London Bridge is falling down

[Barendd Nobeard]

We played it as a game, so I don't know where this crazy "salt & pepper" stuff comes from.

The "take the key and lock her up" version made sense, since the game involved trapping people in the bridge. (Sort of the opposite of 'musical chairs' but without the chairs). I also remember other verses: "build it up with iron bars" and "iron bars will bend and break" and "build it up with silver and gold" - in my childhood, extra verses were just an excuse to keep playing the game a bit longer.

 

[jgbrowning]

Do I smell a book coming??

Heh. I have a stack of reading next to me. It's all about cities. So, nothing on the horizion about oral traditions, but lots of stuff about cities. I need more brains.

joe b.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I went to elementary school in four states: El Paso Texas, Albuquerque New Mexico, Poway (San Diego) California and in Scottsdale, AZ. In all four places the kids sung the lock her up version.

 

[jgbrowning]

I went to elementary school in four states: El Paso Texas, Albuquerque New Mexico, Poway (San Diego) California and in Scottsdale, AZ. In all four places the kids sung the lock her up version.

Which one do you sing?

Big green gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts,
1. Mutilated (2. munched up ) monkey 1. meat (2. feet),
1. Little dirty birdie feet, 2. Chopped up little piggie feet, 3. Chopped up baby parakeet


joe b.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Neither. If and when I sing, I prefer to sing Big Hair on Monster Ballad songs.

 

[AIM-54]

Which one do you sing?

Big green gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts,
1. Mutilated (2. munched up ) monkey 1. meat (2. feet),
1. Little dirty birdie feet, 2. Chopped up little piggie feet, 3. Chopped up baby parakeet


joe b.

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monky meat, little dirty birdy feet.

But I learned that one in Canada.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monky meat, little dirty birdy feet.

But I learned that one in Canada.

California here, but I like my gopher guts the same way.

 

[Maerdwyn]

"Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monkey meat, squirrels, picked up off the street" (Central Massachusetts)

 

[jgbrowning]

"Great green gobs of greamy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monkey meat, squirrels, picked up off the street" (Central Massachusetts)

I hadn't heard that one before.

joe b.

 

[Krieg]

London Bridge is...

Take the key and lock them up...

Mutilated monkey meat...

Little dirty birdies feet

Born & raised in Ohio.