References To Michael Jackson In Playground Rhymes, Part II

REFERENCES TO MICHAEL JACKSON IN PLAYGROUND RHYMES, PART II

This is Part II of a two part post which present selected examples of English language playground rhymes that mention recording artist and entertainer Michael Jackson. These examples are from the playground rhyme family "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky".

WARNING: Some content in this page may be considered inappropriate for children & youth.

Part I of this post contains selected examples of rhymes that mention Michael Jackson but do not include any lines such as "Michael Jackson is a fag" or "he used to play with little toys/now he plays with little boys". Part II of this post presents selected examples that include those lines. Click http://cocojams.com/content/references-michael-jackson-playground-rhymes... for Part I of this post.

The examples and comments in this post are presented for the folkloric record and for sociological reasons.

EDITORIAL COMMENT ABOUT THESE RHYMES
The Michael Jackson versions of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" document two historical events: the soda marketing wars of the 1980s and the January 1984 accident where fireworks set that King of Pop's hair on fire while he singing a version of his hit song "Billy Jean" during the filming of a Pepsi Cola television commercial.

I believe that these "Michael Jackson/Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" rhymes and other [but by no means all] "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" rhymes are part of or very similar to the African American insult exchange rhymes known as "the dozens". Apart from the reference to Michael Jackson, in these playground rhymes an anonymous person is "dissed" (taunted) with insults such as "your mama stinks and so do you".

The purpose of "the dozens" is to build up self esteem and street cred (credibility) by not giving in to anger in the face of taunts and quickly giving taunts back better than you receive. Given that many persons reciting these "Michael Jackson/Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" insult rhymes known little if anything about "the dozens", it may be that these rhymes have become seperated from their cultural context.

Perhaps the main reason for reciting these rhymes is that these rhymes allow people to be naughty without any real consequences. In this sense, the reason for reciting these rhymes is the same as the reason for reciting the widely known handclapping rhyme "Miss Susie Had A Steamboat

It's important to recognize that only a small number of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" rhymes include any mention of Michael Jackson. In my research of almost 400 examples of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" to date (most of which were found online), only about a third of those rhymes mention the now deceased King of Pop music Michael Jackson. And only a small number of those rhymes include the rhyme "Michael Jackson is a fag" and/or the line "he used to play with little toys/now he plays with little boys".

I don't think that everyone who recites (or recited) these rhymes or believed or believes that Michael Jackson was homosexual and/or believed (or still believes) that he played with little boys. As some of the bloggers who shared their examples indicated in their comments, they didn't know what "fag" meant. Many children who recited these examples may have been chanting from rote memory without given much thought to the words of the rhyme..

That said, I'm concerned that rhymes that include the pejorative word "fag" may lead to children, teens, and adults to believe that it's okay to call someone a "fag" if they think he or she is homosexual and/or even if the person has indicated that he or she is homosexual. Furthermore, I believe that it's wrong to conflate homosexuality with pedophilia as a few of these rhymes do. Homosexuality and pedophilia are not the same thing.

I strongly disapprove of calling anyone a "fag". Doing so can be hurtful and in my opinion, is socially unacceptable.

For those seeking support because they have experienced or are experiencing this form of bullying or worse, click http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ "The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth."

Also, click http://cocojams.com/content/text-analysis-down-banks-hanky-panky Text Analysis: Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky for more information and comments about "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky".

For comments about homosexuality in English language playground rhymes, including "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky", click this link to a discussion that I started in 2009: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=119441

Click the link for Part I of this post for an overview of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" rhymes and for additional comments about why I collect & republish versions of "Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" that mention Michael Jackson & other versions of that huge rhyme family.

WHERE EXAMPLES ARE FROM
I have collected examples of these rhymes since 2006. Most of these examples are from postings to this discussion thread that I started that year on Mudcat Discussion Forum: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034 Posts from that thread and from other threads on that website are used with permission of that site's founder & owner.

