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Bo Bo Ski Waton Taton
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Bo Bo Ski Waton Taton
Hand Clapping Rhyme

Bo bo ski waton taton
Bo bo ski waton taton
Freeze
Please
American Cheese
Please don't show your eyes* to me.

Notes

*This rhyme can be repeated many times. Each time, use a different part of the face in the last line. Hide that part of your face with your hands and keep it covered while you repeat the next verse. After the first verse play the clapping game by pressing together your elbows. On the last repetition, you end the verse with "Boom".

Another version:

Bo-bo ski watten tatten,
Ah-ah-ah, boom boom boom
Itty bitty wotten totten
Bo bo ski watten tatten
Bo bo ski watten tatten
Boom!

A longer version:

Bo-bo ski watten tatten,
Ah-ah-ah, boom boom boom
Itty bitty watten tatten
Bo bo ski watten tatten
Bo bo ski watten tatten
Freeze
Please
American Cheese
Please don't show your eyes** to me.

**See asterix * above.

Thanks and Acknowledgements

Thanks to Marisa for contributing this song!

Many thanks to Marisa for chanting Bo Bo Ski Waton Taton for us!

Thank you very much!

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