All in Together/Two Little Dickie Birds/One Two Three A-Leerie/Are You Going to Golf, Sir?/Dic-dic-dictation
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Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.137.1_36; SA1960.137.37_68
Original Tape ID
Summary
Children's rhymes.
All in together this fine weather,
January, February ...
The first, the second, the third ...
Two little dickie birds sat upon a wall,
One named Dick and the other named Paul.
Fly away, Dick, fly away, Paul,
Come back, Dick, come back, Paul.
Two little dickie birds sat upon a wall.
Shirley Temple bought a penny doll,
She washed it, she dried it, and then she let it fall.
She called for the doctor, the doctor couldn't come,
She called for the ambulance, come, come, come.
One, two, three a-learie, I spy Mrs Peary
Sittin on a basket chairie, eatin jeely babies.
One, two, three a-skirtie [contributor corrected by another girl]
Four, five, six a-skirtie, seven, eight, nine a-skirtie,
ten a-skirtie, postman.
One, two, three a-hairy, four, five, six a-hairy,
Seven, eight, nine a-hairy,
Ten a-hairy postman.
One, two, three a-blue-bottlie [sic]
Four, five, six a-blue-bottle ...
[whispered discussion].
"Are you going to golf, sir?"
"No, sir." "Why, sir?"
"Because I've got a cold, sir."
"Where'd you catch the cold, sir?"
"Up the North Pole, sir."
"What was you doing there, sir?"
"Catching polar bears, sir."
"How many did you catch, sir?"
"One, sir, two, sir ...
That's how many I caught, sir."
Mickey Mouse came into the house, I asked him what he wanted.
He clapped his hands and stamped his foot and that was all he wanted.
Dic-dictation, corporation, how many trains are in the station?
Shut your eyes and think. F O U R spells four, and O U T spells out.
Item Notes
For 'All in Together' (Roud Folk Song Index no. 19211), see:
'Golden City' (J. T. Ritchie, 1965) pp. 113, 128-129
'Blue Bell Hill Games' (R. A. Smith & D. McKee, 1982) p. 23
For 'Two Little Dickie Birds' (Roud 16401), see:
'Sandy Candy' (N. & W. Montgomerie, 1948) p. 67
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) p. 27
'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' (P. & I. Opie, 1951) pp. 147-148
For 'One Two Three A-Leerie' (Roud 18310), see:
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) p. 25
'Golden City' (J. T. Ritchie, 1965) p. 80
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) pp. 42-45
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) pp. 55-56
'Children's Games with Things' (P. & I. Opie, 1997) pp. 128-136
For 'Are you Going to Golf, Sir?' (Roud 19189), see:
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) p. 68
'Golden City' (J. T. Ritchie, 1965) p. 85
'Dae Ye Min' Langsyne?' (A. Stewart Fraser, 1975) p. 54
'Children's Games with Things' (P. & I. Opie, 1997) pp. 158-159
'The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren' (P. & I. Opie, 1959) p. 37
For 'Dic-dic-dictation' (Roud 19215/20417), see:
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) p. 89
'Murder Murder Polis' (M. Sinclair, 1986) p. 54
'Children's Games in Street And Playground' (P. Opie, 1969) p. 58
'The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren' (P. & I. Opie, 1959) pp. 115, 172
Item Subject/Person
Temple, Shirley
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Strichen
Village/Place - Strichen
Language
English
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good