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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!

Date: 2006-01-18 04:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velasco.livejournal.com
I don't believe the question is 'who had the baby and put him in the bathtub' and so on, it's how many years she got for reckless endangerment and child cruelty. In any case, I've never heard that one before.

Date: 2006-01-18 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leora.livejournal.com
Oh! I recognize that. That's Miss Lucy for me.

Date: 2006-01-18 01:48 pm (UTC)
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I didn't remember it until I saw this, and I never knew it very well... and now I think it wasn't either, it was Miss Susie. But I could be wrong.

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