Anecdote and poll!

[conuly]

Today, Ana was sitting in my lap with the baby. (And hugging the baby too tightly, then declaring "MY BABY!" when I forced her to stop, but that's another story.) She requested that I sing "The Wheels on the Bus" (or, as she calls it, "wown an wown"), so I start to sing, only to be stopped. No, she wants me to go directly to the part where the babies on the bus go waa waa waa. So I do... and she leans over to her sister and goes "Eva! Say 'waa waa waa'!" Not very cute, but it got me thinking....

This song has a lot of potential verses. I know we used to drag it out forever in kindegarten if we could (though it was far from our favorite - that was a version of this song. "I went to the city, I went to the fair, to see a senorita, with flowers in her hair (dancing vaguely in the middle of a circle). Oh, shake it shake it shake it, shake it all you can, shake it like a milkshake, and do the best you can (shaking?). Rumble to the bottom (stoop), rumble to the top (stand and stretch), turn around and turn around until you make a stop (spin wildly) S. T. O. P spelllllls STOP! (turn slowly, eyes closed, pointing, and whoever's pointed at at stop goes in the middle and you go out.) But I digress.)

Recently, I've heard all new (to me) verses to that song! It's amazing. And yet, not wholly unpredictable. So, just a quick poll...

[Poll #654526]

Thanks for playing!

Comments

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

Old McD also had a donkey. THE MOST FUN NOISE EVER. I also used to add a lot of things, like a car (vroom) and a helicopter (chopchopchop) and anything I happened to see lying around at the time. I loved that song far too much.

[conuly]

I never liked it, so instead I'm teaching Ana "I had a cat" (aka "Bought me a cat" or "Yonder tree").

Iiiiiiii... Had a cat, and the cat pleased me, I fed my cat by yonder tree. Cat goes fiddly-I-fee.

Iiiiiiii... had a hen, and the hen pleased me, I fed my hen by yonder tree. Hen goes chimmny-chuck, chimny-chuck, cat goes fiddly-I-fee.

Iiiiii... had a duck, and the duck pleased me, I fed my duck by yonder tree. Duck goes quack, quack, hen goes chimny-chuck, chimny-chuch, cat goes fiddly-I-fee.

Goose goes swishy, swishy.
Dog goes bow-wow, bow-wow.
Pig goes grinash, grinash.
Sheep goes baa, baa.
Baby goes waaaaah!
Motorcycle (again, thank you, Ana!) goes vroooom.

And so it goes.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

oooh! I loved that one, too!

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

And I never understood "grinash" but I sang that part anyway. What is it, chewing?

[conuly]

Grunting, I imagine. *laughs*

I was always told the French joke. Why is a pig smarter than a bird? Because a pig goes neuf, neuf, neuf, but a bird goes huit, huit, huit. Which completely destroyed the "oink oink" idea for me.