Other examples republished on this post are from this page of my Cocojams website: http://cocojams.com/content/handclap-jump-rope-and-elastics-rhymes and from other websites, including YouTube videos' viewer comment threads. I use such internet mining to identify examples. A link to the website and other identifying information are included with examples. If any website is unhappy with my use of examples which were originally posted on their site, I can be contacted at this email address: cocojams17@yahoo.com.

PRESENTATION OF RHYMES
This is only a small portion of the rhymes tthat mention Michael Jackson which I've collected from Internet mining (searching the internet) . However, these examples presented here are representative of the "Michael Jackson/Down By The Banks Of The HankyPanky" rhymes that I have collected to date.

These examples are presented-usually without editorial comment or explanations, though I'd love to do so :o). Click http://cocojams.com/content/text-analysis-down-banks-hanky-panky Text Analysis: Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky for my opinion about the meanings of some of the lines in these rhymes.

Examples are presented in chronological order, with the examples with the newest dates being posted first. For referencing purposes, I've assigned each example a number.

All examples are posted in poetry format, although some of these examples were posted online in paragraph formats. No other revisions have been made to these examples.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks to all those whose examples are showcased on this post. Special thanks to Max Spiegel, founder & owner of Mudcat Discussion Forum for his permission to repost examples from that site.

SEND IN EXAMPLES AND LINKS
Readers may send additional examples of these rhymes and any links to YouTube videos of these rhymes for possible addition to this post.

Although it is optional, for the folkloric record, please remember to include demographical information. including when the example was performed (such as year or decade), where the example was performed (geographical place such as city or state if within the USA, or city & nation if outside of the USA), gender, who performed the rhyme (gender, race/ethnic group), how the rhyme was performed. Please also include any comments about this play experience. Thank You.

Submission of examples & comments to this website means that you are conferring permission to me to republish this material in any other online or off-line publication.

I reserve the right not to add those examples which are the same as or very similar to those posted or those examples which don't meet the standards of this website.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Comments about this topic and Please email me at cocojams17@yahoo.com.

To date, I've been unable to find any YouTube videos of Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky" rhymes that mention Michael Jackson. If you know of such videos, please send those links to my email address.at cocojams17@yahoo.com. Your email address is never posted or shared.

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Editor: Ms. Azizi Powell

Latest update - May 20, 2012

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PART II - DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY RHYMES THAT MENTION MICHAEL JACKSON

DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #1)
i learned something really weird

Down by the banks of the hanky-panky
where the bullfrogs leap from bank to bank
go beep bop, beep bop bop,
skiddle diddle cournel pop
i pledge allegance to the flag
Michael jackson is a fag
Pepsi cola burnt him up,
now im drinking 7-up.
7-up, caught the flu,
now im drinking mountain dew.
Mountain dew fell off the mountain,
now im drinking from the fountain.
yesterday the fountain broke,
now im back to drinking pepsi COKE.

*you slap them on coke*
-carlsun98; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=iqhvCN0Uvfk ; May 2012

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #2)
Let me give the hood one

"Down in the banks of hanky panky oops!
I said your booty stanky.
I said a ooh ahh skit stat.
Big fat dirty rat.
I pledge alligence to the flag.
Michael Jackson is a fag.
Coca Cola no caffine.
Now its time for Billie Jean.
Billie Jean went out of town riding on a pony;
Stuck a feather in her butt and called it macoroni! SHAME!!! :P
=lilmamacitaa; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=3aas7bwcjms ; March 2012

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #3)
i learned

down by the banks of hanky panky
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
go east sest simon sest
somebody hit tht ding dong
yo moma smells like king kong
i plege allingance to the flag
micheal jackson is a fag
coca cola burn it up
now u drinking 7 up
7 up has no caffine now
u drinking gasoline
gasoline has no suger
now u jast a big fat booger
rakyma1; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=jI2ckZAG4nk ; March 2012

