Children's Games And Songs.

[Tilly2]

Following on from my hashed post in Arts and Lit, which songs and games do you remember from your childhood?
These are some of the street games I remember.
Rally ango
What's the time Mr Wolf?
The farmer's in his den
Tin can turkey.
Paper chase.
Knock down ginger.

Can't think of any songs at the moment apart from Tom Tail Tit.

[murraymints]

chinese ropes
skipping the bumps
kick the can
knock door run
kerby

[Tilly2]

I bet your Kick the Can was the same as our Tin Can Turkey, Minty.

[murraymints]

old blossom shoe polish tin and chalked markings on road

[bookbinder]

please, Mr. Ferryman, can we cross your river?

[murraymints]

hide and seek...

[Mamyalynne]

Two-Balls was my favourite, along with skipping.

[Tilly2]

Where do you get chalk from these days?

Oh, forgot hopscotch.

What was kerby, Minty?

I remember the ferryman one now, BB. Thanks for that.

[murraymints]

throwing a ball so it would rebound from the opposite kerb

[murraymints]

chalk in poundland !

[Tilly2]

two balls...

♫♫ One, two, three alera, four, five, six alera, seven, eight, nine alera, ten alera, catch the ball ♫♫

[Mamyalynne]

And The big ship sails on the Alley Alley O.

[murraymints]

3 balls !! forgot that one...

[Butterbun]

Hop scotch

[Toorak]

Red rover
French ropes
Hide and seek
Peever

[Tilly2]

What's peever, Toorak?

[Patsy33]

Leap frog, hopscotch, skipping games with various songs ditties,ball games. The one where you pair up with friend facing each other, slap front of your thighs, clap your hands once then slap each others opposite hands while singing a song which escapes me at the moment!

[Butterbun]

Those that patsy listed.

[Togo]

Footie.
Marbles.
Top and Whip.
Rallyo.
Bow and Arrows( made ourselves)
Trolleys(Soap Carts again made ourselves)

[Toorak]

Peever is hopscotch

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peever

[Jahulaye]

“The one where you pair up with friend facing each other, slap front of your thighs, clap your hands once then slap each others opposite hands while singing a song which escapes me at the moment!”

The one we used to play was “ A sailor went to sea, sea, sea”

http://funclapping.com/song-list/a-sailor-went-to-sea/