ID: 4 Date: 1970s- 2006 Title: Bambushes Gender: Female Classification: Clapping Skipping Rhyme: Under the bambushes Down by the sea, boom, boom, boom. True love for you, my darling, true love for me. We'll get married and have a family, With 16 children all in a row. (Christchurch, 1970s; Auckland, 1998; Tauranga,1999; Methven, 2000; Blenheim, 2000; Christchurch, 2000; Auckland, 2001 x 2; Rotorua, 2002; Gisborne, 2002; Porirua, 2003; Kaiapoi. 2003; Wellington, 2006) -- Down by the banbushes, Down by the sea, True love for you my darling, True love for me. We'll get married and raise a family, With 15 children all in a row, Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream, Toss the teacher overboard And listen to her scream. (Manurewa, 1970s; Hokianga, 1970s; Auckland, 1975; Coromandel,1990s; Kerikeri, 1990s; Hamilton, 1990s x 3; Wellington, 1998; Auckland, 2000; Timaru, 2000; Whakatane, 2000; Auckland, 2000; Masterton, 2000; Whakatane, 2000; Gisborne, 2000; Awanui, 2000; Ngaio, 2000; Papakura, 2000; Christchurch, 2000 x 3; Rotorua, 2000 x2; Waitakere, 2001; Lawerence, 2002; Auckland, 2002; Kerikeri, 2002; Rotorua, 2002; Christchurch, 2002 x4; Wellington, 2002 x2; Rotorua, 2003; Gisborne, 2003; Raumati, 2003; Blenheim, 2004; Hokitika, 2005; Lower Hutt, 2005) -- Under the banbushes, under the sea, True love for you my darling, true love for me. When we get married, we'll raise a family, And have sixteen children all in a .. Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream, Toss the teacher overboard And listen to her scream. Ahh, ahh, I've lost my bra, I don't know where my knickers are, Are they white or are they blue? Did I flush them down the loo? Or are they filled with chicken poo? (Tauranga, 2002; Hamilton, 2002) -- Down by the bramble bushes Down by the sea, Boom, boom, boom, True love for you, my darling, True love for me. (Timaru, 2000; Christchurch, 1999; Wairoa, 1970s) -- When we get married, We'll have a family, A boy for you and a girl for me. Johnny in the bushes, Johnny in the sea, Johnny broke a bottle and blamed it on me. I told ma, ma told pa, Johnny got a hiding with a ha, ha, ha, (Johnny got a smacking on his oompa cha cha - Auckland, 2000) How many hidings did he get, 1, 2, miss a few, 99, 100! (Blenheim, 1990s x 2; Auckland,1990s; Napier, 1990s; Auckland, 1998; Whangarei, 1998; Porirua, 1998; Wellington, 1999; Napier, 2000; NZ ex UK, 2000; Northland, 2000; Gisborne, 2000; Whakatane, 2000; Christchurch. 2002; Lower Hutt, 2002; Wellington, 2002; Napier, 2002; Auckland, 2002; Porirua, 2003) -- Under the bram bushes,my boyfriend said to me, Kiss me, hug me, tell me that you love me, Under the bambushes my boyfriend said to me, Pinch me, kick me, tell me that you hate me. Down by the bambushes, my boyfriend said to me, Get lost! (Northland, 2001) -- Under the bram bushes, under the sea, Boom, boom, boom, True love for you, my darling, true love for me. When we get married, And raise a family, A boy for you and a girl for me. Dum, da, da, dum, dum, dum, dum. (I-diddli-idy will we! - Christchurch, 2000) (Johnny broke a bottle under a tree-boom, boom, boom -Otaki, 2002) (Dunedin, 1978; Auckland, 1980s; Wellington, 1990s; Auckland, 1990s x 2; Christchurch, 1995; Rotorua, 1998; Ashburton, 1998; Greymouth, 1998; Christchurch, 2000; Timaru, 2000; Dannevirke, 2000; Waipukurau, 2000; Auckland, 2002) -- Under the bram bushes, under the sea, Boom, boom, boom, True love for you, my darling, true love for me. When we get married, And raise a family, A boy for you and a girl for me. How many fishes in the sea? Twelve plus twelve is twenty four, Kick the teacher out the door. If she says 'Don't do that', Hit her on the head with a baseball bat. (Kaiapoi, 2002; NZ, 2003) -- Under the bram bushes, under the sea, True love for you, my darling, true love for me. When we get married, and raise a family With sixteen children all in a .. Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. (Hamilton, 1979; Auckland, 1980s; New Plymouth, 1980s; Auckland, 1990s; Ashburton, 1998; Blenheim, 2000; Porirua, 2003; Wellington, 2003; Tauranga, 2004) -- Under the bram bushes, under the sea, True love for you, my darling, true love for me. When we get married, We'll have a family, A girl for you and a boy for me. Um diddle um dum, Sexy. (said with a flick of the hair on both sides with hands) (Christchurch, 1979; Christchurch, 1980s x 3; Foxton, 1983; Christchurch, 1990s x 3; Ashburton, 1992; Christchurch, 1999; Christchurch, 2000; Ashburton, 2000; Timaru, 2000) -- Under the mountain, under the sea, Boom, boom, boom. True love for you, my darling, true love for me. Boom, boom, boom. (Paraparaumu, 1970s) -- Down by the bamby, down by the sea, True love for you, my darling, true love for me. When we get married, We'll raise a family, with 60 children all in a row, Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, Toss the teacher overboard and listen to her scream. Teacher, teacher, get it right, If you don't we'll kick you out. If she says 'Don't do that', Hit her on the head with a baseball bat. Teacher, teacher, I declare, I can see your underwear. Is it blue or is it brown? Oh my gosh, it's falling down! (Whangaparoa, 2000) -- Under the bram bushes, under the sea, Boom, boom, boom, True love for you my darling, true love for me. When we get married, and raise a family With sixteen children all in a .. Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, Chuck your teacher overboard, And listen to her scream, scream, scream scream, Down the alley way, crocodile, crocodile, 1, 1, 2, 2, flush him down the loo! 3, 3, 4, 4, Kick your brother out the door. (Whangaparoa, 1998; Auckland, 1998; Auckland, 2000; Rotorua, 2000; Auckland, 2000; Hamilton, 2002; Auckland, 2002 x 3; Timaru, 2002; Gore, 2002; Greytown, 2002; Tauranga, 2002) -- Under the bram bushes, under the tree, True love for you, my darling, true love for me. When we get married, and raise a family With sixteen children all in a .. Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, Chuck your teacher overboard, And listen to her scream, scream, scream scream, Screaming down the Nile, Look, look, look, look, there's a crocodile. Dial, dial, dial, dial, emergency, 1, 1, 2, 2, Boogie boogie avenue. (Auckland, 1990) -- Under the bram bushes, under the sea, My mother said, my lover said, Let me go free. Boom, boom, boom. (Taupo, 2003) -- Under the bram bushes, under the sea, My mother said, That we would be friends for ever more, more, more. (Christchurch, 1990s) -- Under the bamby bushes, My boyfriend came to me, Tic, tac, toe, Give me a yes, Give me a no, Tic, tac, toe. (Auckland, 2000) -- Under the bram bushes, Under the sea, Too late for me, my darling, Too late for me. (Hamilton, 2002) -- Under the bamboo, Under the sea, I have a girlfriend, Under the sea. (Auckland, 1994) -- Under the bambushes, Under the sea, Boom, boom, boom, True love for me and you, Through and through, boom, boom, boom. My mum lives down Marble Street, And this is what she told me, Girls are sexy made out of Pepsi, Boys are dicks, made out of sticks. (Rotorua, 2002) -- ALTERNATIVE ENDING: Loo, loo, loo, skip to the loo my darling. (Christchurch, 1990s x 2; Rotorua,1990s; Mangakino, 2001; Gisborne, 2001; Tauranga, 2002; Auckland, 2002; Christchurch, 2004; Ashburton, 2006) -- Background Info: The most popular rhyme in this collection. == Possible origins in the lyrics of a vaudeville musical, "Sally in Our Alley" (1902) by African-American songwriters Cole and Johnson. Also known as "The Cannibal King", A Cannibal King with a big nose ring Fell in love with a dusky maiden And every night by the pale moonlight Off to the lake he waded. He hugged and kissed his pretty little miss Under the bamboo tree And every night by the pale moon light Sounds like this to me.. Carumph (*kiss* *kiss* noise) Carumph *kiss* *kiss* Carumph diddy oddy aye aye aye (Repeat) We'll build a bungalow big enough for two Big enough for two my honey, Big enough for two, And when we're in it, how happy we'll be Under the bamboo, under the bamboo tree. == Variations include bambi bushes, bean bushes, bramble bushes, bam bam bushes, ban bushes, bamb'ry bushes, bag bushes. == Version recorded by Knapp, 1976:131: Under the bamboo, under the tree, Big enough for you, my darling, Big enough for me. After we're married, happy we'll be, Under the bamboo, under the tree. If you'll be m-i-n-e, mine, I'll be t-h-i-n-e, thine, I'll love you all the time, You're the best, of all the rest, And I'll love you all the time. Rock 'em, sock 'em, any old time, Match in the gas tank, boom-boom. == Keywords: school, family values, bawdy, scatological, violence Location: Various NZ Group size: 2 Incidence: 153