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DOWN BY THE OF HANKY PANKY (Example #4)
Down by the of hanky panky
where the bull frogs jump from bank to bank.
Eas Ice Oce Eas, Eas I
daily ding dong.
Why you hit my hand so hard?
Tell me what I did so wrong.
Eas Ice Oce Eas, Eas I
daily ding dong.
I pledge allegiance to the flag,
Michael Jackson is a fag.
Coca Cola burning up,
now I'm drinking 7-up.
7-up has no caffeine,
no more catering machines
now I'm drinking Billy Jean.
Bill Jean is out of style,
now I'm talking Bukwal.
Bukwal's out of town,
now I'm going Eas I
-IffyBabe 6 months ago http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=iqhvCN0Uvfk ; December 2011

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DOWN BY THE RIVER OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #5)
I'm a former 8th grader. For our last day of school we were free to just talk and do whatever in our History class. So we played "Down by the river." I thank Sierra (an earlier poster) for reminding me of most of the words. This is the full (or at least I hope) version and helpful tips on playing:

Down, Down, Down, Down, (during these 4 down's, the person starting must not start until all 4 downs have been said. So basically your just bouncing your hand up in down in the person's palm that sits next to you until you start.) Down by the river of the hanky-panky, there's a bullfrog jumping from bank to bank singing east side, west coast, east side daily dang dong!

Why you hit my hand so hard, tell me what I did so wrong! Es As Ais Ows (pronounced likely as E's Ah's A's O's), east side daily dang dong.

I pledge allegiance to the flag. Michael Jackson is a fag (later we switched it to "I shop with a bag" for the purposes of not having the teacher over hear us. Lol).

(Sorry but I'm not entirely sure what goes before this next part, but I think this is correct. :/) Now we drinking Coca Cola, Coca Cola's burning up. Now we drinking 7up. 7up is out of style, now we going Buck Wild. Buck Wild's out of style now we going Es As Ais Ows, east side daily dang DONG!

On that last dong, if you manage to hit the hand of the person you're supposed to, they're out, if they pull away before you can, you're out. Have fun! :)
-Guest, Loving this game, http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94034 [hereafter known as Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes], June 22, 2011

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #6)
I learned it

down by the banks of the hanky panky
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bankey.
I pledge elegance to the flag
micheal jackson is a fag
coca-cola burned his butt
now he's drinking seven up.
Seven up has no caffeine
now were talking billy jean
billy jean is outta sight
now were talking dynamite
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 KA-BOOM
-bloodhounds661995; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=jI2ckZAG4nk ; 2011

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DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE HANKY PANK (Example #7)
Hahaha our version was

down by the riverside hanky pank
where the bull frog jumps from bank to bank
singing a e i o u your mommas stank
and so are you i pledge alligence to the flag micheal jackson is a fag pepsi cola burn it up now were drinking 7 up 7up with no caffine now ur drinking gas o line
BowieBeatlesPeace http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=dpVeoxwDGcY; 2011

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DOWN BY THE RIVER OF THE HANKY (Example #8)
Down by the river of the hanky
where the bull got shot from bank
sayin ee opp
eat my pie skittle dittle kernel pop
say 12345678
I pledge allegiance to the flag
michael jackson is a fag.
coca cola burning up
now im drinkin 7up.
7up has no caffefine
now im drinking gasoline.
gasoline gave me the flu
now im drinkin mountain dew.
moutin dew fell off the mountain
now im drinkin from the fountain.
fountain broke
and now im drinkin plain old diet coke.
-perttyful12puppy http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=ZC8INeM0w5A ; 2011

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DOWN BY THE BANK OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #9)
Here's what I learned:

Down by the bank of the hanky panky
Where the bullfrog jumps from bank to bank saying :
Hee pa hee pa pa skittle diddle kernel pop
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Michael Jackson is a fag/ makes me gag (whatever floats your boat)
Pepsi Cola messed me up
Now I'm drinking seven-up
Seven-up caught the flu,
Now I'm drinking Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew fell off the mountain
Now I'm drinking from the fountain
After that the fountain broke
Now I'm drinking back to coke
-Guest, Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; January 19, 2011

