Thursday, June 13, 2013
"ABC" It's Easy As 1, 2, 3" Playground Rhyme & It's R&B Record Source
Posted on 3:40 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post features examples of playground rhymes that have the line "ABC, it's easy as 1,2,3" and their R&B record source.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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RHYTHM & BLUES RECORD SOURCE
Video Example #1: JACKSON 5 "ABC" on The Ed Sullivan Show
TheEdSullivanShow Uploaded on May 12, 2010
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FEATURED PLAYGROUND RHYME EXAMPLES
Playground Rhyme Example #1
A.B.C.
It’s easy as 1.2.3.
My momma takes care of me.
My father don’t yell at me.
Caught you with your boyfriend.
Naughty, Naughty.
Didn’t do the dishes.
Lazy, Lazy.
Ate all the candy
Greedy, greedy.
Jumped out the window.
Man, you’re crazy!
-anonymous woman (White; Washington, D. C), collected by Azizi Powell,1999
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Playground Rhyme Example #2
A B C
it's easy as 1 2 3
yer mama's got funky feet
oosh ahsh I want a piece of squash
sqhash too sweet I want a piece of meat
meat too tough I wanna ride a bus
Buss too full I wana buy a bull
bull too black I want my money back
money too green I want a limosine
Limosine too long
I wanna write a song
song too old I want a pot of gold
gold to yella' I wanna kiss a fella
fella too fat
and that's the end of that
or
gold too yellow I'll Tickle you with a feather (and you reach out and try to tickle the person who you're playing with)
that's all I can remember right now...
-Reebob; 2/12/2004; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4300&messages=155 ; Children's Street Songs; 2/12/2004
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Playground Rhyme Example #3 (with video)
ABC (it's easy as 123) hand game
juliacreates13, Published on Aug 12, 2012
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A-B-C, it’s easy as 1-2-3.
My mama takes care of me.
My daddy watches MTV*
Ohh, ah, I wanna piece of pie.
Pie too sweet, I wanna piece of meat.
Meat too tough, I wanna ride a bus.
Bus too full, I wanna ride a bull.
Bull too black, I want my money back.
Money back too green, I wanna a jelly bean.**
Jelly bean not cooked, I wanna read a book.
Book not read, I wanna go to bed.
Bed not made, I want some lemonade.
Lemonade too sour, I wanna take a shower.
Shower too cool, I wanna go to school.
School to dumb, I wanna suck my thumb.
Thumb too dirty, I wanna ride a birdy.
Birdy too slow, and that's all I know.
Close your eyes and count to ten
Whoever messes up, starts all over again.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.
Snap.
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[transcription by Azizi Powell]
This is another version of the rhyme that is given as Example #2.
*"MYV" is an American television station that shows music videos of Pop songs.
**In some versions of this rhyme "jelly bean" is given as "lima bean" which makes more sense given the reference to cooking.
The "ooh ah ah i wanna piece of pie" line comes from the 1940 Blues record by Fats Waller.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/06/aunt-maria-jumped-in-fire-there-was-man.html for information about the Fats Waller song and for other examples of "ABC It's Easy As One Two Three".
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Playground Rhyme Example #4
ABC, easy as 123, my daddy drank Cocafee(don’t ask what that is) right off of my feet.
That’s how nasty people can be.
Judge, judge, call the judge!*
Mama’s gonna have a baby, a sweet little choc-o-late baby!
If it’s a boy, I’ll give it a toy.
If it’s a girl, I’ll give it a curl.
If it’s a twin, I’ll give them a spin.
Wrap it up in toilet paper,
Send it down the elevator.
First floor, STOP.
Second floor, STOP.
And then it would just go on until someone screwed it up….usually me.
- ChloeMireille, http://kateharding.net/2009/10/02/miss-lucy-had-friday-fluff/ Shapely Prose; October 2, 2009
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The word "Cocafee" is probably a form of the word "coffee" and is given that way in another version of that rhyme that I've found.
The line "judge judge call the judge" is usually given as "fudge fudge all the judge". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/12/fudge-fudge-call-judge-twins-triplets.html for examples of the rhyme "Fudge Fudge Call The Judge (mama's having a baby etc.)
The line "That’s how nasty people can be" is a play on the line "that's how easy love can be" from the Jackson 5 record "ABC".
*Click http://cocojams.com/content/handclap-jump-rope-and-elastics-rhymes for that rhyme example & other "ABC It's Easy As 1,2,3" rhymes.
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Thanks to all those who contributed examples that are featured in this post. Thanks to those vocalists whose videos are featured in this post, and thanks to those who published those songs & that handclap rhyme on YouTube.
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