3-6-9 The Goose Drank Wine (and My Mammy Told Me)
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1980.57.B4
Original Tape ID
Summary
Stanley Robertson sings [in an American accent]:
Three six nine, the goose drank wine,
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line,
The line broke, the monkey got choked,
And they all went to Heaven in a little row boat.
Clap clap, clap clap.
He repeats this as the second part of a song he knew as a child for a clapping game, before Shirley Ellis had a hit with the preceding. It follows on after:
My mother told me, if I was goodie,
That she would buy me a rubber dolly,
But someone told her, I kissed a soldier,
Now she won't buy me my rubber dolly.
Item Notes
2 verses of 4 lines (from two different songs).
See:
'Games a Bogie' (M. Sinclair, 1989) p. 53
'Murder Murder Polis' (M. Sinclair, 1986) p. 28
'The Singing Game' (I. & P. Opie, 1985) pp. 447-450
Song notes (by Julia C. Bishop) - 'Rum Scum Scoosh!' EICD003 (Stanley Robertson, 2006) pp. 19-20
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good