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DOWN BY THE RIVER HANK PANKY (Example #10)
down by the river hank panky
when a bullfrog jump down from bank to bank
i said a e i o u bamboo!
i pledge allegiance to the flag
micheal jackson is a fag
coca cola messed him up
no hes drinking 7up
7 up has no caffeine
now hes drinking gaseline
gaseline is for cars
no hes eating candybars
candybars is for kids
no he said POP O QUIZ
-KiMB3RLI3309; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=jI2ckZAG4nk ; 2010

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #11)
We used to do this all the time at school and at camp, sometimes we freshmen still do it before gym class starts when we're all sitting around. You sit in a circle with your left hand on top of someone else's right and your right hand under someone else's left, and you go in a circle smacking each other's hands as you sing the song:

Down by the banks of the hanky panky
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
Singing eep, op, eep-op-op
bubblegum and soda pop
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Michael Jackson is a fag
Coca-cola brought him up
Now we're drinking 7-up
7-up has no caffeine
Now we're wearing Levi jeans
Levi jeans are out of style
Now we're talking for a while
skiddle diddle piddle bop
bubblegum and soda POP!

and whoever's hand is hit on the last 'pop' is out. Then you repeat the song getting faster and faster until somebody finally wins.

Sadly we really did and still do sing the line about Michael Jackson being a fag. In elementary and middle school we also had a similar rhyme ("I pledge allegiance to the flag and Michael Jackson is a fag. He used to play with little toys but now he plays with little boys.") and I can remember saying it at a very young age, before I had any idea what a 'fag' was. It was meant to be innocent and not offensive to anybody. Also, since Michael Jackson's death (may he R.I.P.) many people have substituted Lady Gaga or Miley Cyrus for Michael Jackson or changed that line to "Michael Jackson makes me gag". My particular group of friends has done both ("Lady Gaga makes me gag") and I think it's kind of a nice modern version of the song.
-Guest, guest Mandi, age 14, Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; December 24, 2010

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #11)
I learned it as

"Down by the banks of the hanky pank,
where the bull frogs jump from bank to bank,
saying ees, ise, opps, oops.
East side dally ding-dong.
Pledge allegiance to the the flag,
Michael Jackson is a fag [I didn't know what this word was when I was 5...].
Coca-cola burned his butt,
now he's drinking 7-up.
7-up has no caffeine,
now he's drinking gasoline.
Gasoline has no flavor,
no he's eating Life Savors.
- XeCh0x; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=ZC8INeM0w5A ; October 2010

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DOWN BY THE BANKS WERE THE HANKY PANKS (Example #12)
down by the banks were the hanky panks
and the bull frogs jump from bank to bank
saying e i o u
your momma stinks and so do you,
i pledge alligence to the flag,
michael jackson is a fag.
coca cola brought him up
now we're talking 7 up,
7 up has no cafffine
now we're drinking gasoline
gasoline gave me the flu
now we're drinking moutain dew,
moutain dew turned to soap
now we're drinking cherry coke
cherry coke broke my wrist
now we're drinking sierra mist.
sierra mist hadda fall.
NOW WE'RE DRINKING NOTHING AT ALL.
-Guest, Audddray; Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; July 28, 2009

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #13)
As kids, we always sang it like this (I'm a teenager now):

Down by the banks of the hanky panky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
Singin' eep, opp, eep opp opp
Skittle, dittle kernel pop
I pledge allegience to the flag
Michael Jackson is a fag
Coca Cola has caffeine
Now we're drinking gasoline
Gasoline ran out of fuel
Now we're drinkin' mountain dew
Mountain dew fell off the mountain
Now we're drinkin' from the fountain
Finally the fountain broke
Now we're back to
Plain old...
COKE!

