I should warn you, it's only a 5 lined song but requires a bit of an intro in order to explain the actions - you need to be able to sing and clap at the same time (always difficult for boys to do).
This song should be sung with a partner who is clapping hands with yours:
Position 1: Face your partner
Position 2: left palm down, right palm up (clap together)
Position 3: right palm down, left palm up (clap together)
Position 4: palms push out (clap together)
Position 5: clap your hands together
Repeat 2-5 until you get a bum-bum-bum and you repeat Position 4 three times here and then continue.
So, the song goes like this:
Under the bramble bush is under the sea (bum-bum-bum)
True love to you my darling true love for me
I will get married
And raise a family
Under the old bramble tree (bum-bum-bum-bum)
Oh yes, At the lines 'I will get married & raise a family' you only do position 2 & 3. Sounds complicated but it's easy.
It was a playground classic, doesn't make any sense whatsoever, but who cares - I can still do it now, if you want to do it? but if you're crap it doesn't work.
I was thinking of this rhyme this morning as I wanted to teach the actions to my little girls - tho I thought the first line was 'Under the bramble bushes down by the sea'
ReplyDeletehope I'm still o-ordinated nought to do this - thanks Lisa from another loopylady also called Lisa
after raise a family... we used to sing a boy for u and a girl for me um tiddly um pum sex-y!
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteUnder the brambles and under the sea bum-bum-bum
True love for you my darling, true love for me
And when we marry, we'll raise a fam-i-ly
Of, a boy for you and a girl for me
Bum tiddly um bum
Sexy!
Thanks for reminding me of this. We sang:
ReplyDeleteUnder the bramble bushes down by the sea (pum, pum, pum),
True love for you my darling; True love for me,
And when we're married, we'll raise a family
A boy for you
A girl for me
Everyone'll call us SEX-EE!!
We used to sing under the bramble bushes down by the sea boom boom boom true love 4 u my darling true love 4 me were guna get married guna raise a family boy 4 u girl for me johny took an apple n he threw it in the sea I told ma I told pa johny jumped in de river with an ooh cha cha
ReplyDeleteWe sang under the bramble bushes down by the sea boom boom boom true love for you my darling true love for me when we get married we'll have a family a boy for you and a girl for me how many fishes are in the sea 12 add 12 is 24 kick the teacher out the door if she says dont do that hit her with a baseball
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ReplyDeleteSouth african version. under the bramble bushes, under the sea. Boom boom boom boom. True love for you my darlin true love for me. We'll get married and raise a family. A boy for you a girl for me. Johnny broke the window he blamed me. I told ma, ma told pa. Johnny got a hiding ha ha ha.
ReplyDeleteSooo excited the saffa version is here!!
DeleteThis is how i done it at primary school.. Under the bam bushes under the sea boom boom boom true love 4 u my darling and true love 4 me. And well get married anf raise a family with 16 children all in a row row row your boat gently down the stream throw your teacher over board and listen to her scream ahhhh.
ReplyDeleteIn Australia in the 60s and 70s it went: "Under the brown bush, under the sea, boom boom boom, true love forever, true love for me and when we marry, we'll have a family, of little children by the sea." Much more sedate.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young we did it as
ReplyDelete'Under the bramble bushes, down by the sea boom boom boom
True love, for you my darling, true love, for me
When we get married
We'll have a family
Of sixteen children,
In a
Row, Row, row your boat, gently down the stream,
Tip your teacher overboard and listen to her/him scream
Five weeks later there's nothing to be seen,
Except the teachers underpants
Floating down the steam.'
A bit weird, but yeah. Lol xD
We did similar to this one, except when we got to tip your teacher overboard we sang
Deleteooh ah I lost my bra
I don't know where my knickers are
Are they white are they blue
I think I flushed them down the loo
Lu Lu skip to the lu
Lu Lu skip to the lu
Skip to the Lu my darling. Lol so even more weird than yours 🤣
We said 'down the balm bushes down by the sea bum bum bum true love for you my darlin true love for me were gettin married and have a family a boy for you and a girl for me and thats the way its gonna be and jonny broke a bottle and he blamed it all on me i told my mama and my papa too and jonny got a kick in the B-O-T-T-O-M bottom!
ReplyDeleteWe said 'down the balm bushes down by the sea bum bum bum true love for you my darlin true love for me were gettin married and have a family a boy for you and a girl for me and thats the way its gonna be and jonny broke a bottle and he blamed it all on me i told my mama and my papa too and jonny got a kick in the B-O-T-T-O-M bottom!
