The new one is 'ching ching ching to the rythm to theīeat,were gonna rock to the tree top all night long huffin n a puffin n a That is the population that I serve at my program.' Games are Hispanic, African American, Caribbean, Caucasian and Asian because Know a lot more hand games then the boys. Both boys and girls play these games but girls are more into it and 'The children that play these games range from 5 - 12 Posted this information on that same Mudcat thread: In response to my request for demographical information, KLC Folklore: Do kids still do clapping rhymes? July 11, 2008 Guest KLC,(East Harlem, New York, New York, What they are, the words were the same since I was young but now they add Rocking robin (some children sing other parts not to sure Sister's in the corner selling fruit cocktail Never saw a motha sucka run so fast (crazy isnt it) Took a piece of glass shoved it up his ahhhhh. Love to hear the birds go tweet tweet tweet,Īll i saw was james brown sitting in a gutter Huffing and a puffing and singing that song Sister's on the corner selling fruit cock tail Love to hear the birdies go tweet tweet tweetĪll the little birdies on jail bird street tonight Huffin' and a puffin' just singin' that songĪll the little birdies on jail bird street There was also the street Rockin Robin that I heard/played Lettered sororities who lived in the United States and were sharing their Note: Commenters on this blog were members of historically Black Greek Hmmm.those hand games were violent and had curses in them, I never saw a (kids are mean) run so fast. I took a piece of glass and stuck it up his (you know what) I went down town to get a stick of butterĪnd saw james brown sitting (people cursed on my block) in Thankfully, he did so for the folkloric record. That page, and asked j-mill if he would share information about his race and My understanding from communicating byĮmail with one of those members was that the page of playground rhymes was the (also known as 'Whee Blog' and Octoblog) a was a multi-page blog with a small group j-mil (African American male Maryland), Sista roun the corner sellin FRUIT COCTAIL Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.Ĭlick for an analysis of the textual structure of and common verses for the 'Rockin Robin' hand clap rhyme. Thanks to the unknown composers of 'Rockin Robin' rhymes and thanks to the unknown and known persons who composed and/or performed songs that are the source for the 'Rockin Robin' rhyme. The content of this post is presented for cultural and recreational purposes. This post also includes some editorial notes about some of these featured examples. This rhyme is also called 'Twee lee lee' or similar words. This pancocojams post presents some text (word only) relatively clean examples of the 'Rockin Robin' hand clap rhyme. I selected this video to show how adults (and particularly men) have also performed this rhyme.

There are a number of YouTube videos of children performing the 'Rockin Robin' hand clap game.

Lyrics to rocking robin