And on coke the one person who was next to slap would try to hit the other's hand, and the other could pull away. If they pulled away the person slapping is eliminated, and if their hand gets slapped they are eliminated.
-Guest, Jean; Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; July 2, 2009

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DOWN BY THE RIVER OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #14)
How come nobody remembers the yanky doodle rhyme at the end? I was born in '84 and grew up in the early nineties and in Atlanta we did it like this:

Down by the river of the hanky panky
where the bullforogs jump from bank to bank
singing eep, ipe, oop, opps
Chillie willy ding dong
Play a game of ping pong
I pledge alligence to the flag
Michael Jackson is a fad (we didn't even know what fag meant growing up let alone say it)
Coca-cola burned him up
Now He's drinking 7-up
7-up has no caffine
now we're singin' "Billie Jean"
"Billie Jean" is out of style
Now we're singing Bobbie Brown
Bobbie Brown is not a song... I forgot what came next as everything goes hazy from here
but then it went into this:
Michael Jackson went to town, riding on a pony
stuck a feather in his hat and called it macoroni
Girl Scout, Girl Scout,
Do your duty,
Don't forget to wash your booty (or tooti if we were naughty... tooti was our slang for vagina)
Boy Scout Boy Scout
Do your trick
don't forget to wash your...

Oh and we didn't jump rope to this, we did the circle hand clap like a few other people said.
- GUEST,CutiefromGA (Atlanta, Georgia), Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; December 5, 2008

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKS (Example #15)
this is how my friends & I know it:

Down by the banks of the hanky panks
where bull frogs jump from bank to bank
singing eip ipe ope ump
Chilly willy ding-dong
I pleage alegence to the flag Michle Jackson makes me fag
now where talking 7-up
7-up has no cafine
now were talking billy jean
billy jean is out of sight
now where talking dinomight
dinomight blew up the school now were talking billy cool billy cool is such a fool 543210 OHHHHHHHHHH Ta da!!!!!!
Guest, Cocoa; Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; May 26, 2008

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKEY PANKS (Example #16)
I sing a version that may be a little different...

Down by the banks
With the hankey-panks,
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
Saying "e-i-eat-my-pie, skittle-diddle-kernal-pop".
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Michael Jackson is a fag.
7Up has no caffeine
Now we're drinking gasoline.
Gasoline gave us the flu
Now we're drinking moutain dew.
Mountain dew fell off the mountain
Now we're drinking from the fountain.
Foutain broke,
Now we're drinking
Plain
Old
Diet
Coke.
-Guest, Jessica; Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes, May 2, 2008

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DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE HANKY PANKY (Example #17)
This is the way I learned it.
--- DISCLAIMER: Kids were fast in my day. ---

Down by the riverside hanky panky.
Where the bullfrog croaks "Yo' booty stanky."
Jumpin easts west north south.
Ding dong all in yo mouth.
I pledge allegiance to the flag.
Michael Jackson is a fag.
Dr. Pepper burnt him, but
Now we're drinkin 7 UP.
7 UP got too much green.
Now we're drinkin more caffeine.
Fiends drink coke cause it's a drug.
Slurped the toad who ate... a ... BUG!

And if you were the person to say "bug", You were suppose to hit the next persons hand,
To stay in the game. If you missed their hand, You were out. And that person stayed in.
-Guest, Guest - Nash.TN (Nashville, Tennessee); Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; May 27, 2008

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DOWN BY THE TIVER WHERE THERE'S HANKY PANKY (Example #18)
down by the river where theres hanky panky
and the bull frogs jump from bank to bank
saying eeps ipes opes oops
chilly willy ding dong
your mama smells like king kong
pledge allegience to the flag
michael jackson is a fag
coca cola's burning up
now we're talking 7up
7up has no caffeine
now we're talking billy jean
billy jean saw his sister walking down the street singing do-a-ditty-ditty-dum-ditty-do. do-a-ditty-ditty-dum-ditty-do.
icky picky ponky daddy had a donkey
donkey died, daddy cried
icky picky ponky!
- Guest, guest, katy , Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; April 23, 2008

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY COMMENT (Example #19)
Ummm... I learned this a couple years ago when i was ten. I live in Maryland but closer on the border to washington D.C. Most people in our school know this. I think it is because we try to do it as fast as possible and the part about " Michael Jackson is a fag" somehow changed to Michael Jackson stinks so bad.
-Guest, Rebecca; Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; January 29, 2008

