Big Mac Hand Clapping Game
Apr 29, 2011 patty-cake game from elementary school. Welcome to McDonald's? (Jump Rope Rhyme) Submitted By: Jill Welcome to McDonald's! May I take your order? Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, Quarter-pounder, french fries.
Oct 26, 2016 In some cases, these help to regulate the game but are secondary to its overall goal, such as the rhythmic chanting of counting out, or the song accompanying ball-bouncing or skipping. In other cases, though, a musical performance is the aim of the game, such as a song and dance routine, or a hand-clapping game. It is this very performance. Mar 08, 2016. Resources Poems Jump Rope Rhymes Welcome to McDonald's? (Jump Rope Rhyme) Please Log In or Sign Up to add to your favorite resources. Welcome to McDonald's? (Jump Rope Rhyme) Submitted By: Jill. Welcome to McDonald's! May I take your order? Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, Quarter-pounder, french fries, Icey cola, milkshakes, Sundaes, and apple pies.
Big Mac, Filet o Fish, Quarter Pounder, French Fries. Icey Coke, Thick Shakes, Sundaes and Apple Pies. Sing that song of taste Yeah, sing that song of taste! You can only find at one place, McDonalds. I am in love with a McDonald's girl. She has a smile of innocence so tender and warm. I am in love with a McDonald's girl. May 02, 2013 I have enjoyed hand clapping games in my classroom, been entertained by kids hand clapping at camps and learned different hand clapping patterns from my kids during their elementary school years. I also remember hand clapping as a child. Some childhood diversions have been around forever and I hope they remain a part of the different cultures of this world for some time.
'Mary Mack' ('Miss Mary Mack') is a clapping game played by children in English-speakingcountries. It is first attested in the book The Counting Out Rhymes of Children by Henry Carrington Bolton (1888), whose version was collected in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is well known in various parts of the United States, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and in New Zealand and has been called 'the most common hand-clapping game in the English-speaking world'.[1]
In the game, two children stand or sit opposite to each other, and claphands in time to a rhymingsong.
The same song is also used as a jumproperhyme,[2] although rarely so according to one source.[3]
Rhyme[edit]
Various versions of the song exist; a common version goes;
- Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
- All dressed in black, black, black
- With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
- All down her back, back, back. (or 'Up and down her back back back')
- She asked her mother, mother, mother
- for fifty (or 15) cents, cents, cents
- To see the elephants, elephants, elephants (or hippos or cows)
- Jump the fence, fence, fence.
- They jumped so high, high, high
- they reached the sky, sky, sky
- And didn't (or never) come back, back, back
- Till the 4th of July ly ly.
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- She asked her mother, mother, mother
- For 5 cents more, more, more
- To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
- Jump the door, door, door.
- They jumped to the flow flow flow
- they stubbed their toe toe toe
- and that was the end end end
- of the elephant show show show.
An alternate version, sung in Canada, includes the words: Sims 4 mac game folder.
- She could not read, read, read
- She could not write, write, write
- But she could smoke, smoke, smoke
- Her father’s pipe, pipe, pipe.
An alternate version, sung in the American South:
- Mary Mack,
- dressed in black,
- silver buttons all down her back.
- She combed her hair
- and broke the comb
- She's gonna get a whoopin' when her Momma comes home
- Gonna get a whoopin' when her Momma comes home
Clap[edit]
A common version of the accompanying clap is as follows:
- &: Arms across chest
- 4: Pat thighs
- &: Clap hands
- 1: Clap right palms with partner
- &: Clap left palms with partner
- 2: Clap both palms with partner
Another version:[4]
- &: One palm up, one palm down
- 4: Clap both partners hands
- &: Clap own hands
- 1: Cross arms to chest
- 2: Slap thighs
- 3: Clap own hands
Another Version:
- 4: Pat thighs
- &: Clap hands
- 1: Clap partners right hand
- &: Clap hands
- &: Clap partners left hand
- &: Clap hands
- 2: Clap both partners hands
- &: Clap hands
Another Version:
- &: One palm up, one palm down
- 1: Clap both partners hands
- &: Reverse hands
- 2: Clap both partners hands
- &: Clap own hands
- 4: clap partners right hand
- &: clap hands
- 5: clap partners left hand
- &: clap hands
- 6: clap partners right hand
- &: clap hands
repeat
Possible origins[edit]
The first verse, the repetition, is also a riddle with the answer 'coffin'.[5]
Early mentions of the part about the elephant do not include the part about Mary Mack.[6][7]
Merrimack[edit]
The origin of the name Mary Mack is obscure, and various theories have been proposed. According to one theory, Mary Mack originally referred to the USS Merrimack, a United States warship of the mid-1800s named after the Merrimack River, that would have been black, with silvery rivets. This may suggest that the first verse refers to the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- 'Walking The Dog', a 1960s R&B song by Rufus Thomas with lyrics based on 'Mary Mack'.
- 'Witchcraft (Book of Love song)', a song from the Pop group, Book of Love, with a reference to 'Mary Mack'.
- 'Tobacco Origin Story', a poem by Joy Harjo, refers to the song twice in a prominent way.
References[edit]
- ^Gaunt, Kyra Danielle. The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-hop. NYU Press. p. 63. ISBN0-8147-3120-1. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^Gaunt, Games Black Girls Play, p. 68
- ^Cole, Joanna (1989). Anna Banana: 101 Jump-rope Rhymes. HarperCollins. p. 13. ISBN0-688-08809-0. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^Bernstein, Sara (1994). Hand Clap!, p.88-9. ISBN1-55850-426-5. Rhythm not provided.
- ^Odum, Howard W. (1928). Rainbow Round My Shoulder: The Blue Trail of Black Ulysses (2006 ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 33. ISBN0-253-21854-3. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^Heath, Lilian M. (1902). Eighty Good Times Out of Doors. Fleming H. Revell Co. p. 186. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
elephant jump the fence.
- ^Day, Holman F. (1905). Squire Phin: A Novel. A. L. Burt Co. p. 21. Retrieved 2011-04-08.