conuly

I don't think I ever sang this song. My school opted for Ten Green Bottles instead.

I prefer Ten in the Bed anyway :0) Such a cool song.

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conuly

Oh, definitely. It's got hand motions and everything!

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Ditto, and ditto. What, you sing songs about passing beer around kids in infant school(or at least, that's when we sang Ten Green Bottles)? Mrs Smith would have an aneurism.

(Tangent: she had three front teeth, and for that reason I was always vaguely scared of her. Aren't children silly?)

"Ten in the bed and the little one said
Roll over!
Roll over!
So they all rolled over and one fell out
Splat on the floor and his guts came out.
Pleeeeeease remember
To tie a knot in your pyjamas
Single beds are only made for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine in a bed and the little one said..."

*grins happily* Oh, yeah.

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conuly

1. No, they didn't teach it to us, but you'd sing it on field trips if you were bored.
2. This is the song? I had to look it up
3. Wow, you sing that differently. We just go "there were # in the bed, and the little one said "roll over, roll over!" so they all rolled over and ONE fell out, there were # in the bed..." Until the last one. Good night!

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1. Well, we were taught it, and then sang it at every damn opportunity over the next few years.
2. Yes, that's it.
3. Yeah, I know, it's more fun our way- and longer *grins*

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1) Yeah, we learnt it at school too. At my infant school, on wet lunchtimes, we had to go into one of the mobiles and sing songs like that and play Simon Says and such.

2) There is no 2)

3) We had a slightly different version. Less gruesome. "So they all rolled over and one fell out, he gave a little scream and he gave a little shout, pleeeeease remember blablabla"

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firingneurons.livejournal.com

In reference to number 3, thank you!! Since I read the previous comment I'd been wracking (or racking, or.. whatever) my brain to figure out that line!!

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Well, clearly taking it down and passing it around is superior to just letting it fall. That's a waste of good beer.

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conuly

And that is why it's winning, I'm sure.

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Glorious victory will be ours!

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I don't drink, so I'm quite happy to see it dribble away down the drain ;0) Besides, I answered from the pov of it been green bottles (therefore wine, though I guess they could be Heineken or Grolsch or something) and we know that letting that French wine drain away will show them just the right message :0P

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Yeah, I don't drink either, but that's less funny to say. I've never heard the second version in the poll, or the green bottles song for that matter.

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I suspect it's a cultural thing - it seems that Stateside you have beer being passed around, here in Merre Olde Englande we have wine (probably French) washing down the drains. I only know your version through exposure to American TV and people.

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the-lady-aurora.livejournal.com

This is another that I remember from my Rolf Harris songs for children album:

Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
All together,
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,

Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem
Of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
All together,
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem
Of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem
Of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem
Of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by.

Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
All together,
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by.

Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches
In the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
All together,
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches
In the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches
In the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches
In the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by.

Now if you want to take some pictures of the fascinating witches
Who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys
Who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus,
You're too late!
Because they've just... passed... by!

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conuly

*laughs* That's great. I wonder who ever writes this stuff? Don't they know how annoying it is in the long run?

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The Court of King Caractacus! I remember that song, we sang it in year 4.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

One of the most popular hymns at my school amongst the pupils was one that went

You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace and the mountains and hills shall break forth before you there'll be shouts of joy and the trees of the fields shall clap shall clap their hands and the trees of the fields shall clap their hands and the trees of the fields shall clap their and you'll go out with joy.

Or something like that, I left 8 years ago :0P And you just sang it over and over getting faster and faster :0D

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neurotica0.livejournal.com

Interesting.
It's currently 50/50.

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conuly

Or almost. NOw it's 8:7.

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I don't think I ever sang this song. My school opted for Ten Green Bottles instead.

I prefer Ten in the Bed anyway :0) Such a cool song.

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conuly

Oh, definitely. It's got hand motions and everything!

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Ditto, and ditto. What, you sing songs about passing beer around kids in infant school(or at least, that's when we sang Ten Green Bottles)? Mrs Smith would have an aneurism.

(Tangent: she had three front teeth, and for that reason I was always vaguely scared of her. Aren't children silly?)

"Ten in the bed and the little one said
Roll over!
Roll over!
So they all rolled over and one fell out
Splat on the floor and his guts came out.
Pleeeeeease remember
To tie a knot in your pyjamas
Single beds are only made for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine in a bed and the little one said..."

*grins happily* Oh, yeah.

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conuly

1. No, they didn't teach it to us, but you'd sing it on field trips if you were bored.
2. This is the song? I had to look it up
3. Wow, you sing that differently. We just go "there were # in the bed, and the little one said "roll over, roll over!" so they all rolled over and ONE fell out, there were # in the bed..." Until the last one. Good night!

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1. Well, we were taught it, and then sang it at every damn opportunity over the next few years.
2. Yes, that's it.
3. Yeah, I know, it's more fun our way- and longer *grins*

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1) Yeah, we learnt it at school too. At my infant school, on wet lunchtimes, we had to go into one of the mobiles and sing songs like that and play Simon Says and such.

2) There is no 2)

3) We had a slightly different version. Less gruesome. "So they all rolled over and one fell out, he gave a little scream and he gave a little shout, pleeeeease remember blablabla"

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firingneurons.livejournal.com

In reference to number 3, thank you!! Since I read the previous comment I'd been wracking (or racking, or.. whatever) my brain to figure out that line!!

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Well, clearly taking it down and passing it around is superior to just letting it fall. That's a waste of good beer.

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conuly

And that is why it's winning, I'm sure.

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Glorious victory will be ours!

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I don't drink, so I'm quite happy to see it dribble away down the drain ;0) Besides, I answered from the pov of it been green bottles (therefore wine, though I guess they could be Heineken or Grolsch or something) and we know that letting that French wine drain away will show them just the right message :0P

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Yeah, I don't drink either, but that's less funny to say. I've never heard the second version in the poll, or the green bottles song for that matter.

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I suspect it's a cultural thing - it seems that Stateside you have beer being passed around, here in Merre Olde Englande we have wine (probably French) washing down the drains. I only know your version through exposure to American TV and people.

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the-lady-aurora.livejournal.com

This is another that I remember from my Rolf Harris songs for children album:

Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
All together,
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,

Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem
Of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
All together,
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem
Of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem
Of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem
Of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by.

Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
All together,
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by.

Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches
In the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
All together,
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches
In the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches
In the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by,
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches
In the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by.

Now if you want to take some pictures of the fascinating witches
Who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys
Who put the powder on the noses on the faces
Of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus,
You're too late!
Because they've just... passed... by!

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conuly

*laughs* That's great. I wonder who ever writes this stuff? Don't they know how annoying it is in the long run?

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