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DOWN BY THE RIVER OF THE HANKY PANKY (Example #20)
Down by the river of the hanky panky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
with a
eep
op
eep
bop
bop
skittle dittle curly pop
I pledge allegence to the flag
That Michael Jackson makes me gag
He used to play with little toys
But now he plays with little boys
7 Up caught the flu
Now i'm drinking mountain dew
Mountain dew fell off the mountain
Now i'm drinking from a fountain
Fountain broke..
Now i'm drinking
Plain
Old
Coke.
- Guest, Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; July 15; 2007

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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKS (Example #21)
Down by the banks of the hanky panks
Where the bullfrogs jump from banks to banks
Singing eeps iips ops oops
Chili willi ding dong
Your mother smells like King Kong
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Michael Jackson is a fag
coca cola brought him up
now we're talkin 7up
7up has no caffeine
now we're talkin Billy Jean
Billy Jean is out of sight
Now we're talkin Dynamite 10,9 ,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,BOOM!!!!!
- Guest, Joy; Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; June 2; 2007

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DOWN BY THE RIVER OF THE HANKEY PANKY (Example #22)
down by the river of the hankey pankey
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to.
i said A-E-I-O-U.
i pledge allegeience to the flag.
Michel Jackson makes me gag.
he used to play with litle toys
now he plays with little boys!
Dr. Pepper threw up now
i'm drinkin 7-Up.
7-Up caught the flu
now i'm drinkin Mountain Dew.
Mountain Dew fell iff the mountain
now i'm drinkin from the fountain.
fountian broke
now i'm drinkin plain old COKE!!!
- Guest, me; Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes ; May 22; 2007

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DOWN BY THE BANK SAY THE HANKIE PINKIE (Examples # 23 and #24)
*Clappy Hand Game from Elementary School*

Down by the bank say the hankie pinkie
where the bull frog jump from bank to bankie
said eeps ipes opes oops
listen to the chillie willie ding dang dong.

*added throughout years*
I pledge allegiance to the flag,
Micheal Jackson is a fag,
Coca-cola brought him up,
Now he's drinking Seven-Up,
Seven-Up has no caffeine,
Now he's drinking Belly-Gene,
Belly-Gene is out of style,
Now he's just a wild child,
Boy scouts, boy scouts do your duty,
Don't forget to wash your booty,
I have more money than you!
-Guest, Danielle (15); Mudcat: I'm Rubber. You're Glue; April 7, 2007

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WAY DOWN YONDER IN THE HANKITY PANK (Example #25)
Way down yonder in the hankity pank
the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
singing "Eeeee! Oooooo! Eeeee! Ooooo!
Hinky dinky parlee voo!
I pledge allegance to the flag Michal Jackson is a fag.
Pepsi Cola f----d him up, now he's drinking seven-up.
Seven up makes him pee, now he's drinking pepsi-free!
Stand up, sit down, give me a dollar,
all for Spirit Lake stand up and HOLLAR!
-Neimond (Spirit Lake, Minnesota); Mudcat: Hanky Panky Rhymes; January 8, 2007

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DOWN BY THE RIVER IN THE HANKY PANK (Example #26)
Down by the river in the hanky pank
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
singin e i o u
your mama stinks and so do you
ping pong donky kong
went to school with nothin on
asked the teacher what to wear
polka dotted underwear
not to big and not to small
just the size of broward mall
hide and seek and playing tag
michael jackson is a fag
reeses pieces buttercup
now we're drinkin 7up
7up has no cafine
now we'r drinkin gasoline
gasoline is bad for you
now we're giinkin mountain dew
mountain dew fell of the mountain
now we're drinkin from the fountain
1, 2, 3 ,4, 5, 6 ,7 ,8 ,9 ,10.
--x_angel_girl_xox; Cocojams: Handclaps; January 25; 2007

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