Storytelling for Week 12: Girls Scout Nursery Rhyme Collections

Girl Scout Camp Nursery Rhymes:

(Picture of Girl Scouts!)

Miss Suzy had a steamboat

The steamboat had a bell

DING DING

Miss Suzy went to heaven

The steamboat went to—

Hello operator

Please give me number nine

And if you disconnect me

I’ll kick you from behind—

The refrigerator

There lies a piece of glass

Miss Suzy sat upon it and broke her little—

Ask me no more Questions

Tell me no more lies

The boys are in the bathroom zipping up their—

Flies are in the meadow

Bees are in the park

Miss Suzy and her boyfriend

Are kissing in the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K

Dark, Dark, Dark—

Darker than the ocean

Darker than the sea

Darker than the underwear my mommy puts on me

Now I know I know my ma, and I know I know my pa

And I know I know my sister with the forty acre bra!

                               ~~~ 

Oh I wish I were a little juicy orange (juicy orange)

Oh I wish I were a little juicy orange (juicy orange)

I'd go squirty, squirty, squirty over everybody's shirty

Oh I wish I were a little juicy orange (juicy orange)

Oh I wish I were a little girly scouty (girly scouty)

Oh I wish I were a little girly scouty (girly scouty)

I'd go tramp, tramp, tramp through the boyscout camp
Oh I wish I were a little girly scouty (girly scouty)

                               ~~~

Out of my tent flap looking in the night
I can see my counselors, OOO what a sight
Cold cream on their face
And rollers in their hair
I can even smell their dirty underwear

Counselors, I would like to kick you out
I would like to kick you out, out, out
Counselors, take a swim out in the lake
You might get eaten by a polka-dotted snake

                               ~~~

(Circle of girls is formed and there is one person in the center. She skips around the inside of the circle while everyone sings the following song. When the song gets to "she stopped in front of me", the person in the center stops at a girl and does a jig. Then the girl in the circle switches with the center girl and does the dance. This is the new center person.)

Little Sally Walker, walking down the street
She didn't know what to do so she stopped in front of me
She said: Hey girl do yo thank, do yo thang and switch
Hey girl do yo thang do yo thang and switch!

                              ~~~

Grasping the neck,

I keep your finger in check

Holding so tight,

I make your hand gleam bright

(Answer: a ring)

                              ~~~

Beautiful sounds I can provide

The only catch is I must go inside

Keep me on low

Or your hearing will go!

(Answer: headphones)

Author's Note: I read Nursery Rhymes for this week's reading unit! A few of the first stories I told for the storytellings were completely in rhyme because I enjoy writing like that so much, so this unit was an obvious choice for me. All of these rhymes were from the British Isles so I decided to make my storytelling this week on the rhymes I grew up with in Girl Scouts! I can't believe I still remember all of these...guess it just goes to show you how much repetition can really engrave something into your brain!