See see my playmate

Children's handclapping rhyme song.
See see my play mate ,
come out and play with me ,
and bring your darling friends
climb up my apple tree
climb up my rainbow
into my salador
for ever more,more ,more,more,more.

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Music

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• handclapping
• music
• rhyme
• childrens

[chickswithsticks001]

its and bring your dollies 3 not darling friends

[danaleeling]

@chickswithsticks001 There are regional variations to songs. This song probably came to Pohnpei decades ago and has undergone its own evolution in the L2 environment here. Many local children who sing the song have no idea what the words mean, they are not speakers of English.

[danaleeling]

Thanks, Coyote, I appreciate you dropping by and sharing. As noted above, we did make a trip to Wisconsin. While my kids did not get their American cousins into "See see my playmate," they did teach them a variation of jacks played with rocks and a ball. Cousins returned to Connecticut and Spain playing what the Kosraeans refer to as "kingking" and the sound of rocks hitting the floor resonated through the house this summer.

[danaleeling]

Kalahngan, I knew you were from Pohnpei, but I noted on your profile that you said you are in Hilo, hence my incorrect guess. The family and I are headed to Wisconsin this summer, maybe my kids can teach the kids there how to play "See see" Somehow, however, I doubt it - even I know that Nintendo rulz these days. Or Wii. Xbox 360....

[nemesis21h]

lol! sigh... the good old days... girls from my class would do this and us guys would just cut right in between for the fun of it..

[danaleeling]

Any kids over Hilo way play similar games with rocks?

[sunshine12211]

you forgot lots of things go on my chanel and look at my video of see see my play mate.

[DarkLikeStars]

British version is:

Ceecee my playmate

I cannot play today

Because I've got the flu

Chickenpox and measles too

Slide down my drainpipe

Into my cellar door

And we will be best friends

Forever more!

[TAraaTAraa]

In Ontario, Canada, I learned it like this:

CiCi my playmate, come out and play with me, I cannot play with you, my dolly has the flu. Slide down the rainbow, into my apple tree, we'll be jolly old friends,

(then it switches to just clapping using each others hands)

No more shut the door you cant come back till 3004.

[chrissymoo911]

@dirtyroach686 Thats the way I have just recently leaned it as well ^-^ Lol. I absolutely ADORE this song. But it is rather creppy

[alybleas]

for us in new zealand it was "see see my playmate, i cannot play with you, because i've got the flu, chicken pox and measles too! climb down the drainpipe, into the sailors hole and then we'll be best friends forever more."

[howsyou12]

In Ireland we say! Sea sea my baby, come back and play with me, for I am lonesome, and need your company, slide down a rainbow and into paradise. and then we have an odd bit at the end to see who wins

[dirtyroach686]

@danaleeling My sisters and I sang it My playmate, come out and play with me.. .and bring your dolly three, climb up my apple tree, slide down my rain barrel into my cellar door and we'll be jolly friends forever more... I'm sorry playmate, I can not play with you my dolly has the flu boo, hoo, hoo, hoo hoo; Aint got no rain barrel Aint gor no cellar door... but we will be jolly friends forever more I am 34 and that is the way I remember it...carry on. Love that song