My Mother / My Little House

My Mother / My Little House
Chanted by Cedar Place children.

MY MOTHER

My mother and your mother
Were hanging out some clo'es.
My mother gave your mother
A dunt [blow] on the nose.
What colour was her blood?
Red.
R-E-D stands for RED
And O-U-T spells OUT.
My mother and your mother
Were hanging out some clo'es.
My mother gave your mother
A dunt on the nose.
And what colour was her blood?
Blue.*

MY LITTLE HOUSE

My little house, my little house,
Has an upstairs, a downstairs,
My little house.

"My Mother" was "an elimination rhyme." "My Little House" possibly included illustrative finger manipulations.

*Young Christopher Ronald brings the game to an unexpected impasse.

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