ID: 24 Date: 1970s-2006 Title: My mother, your mother Gender: Female Classification: Clapping Rhyme: My mother, your mother Lives down the street, 18, 19 Marble Street. Every time they had a fight This is what they told me. Boys are rotten made out of cotton, Girls are sexy made out of Pepsi, Boys play rugby to get more ugly, Girls have a shower to get more powers. Boys play rugby, to get more ugly, Girls go to Mars to get more bras, Girls are cute, they don't wear suits, Boys go to Venus to get a bigger penis, Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider, Boys are weird, they want to grow a beard, Boys get Coke, they can't take a joke, Incy wincy lollipop Incy wincy woo The boys love you. (me.) (And that is true - shampoo!) (Variations of the above from: Christchurch, 1970s; Te Aroha, 1990s; Awanui, 1990s; Ashburton, 1990s; Waimate, 1990s; Owaka, 1990s; Christchurch, 1990s x 4; Whangarei, 1990s; Tauranga, 1990s; Whakatane, 1990s; Timaru, 1990s; Blenheim, 1990s; Coromandel, 2000; Masterton, 2000; Whangaparoa, 2000; Auckland, 2000 x 6; Hamilton, 2001 x 2; Nelson, 2002; Rotorua, 2002 x 4; Porirua, 2003; Napier, 2003; Wairoa, 2005; Lower Hutt, 2005: Christchurch, 2006) -- Alternative endings: Itsy, bitsy, do, Itsy, bitsy, spider, On Channel Two. (Blenheim, 2000) -- Itchy witchy lollipop, (bitsy, wincy,bincy) Itchy witchy woo, The boys love you, And that's not true. (Full stop, shampoo) (Christchurch, 1990s x 2; Northland, 1990s; Coromandel, 1990s; Auckland, 1993 x 2; Upper Hutt, 1994; Rotorua, 2000 x 4; Auckland, 2000 x 6; Putararu, 2000; Blenheim, 2000; NZ ex Australia, 2000; Napier, 2000; Methven 2000; Timaru, 2000; Waitakere City, 2001 x 2; Northland, 2001; Auckland 2002; Whakatane, 2002; Taumaranui, 2004; Gisborne, 2004; Hokitika, 2005) -- Ishoo, wishoo, lollipop, Ishoo, wishoo, zoo, Ishoo, wishoo lollipop, The world loves you! (Auckland, 2001) -- Ishy, wishy, lollipop, Ishy wishy, iceblock. (Auckland, 2002) -- And that's not true said Winnie the Pooh. (Auckland, 2000) -- My mother, your mother lives down the street, 18, 19 Marble Street, Every time they had a fight, And this is what they say all night, Girls go to Mars to get more bras, Boys go to Jupiter, to get more stupider. Incy wincy lollipop, Incy wincy whoo, Incy wincy lollipop, The boys love you - that's not true. (Arrowtown, 2006) -- My mother, your mother lived in a tree 80, 90 Marble Street, Every time they had a fight this is what they told me. Boys are rotten made out of cotton, Girls are sexy made out of Pepsi. (Gisborne, 2000) -- Background Info: Bauer, 2002, Sect. 70:4-7, recorded twelve versions of this rhyme (Invercargill, Wanganui, Hawkes Bay x 2, Palmerston North, Hamilton x 2, Rotorua, Auckland x 3, Tauranga, Kaitaia). Alternative ending: Bull dog, bull dog, hanky panky, Fee fie foe thumb, Pass it to the last one. (Rotorua, c. 2002) == See also, Sutton-Smith, 1959:70, for the counting-out version from 1950s: My mother and your mother Were hanging out clothes. My mother gave your mother A pinch in the nose. And what colour do you think the blood ran? [Blue] B. L. U. E. == Withers, 1970:26 records this as a counting-out rhyme: My mother and your mother lived across the way, Two-fourteen East Broadway. Every night they'd have a fight And this is what they'd say: Acka backa soda cracka, Acka backa boo. If your father wants tobacka, Out goes Y. O. U. == Butler, 1989:72, records a variation: My daddy and your daddy Were diggin' in a ditch. My daddy called your daddy A bald-headed son-of-a- Bring up your children not to play with sticks. When they get older they'll learn to play with Dick, my doggy, layin' in the grass. Along came a bumblebee and stung him on his Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies. When they get older, They'll bake you cherry pies. (USA, 1968) == Keywords: gender differences, bawdy, commercial product, Location: Various NZ Group size: 2 Incidence: 69