Oh Little Playmate
Posted on: October 15, 2008
See see my play mate,
Come out and play with me,
And bring your dollies three.Climb up my apple tree,
Slide down my rainbow,
Into my cellar door,And we’ll be friends,
Forever more, more, more!
Here is an enemy version of this song. For some reason I remember this one more.
Source: Chants and Taunts
Say say my enemy
Come out and fight with me
And bring your weapons three
Climb up my torture tree
Slide down my razor blade
Into my snake pit
And we’ll be enemies
Forever more more more more shut the door.
Other versions of this song – like here is one from NIH – a have slightly different item that they are sliding down.
Oh PLAYMATE, come out and play with me
And bring your dollies three.
Climb up my apple tree,
Look down my rain barrel
Slide down my cellar door
And we’ll be jolly friends forever more.
Or here is another one from gameskidsplay.net.
Say say oh playmate
Come out and play with me
and bring your family 3
climb up your apple tree
slide down my rain spout
into my cellar door
and we’ll be jolly friends
forever more more more
Originally Published on: August 6, 2008
22 Responses to "Oh Little Playmate"
We sang a second verse…it went like this…
So sorry playmate
I can not play with you
my dollies have the flu
boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
I have no rain barrel
I have no cellar door
but we’ll be jolly friends
forever more forever more
Pjdorothy,
That is interesting. Thanks for the contribution.
Holly
I had a different version of the enemy verse:
See see my enemy
Come out and fight with me
Bring your bulldogs three
Climb up my poison tree
Slide down my rats nest
Into my dungeon door
And we’ll be enemies
Forever more more more
Shut the door door door
Lock it tight tight tight
Oh my gosh it’s dynamite!
Ummm hey I was wondering the history to this song,… I am doing a project on old nursery rhymes and I chose this one I have been to wikipedia and ask and I have no info just go to aim and give me a link my aim is artdeviant
i just finished watching the film “reds”…and in that film was a song that diane keaton sang called “i don’t want to play in your yard”…a light buld went off, and i wondered if that is where we got the children’s “song “oh little playmate’, and sure enough, that was the origination of that nursery rhyme.
Art Deviant,
There is a site that is very good about the origins of songs linked to from my Blogroll.
I’m not sure if they have this one or not but it may be a good start for you.
Nursery Rhymes – Lyrics and Origins
Thanks.
Holly
I’m positive my stepdad has a variation or derived version of this song on a 78 record from the ’30s. Except it’s about being mad at a friend. Goes like this:
I don’t want to play in your yard
I don’t like you anymore
You’ll be sorry when you see me
sliding down my cellar door
You can’t holler down my rain barrel
You can’t climb my apple tree
I don’t want to play in your yard
if you won’t be good to me
The tune seems to be different but it’s funny that all the activities described (sliding down the cellar door, looking down into a rain barrel, climbing an APPLE tree specifically) are present. I think the songs are probably related.
Thanks Kris! That is very interesting. I really would like to know the history of this one.
Say say oh enemy
Come out and fight with me
And bring your weapons three
Climb up my poison tree
Slide down my dragon’s tale
Into my cellar door
And we’ll be enemies
Forever more, more
Shut the back door!
At least that’s how we used to sing it. Haha.
Amilia. That is great. Thanks for sending in your version!
oh little playmate, i cannot play with you, my dollies have the flue, my brother lost his shoe, boo hoo hoo, dont slide down my rainbow, or through my celler door, but we’ll be jolly friends, for ever more 1, 2, 3, 4!
Thanks Rachel. Everyone truly has a version of this song.
playmate o enemy
come out and fight with me
bring out your beebee gun
we’ll have lots of fun.
i’ll shoot your eye out
you’ll blow my head off
we’ll be enemies for ever more more more
playmate o enemy
come out and play with me
bring out your dolly sweet
she’ll be really neat.
i’ll pull her arms off
you’ll tear her head off
we’ll be enemies for ever more more more
Damian, Thank you for your comments. There are so many versions of this song.
aww thanks for noticin’ me.
My Mother sang this song to me when I was a youngster ( I’m 61). She sang the first verse by NIH and the next verse by Pjdorothy. And it was slide down my rain barrel.
I still remember this song and I heard it played on the radio recently. Brings back memories.
i goes like this,
cece my plamate, come out and play with me ,and bring your dolles three ,clime up my apple tree ,look down my rain barrel, slide down my celler door, and well be jolly friends forever more!
i got that of of bingo and molly when i was yonger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my mom told me one and it’s a game we play it all the time
hey little playmate come out and play with me and bring your dolly sweet clime up my apple tree slide down my rainbow into my seller door and will be jolly friends forever more more more more more
so sorry playmate i can not play with you my dolly has the flu boo-hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo aint got no rainbow aint got no seller door but will be jolly friends forever more more more more
freeze
My mom sang a similar version to me growing up…it went
Oh little playmate, come out and play with me
and bring your dollies three, climb up my apple tree
climb down my rain barrell, slide down my cellar door
and we’ll be jolly friends forever more
but she couldn’t come out and play
it was such a rainy day
with tearful eyes, she made replies
and I could hear her say
oh little playmate, can’t come out and play with you
my dolly has the flu, boo-hoo-boo-hoo-hoo-hoo
can’t climb down your rain barrell,
can’t slide down your cellar door
but we’ll be jolly friends forever more
I loved when she would sing me this song…brings back great childhood memories:-)
My mom taught this to me when I was little (I’m 20 now) and her mom taught it to her and I don’t know how much further back it goes from there.
I can’t remember the actual greeting/first word or two before playmate but I remember the rest.
_____playmate come out and play with me
And bring your dollies 3
Climb up my apple tree
Slide down my rain barrel
Into my cellar door
And we’ll be jolly friends forever more
I’m sorry playmate
I cannot play with you
My dolly has the flu
And German measles too
Ain’t got no rain barrel
Ain’t got no cellar door
But we’ll be jolly friends forever more
I learned:
Playmate oh won’t you play with me,
My dollies got the flu,
boo hoo boo hoo hoo ho
Climb up my rain barrel,
Slide down my cellar door,
And we’ll be jolly friends,
Forever more!
1 | Dollies3
September 30, 2008 at 2:19 am
The correct words are “slide down my rain barrel”…not “rainbow”