ReplyDeleteWe sang...Under the bramble bushes, down by the sea (bom bom bom)
ReplyDeleteTrue love for you my darling, true love for me
So lets get married, in California, 10 000 children all in a
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream
Tip you teach overboard, listen to them scream AHH!
Yip this is the exact one I know too
DeleteUnder the bramble bushes, under the trees - boom boom boom - true love for you my darlin', true love for me. And when we're married, and have a fa-mi-LY! A boy for you, and a girl for me and that's the way that IT. SHALL. BE.
ReplyDeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteIn South Africa we sang it as follows in the late 80's.
ReplyDeleteUnder the bumble bushes down by the see. Boom boom boom. True love for you my darling true love for me. When we get married. We will start a family with a boy for you and a girl for me. Humpty dumpty sexy legs. Johnny breaks a window. I tell ma. Ma tells pa. Johnny gets a hiding. Ha ha ha
OK Guys in my country (I rather not say which one)we played the same game, but didn't know english as kids so for at least 30 years kids in our country have been playing this game and singing lyrics as follows: "Under the lady, under the sea, boom, boom, boom. Toola fa merry, Toola fa si, bastiano merry, under the lady, under the sea." Try not to laugh too hard :) We had a great laugh today in the Office when we found the actual lyrics..
ReplyDeleteIm just trying ti learn my 11 year old this and she thinks its siĺly.in my day i loved it x
ReplyDeleteWe sang:
ReplyDeleteDown by the bramble bushes, down by the sea (bum bum bum) Johnny broke a bottle and he blamed it on me. I told my mama, she hit me with a stick. I told my papa, he hit me with a brick. I told my teacher, she said: 12 + 12 is 24, push your teacher out the door. If she says don’t do that, hit her with a baseball bat. I don’t care, I don’t care, I can’t see her underwear. Is it blue or is it white? Oh my God it’s full of sh*te.
this is the closest one to our version that i’ve seen here!!
Deletein primary school we said:
“under the bumble bushes down by the sea - boom boom boom
Jonny broke a bottle and he blamed it on me
I told my mummy, she hit me with a stick
I told my daddy, he hit me with a brick
I told my teacher, she said 12 + 12 is 24 so shut your mouth and say no more
Jonny was grounded sent to bed, fell down the bannister and broke his head
Now. Jonny. Is. Dead.
(extra bit we sometimes sang):
Row row row your boat gently down the stream
Tip your teacher overboard and then she’ll start to scream
Huh! Weird, in our version when I was growing up it was
DeleteDown by the bramble bushes
Down by the sea
Johnny broke a bottle and he blamed it on me
I told my mama, she said throw a stick at him
I told my papa, he said throw a brick at him
I told my teacher
She said 12 + 12 is 24 now shut your gub and say no more
In our version we enacted revenge upon Johnny I guess LOL
Under the bumblebushes down by the sea bom bom bom, true love for you my darling, true love for me. And then we marry, and start a family. With a boy for you and a girl for me. Johnny broke a glass and put the blame on me. I told momma, momma told pappa… so Johnny got a hiding on his OOH AH CHA CHA CHA!
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ReplyDeleteWe sang : ‘ under the bramble bushes down by the sea, boom boom boom, Jonny broke a bottle and he blamed it on me, boom boom boom. I told my mama , I told my papa too. And Jonny did an ooh ah cha cha cha turn around and touch the ground.
ReplyDeleteLate 90s South African from Cape Town here. In primary school we would sing: Under the bumble bushes, down by the sea, boom boom boom, true love for you my darling, true love for me. We’re getting marriiieeed!!! In Californiaaaa!!! With 16 children! All in a row, row, row your boat, gentle down the stream, tip your teacher overboard, and listen to her scream. AHHHHH!!!!
ReplyDeleteEh i meant to say I was in primary school in the late 90s, not that I’m in my late 90s hahaha
DeleteInteresting to see the international variations of one of my favourite childhood clapping songs from the early to mid 1980's.
ReplyDeleteIt was a popular playground pastime at my village primary school in the south-west of Scotland (UK) and went like this:
"Down by the bramble bushes
Down by the sea,
Boom, boom, boom,
True love for you, my darling,
True love for me.
When we get married, we'll have a family.
A boy for you. A girl for me.
Tum tiddely tum tum. Succeed."
Down by the bramble bushes, down by the sea, Tommy broke a bottle and he blamed it on me, He told my Mama, she hit me with a stick, she told my papa, he hit me with a brick, 12 and 12 is 24, shut your mouth and say no more. DEEDALEE DEEDALEE (Try to tickle each other at that end)
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