Two girls singing "See See My Playmate"

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Submitted by webmaster on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 13:44

See see my playmate

Posted by danaleeling
January 05, 2009

"Children's handclapping rhyme song.
See see my play mate ,
come out and play with me ,
and bring your darling friends
climb up my apple tree
climb up my rainbow
into my salador
for ever more,more ,more,more,more.

Video Description:
Two girls sit on the grass and perform a handclap game. According to the video poster's comment, the two girls in the video are Kosraean, from a small tropical island in the Pacific.

3 comments

webmaster
Sat, 30 January, 2010 - 14:13

Tangential to the comments about "See See My Playmate:tIn that YouTube viewer comment thread,  the video poster and another poster Coyote exchanged comments and the original poster mentioned a Pacific Island children's game played with rocks:

danaleeling (4 months ago)  
 

Thanks, Coyote, I appreciate you dropping by and sharing. As noted above, we did make a trip to Wisconsin. While my kids did not get their American cousins into "See see my playmate," they did teach them a variation of jacks played with rocks and a ball. Cousins returned to Connecticut and Spain playing what the Kosraeans refer to as "kingking" and the sound of rocks hitting the floor resonated through the house this summer.

 

 

webmaster
Sat, 30 January, 2010 - 14:09

"See See My Playmate" is based on the 1940s song "Playmate" which was  written by Saxie Dowell. Visit http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=8560 for a discussion of this song and its (mostly children's composed) parodies.

Also visit Jambalayah's sister website Cocojams  http://www.cocojams.com/content/handclap-jump-rope-and-elastics-rhymes to read a number of examples of this rhyme.

 

webmaster
Sat, 30 January, 2010 - 14:01
 
Selected YouTube viewer comments from
The children are delightful and the videography and sound is high quality. I also appreciate you posting the words to this version of that handclap rhyme.
 
Best wishes!
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PeaceOnEarth2258 (10 months ago) srry.... but its see see my playmate ,come out and play with me and bring ur darling friends,climb up my apple tree, slide down a rainbow through my Cellar*(basement) door, and we'll be jolly friend forever more 1234 1234 1234
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danaleeling (10 months ago) Bear in mind I am writing down what the two girls are actually singing, I am not purporting that their version is canonical! :-)

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PeaceOnEarth2258 (10 months ago) no such thing as a salador :(

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danaleeling (10 months ago) Yes, I realize that there is no such thing as a salador. The two girls in the video are Kosraean, from a small tropical island in the Pacific where there are no cellars let alone cellar doors. For them the word salador is a nonsense word, pronounced just that way, as if one were starting to say "salad." This is their version, unique to their island.
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io121w2 (8 months ago) This video brings back so many childhood memories...

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nemesis21h (8 months ago) lol! sigh... the good old days...  girls from my class would do this and us guys would just cut right in between for the fun of it..

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coyote907 (4 months ago) I just love this. There is a "remember When" chain going around on Face Book and I posted it with it. I opted for this version instead of a shiny professional one. It is all about love and memories. Thanx

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naymeequillo (3 months ago) Yeeeeeeey!! :D I'm Dutch, and i go babysitting every now and then. I taught some Dutch children this game and they love it! :D

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