Kaiser's Jack.
That must be an old one, even I am not old enough to remember the Kaiser.
Don't forget the salt and pepper
Vinegar! Vinegar! Vinegar! (Nova Scotia variant.)
also
Charlie Chaplin went to France
to teach the ladies how to dance
Curtesy to the queen, bow to the king
And turn your back on the Kaiser's Jack.
That must be an old one, even I am not old enough to remember the Kaiser.
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South African variant
Charlie Chaplin went to France
To teach the ladies how to dance
Bow to the king, kneel to the queen
And turn your back on the German submarine
Sabre-rattling stuff, and obviously pretty old. Also very difficult to achieve the third line without falling over. Amazing how children's rhymes can last, like Ring-a-ring-a rosies being about the Great Plague.
Charlie Chaplin went to France
To teach the ladies how to dance
Bow to the king, kneel to the queen
And turn your back on the German submarine
Sabre-rattling stuff, and obviously pretty old. Also very difficult to achieve the third line without falling over. Amazing how children's rhymes can last, like Ring-a-ring-a rosies being about the Great Plague.
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