Jingle bells Batman smells…
Robin laid an egg
I don’t remember. It was a very long time ago.
Honestly fair
Saßen zwei Gestalten
auf dem Donnerbalken
und sie schrien
nach Klopapier
Klopapier …
Und dann kam der Dritte
Setzt sich in die Mitte
Und sie schrien
nach Klopapier
Klopapier … (this continues counting till ten. It’s about an old fashioned wooden many-seated outhouse without toiletpaper which breaks down in the end. It’s one of two songs about poop my dad taught us, which briefly made my brother and me the rockstars of the playground. Poop!)
- I’ve Been Working On The Railroad.
- There was an Old Man Named Michael Finnegan.
Ring around the Rosie Pocket full of posies Ashes ashes We all fall down!
Tic-Tac-Toe 3-in-a-row Barney got shot by a GI Joe Called the doctor, the doctor said Whoop! Barney’s dead
Ri ra rutsch, wir fahren mit der Kutsch
Skibidi dab dab dee yes yes
Skibidi dab dab dee dee
Lies
Postman pat, Postman pat, Postman pat ran over his cat. Blood and guts went fly-ing, Postman pat was cry-ing, That will teach him not to drink and drive
Under, Over, Pepsi Cola! One-a-baba, two-a-baba, un deux trois!
Un elefante, brinco le daba, a una tela de araña.
Y cuando vio, que sostenía, vino brincar otro elefante,
Dos elefantes…
Huh, that one was different for me, it was:
Un elefante, se columpiaba(n), sobre la tela de una araña
Como veía, que resistía, fue(ron) a llamar a otro elefante
Dos elefantes…
Probably changes based on where. I grew up partially in El Salvador.
We also had the CriCri(?) nursery rhymes, and another one I vaguely remember that went something like
Allá en la puente, había un chorrito,
Se hacía grande, de hacía chiquito
But I forgot the rest of the lyrics at the moment
