Under The Bramble Bushes

Remember clapping this Playground Classic?

My sister and I used to do clapping games at lightning speed - I still do it with my lassies too.

Under The Bramble Bushes
Under The Sea
Boom, Boom, Boom
True Love for me, my darling
True Love for you.
And When we Marry,
we'll raise a family.
Under The Bramble Bush...

We used this and other songs for clapping and skipping games too.

I loved skipping (with double ropes too) and Chinese ropes (which was just a bunch of elastic bands joined together).  You and a friend stood face-to-face about four feet from one another, hooked the elastics around your ankles and the person playing the game jumped in and out and on the elastic bands in time to the syllables of the song.

Not last night but the night before
24 robbers came knocking at my door,
I ran out, (run out of rope), to let them in, (jump back in)
and this is what they said to me :

Spanish dancers do the splits, (jumper doing the commands after each)
Spanish dancers do the kicks,
Spanish dances turn around,
Spanish dancers touch the ground,
Spanish dancers get out of town, (run out of rope, end of turn) 

 and loads of  risqué ones too

When Suzy was a school girl, she said miss, miss I can't do this I've got my knickers in a great big twist.  When Suzy was a teenager ... She said "ooh, ah I've lost my bra, I've left my knickers in my boyfriend's car".

I much preferred playing marbles in the dirty with the boys though.

Today's musical interlude is my favourite band as a teenager. I was so much in love with Paul Hewson aka Bono and had all their records.

Enjoy

Monday Music Moves Me

This week's Monday Music Moves Me theme is Love Songs. To get you in the mood for Valentines Day. 


Some Jack





Some Seasick Steve





Some Annie




Some Funny




Some Clapton




Some Gorgeousness



Some Paul Hewson

Congratulations to Adele and Bon Iver for cleaning up at the Grammy's!!


♥ yer faces off

Day 8 - The 30 Day Blog Challenge

Topic - A song to match your mood

Most of you know that I love my music and so it is difficult to pick ONE song that matches my mood.  But since I can remember, I've been secretly (okay its not a secret anymore) in love with Bono aka Paul Hewson from U2.  

As a teenager I had all their LPs and used to play them until they were scratched to all hell. I know all the words to most of their songs (especially the earlier records) and love to belt it out dueting with Bono in my car.

Bono is Sex On Legs (you can't dispute it), he's hot, I think he has a brilliant voice (when he sings and when he talks), I think his band is incredibly talented and rockin'.  He does great work for charity helping to raise money to end hunger, poverty and disease, especially in Africa.  He's been married to his high school sweetheart for decades, which is rare in the entertainment industry.  

Bono just seems like an all-round good guy.  He's now heading into his 50's and boy, he still makes my knees wobble. He's  just seems to get sexier with age - like an old fine wine - Blanc De Dublin Bono.

Enjoy him is all his AWESOMENESS!

 

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone - Bono

Who have you always wanted to meet face to face and why?

I asked this question yesterday when I posted about my sister meeting Jack Bruce in London.  I said I would tell you who I'd like to meet face to face.

 My answer is :

Paul Hewson aka Bono from the band U2.  Not only is he soopa talented and has the most dreamy accent, but he gets hawter as he gets older.  He’s always had strong political and religious undertones in his music with U2.  I’ll bet he’d be fascinating to talk to and awesome to party with.  He can shake his stuff on my table anyday!

Sir Paul Hewson has even been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and knighted by the Queen.  I’ll bet you didn’t know that?  But you could guess with the amount of humanitarian and charity work he does, he’s bound to scramble up some awards.

Paul Hewson is a great guy, who’s been married to the same girl for nearly 30 years, which is usually non-existing in the entertainment industry (let alone rock ‘n roll) and has four kids including two gorgeous teenage girls.

Who would you like to meet and why??