ID: 660
Date: 1980s - 2004
Title: Ci Ci my playmate
Gender: Female 
Classification: Clapping 
Rhyme: 

Ci Ci, my playmate,
I cannot play with you.
My dolly's got the flu,
Chickenpox and measles too.
I found that dolly, that dirty dolly,
Under the drainpipes.
And I kept her too, too, too.
Come, come my playmate,
I cannot play with you,
My sister's got the measles,
And the flu.
Slide down the banister,
And we'll be friends for evermore,
Walk out the door.

(Christchurch, 2000)

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Say, say, you play with me,
Come out and play with me,
And bring your darling sweet,
Climb up the apple tree.
Lay down your rainbow, for ever more,
For ever, more, more,
Shut the door.

(Porirua, 2000)

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Ci Ci, my playmate,
My dog is down my loo.
The toilet paper too.

(Nelson, 2002)

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See, my playmate, 
Come out and play with me,
And bring your dollies, 1,2,3, (free)
Climb out my apple tree,
Slide down the banister 
Into the cellar door,
And we'll be (jolly) friends for evermore.

(Christchurch, 2000; Ashburton, 2005)

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See, see my playmate, 
I cannot play with you.
My sister got the flu, 
At the age of 92.
Slide down the drainpipe
Into the cellar door.
Where we can play for evermore.
Dom dom dom dom.

(Upper Hutt, 2004)

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See, see my playmate, 
I cannot play with you.
My dog has got the flu,
And German measles too.
Slide down a rainbow,
On to a lollipop,
Sugar, sugar, pop, pop.

(Christchurch, 1980s; Wellington, 2000)

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See, see my playmate,
I cannot play with you,
My dolly's got the flu,
Chicken pox and measles too.
And down that drain pipe,
I saw my dolly,
I saw that dolly,
I saw her down, down, down the drain pipe,
Eating some pie. (wolf whistle)

Christchurch, 2000)

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Say, say you play with me,
Come out and play with me,
And be my darling sweet,
Under the apple tree,
Climb up a rainbow,
1, 2, 3, 4..

(Paraparaumu, 1980s)

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Say, say my playmate,
I cannot play with you,
My sister's got the flu,
Chicken pox and measles too.
Slide down the banister,
Into the party,
And we'll be friends for,
More and more and more,
And shut the door.

(Blenheim, 2000 x 2; Seddon, 2000)

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C C my playmate,
I cannot play with you,
My dolly's got the flu,
Chicken pox and measles too.
I found that dolly,
That dirty dolly,
Down by the drainpipe,
And kept it too, too, too.

(Timaru, 2002 x 3)

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Background Info: Accompanied by hand movements and actions, rather than clapping.

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ALTERNATIVE VERSION

Say, say, oh enemy
Come out and fight with me,
And bring your pistols (devils) three.
Climb up my poison tree.
Slide down my razor blade,
Into my cellar door,(dungeon door)
And we'll be enemies 
Forevermore, more, more.

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Turner, 1978:43 version begins:

Old playmate, come out and play with me,
And bring your dollies three
And climb the apple tree.
Slide down the rainbow
Into my cellar floor
And we'll be jolly friends forever more.

(Victoria, 1970)
A variation of a popular song of 1930s.

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Versions in Knapp, 1976:131:

Oh little cockroach,
Come out and play with me,
I hate to step on you,
Boo-hoo, boo-hoo, boo-hoo,
Crawl down my rain barrel,
And out my cellar door,
We won't ever be friends 
Forevermore.

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Onwuchekwa, 2003:97, adds to the enemy theme with the verses from urban black America:

Oh little devil,
Come out and fight with me,
And bring your fork-a-fee,
Heehee heehee heehee.
I'll scratch your eyes out,
I'll make you bleed to death,
And we'll be enemies,
Forever more.

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From www.warrenfahey.com (accessed 15 January, 2007) Australian Folklore website:

See, see my playmate, 
I cannot play with you.
My sister's on the loo,
Since 1982. 
Roll down my rainbow
Into the corridor,
And we'll be friends for ever more, more, more.

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Keywords: scatological, friendship, violence 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 17