Unfortunately, I am unable to write the music here and there is a shift in the melody for the bridge. With tearfilled eyes she breathed a sigh and I could hear her say.' I'm sorry playmate etc etc. It went, 'she couldn't come out to play, it was a sunny day. "On the 'little playmate' song I was taught that it had a bridge between the two verses. "It was a rainy da-y, I couldn't come out any pla-y! And with a sigh I cry-'d:" Then you can repeat it faster if you like.Įdward Jay Blume sent this version that his grandfather (Samuel Perin of the Bronx NY) used to sing to his 2 sisters: (on "one two three four" you break the pattern (you should have just finished step 3 again) and clap right hand to right hand four times) aw, heck, keep doing that until the end of the song, which you know)Ĭlimb up my apple tree/slide down my rainbow/right to my cellar door/and we'll be jolly friends/forever more one two three four Clap the backs of your hands to the backs of your partners hands, then clap the palms of your hands to the palms of your partner's hands, then clap your own hands together) Then clap left to left and your hands together twice.) Clap right hand to right, then your hands together. Reverse your hands on oh, clapping your partner on the way up/down, then repeat for lit- and clap your own hands together for -tle) You start facing each other (two people) with your right hand up and your left hand down. Ana has finally mastered this one and we can go at a reasonable pace, though we can't go fast yet: You have this song on your site (Oh Little Playmate), but you don't have the instructions, so I don't know if you played it the way I learned growing up. Here's a slightly different version by Candace: Thanks for sharing your version Joanne! -Mama Lisa Here's the version Joanne and the ladies remember: your version seems to be a more updated." yesterday we tried to remember "Playmate". Ladd wrote: "I found the words to the way we used to sing 'playmate' back in the 1930's and '40's.Īs a group of ladies that were in the pre-school story hour program at the Flint Public Library (Flint Michigan) meet for lunch weekly to discuss everything from world issues to aging health problems. I have no rainbow, ain't got no cellar door,īut we'll be jolly playmates for ever more more more. My dolly has the flu, boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo. Oh jolly playmate, I can't come play with you. Growing up in Boston we had a second verse for "Oh Little Playmate"
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