# Miss Suzy Had A Steamboat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 1999, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-suzy-had-a-steamboat/11222 "1999-11-17T05:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-suzy-had-a-steamboat/11222/21 "1999-11-18T14:25:00Z")
Eeeny meeny dessalini Ooah ah mareeny Atchi katchi koomaratchi Oo-ah ah Ish kiddaly oaten boaten Bobop a ditten dotten Wotten totten Shhhhh! Or the clapping game: Stella stella ola Clap clap clap Singing S chico chico Chico chico cracker jack S chico chico I owe I owe I’ve gotta blow my nose so one, two, three, four, five. ---
**Author:** ![dfahs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@dfahs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dfahs)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-suzy-had-a-steamboat/11222/22 "1999-11-19T06:36:00Z")
Learned in the Boy Scouts: Oten Doten little doten Itten bitten little kitten Ish billy oten doten Bo doh skee-deeten dotten Wad ot en choo There was a troop in our district (National Capitol Area Council) that would challenge all other troops they met to repeat this (starting with just the last line, then adding another line until you had the whole thing), and even had “WAD OT EN CHOO” t-shirts printed up. So their influence kept the form of this pretty consistent in the greater D.C. area. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-suzy-had-a-steamboat/11222/23 "1999-11-18T22:33:00Z")
My father told me a slightly different version: There was an old farmer who lived by the crick A wicked old farmer who played with his– Marbles in springtime… A later verse had a line, “shoveling out– Contents of stable…” That’s all I remember after 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Pixoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pixoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixoid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-suzy-had-a-steamboat/11222/24 "1999-11-19T00:45:00Z")
Down, down baby Down, down the roller coaster Sweet sweet baby I’ll never let you go. Shimmy shimmy cocoa pop Shimmy shimmy POW! Shimmy shimmy cocoa pop Shimmy shimmy POW! Grandma, grandpa, sick in bed. Call the doctor and the doctor said, “Let me hear the rhythm of the head” Ding-dong “Let me hear the rhythm of the head” Ding-dong “Let me hear the rhythm of the feet” _stomp stomp_ “Let me hear the rhythm of the feet” _stomp stomp_ “Let me hear the rhythm of the hot dog. Let me hear the rhythm of the hot dog.” Put it all together, and what do you got? Ding dong, _stomp stomp_, hot dog Ding dong, _stomp stomp_, hot dog Put it all backwards, and what do you got? Hot dog, _stomp stomp_, ding dong. Hot dog, _stomp stomp_, ding dong. I remember doing this one in from kindergarten, and watching it on Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![\_00\_The\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/ed655f/32.png) [@\_00\_The\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_00_The_Fool)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-suzy-had-a-steamboat/11222/25 "1999-11-19T06:41:00Z")
Annamae, where are you going? Upstairs to take a bath Annamae, with legs like pencils Annamae, with a neck like a giraffe Annamae, getting in the bathtub Annamae, pulling out the plug Oh my gracious! Oh my soul! Annamae’s going down the hole! Annamae? Annamae? Glug\_glug\_glug. * * * “Oh we were brought up on the Space-Race, now they expect us to clean toilets. When you have seen how big the world is how can you make do with this?” Pulp, “Glory Days” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-suzy-had-a-steamboat/11222.md?page=1)