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.

Comments

I can't find the origins of "Bobo Ski Waten Taten". According to this page, "This handclap is popular on the east coast, particularly in the New York City and Long Island areas."

If anyone knows anything about the origin of this rhyme, or if it has any meaning at all,
please email me. Thanks in advance! -Mama Lisa

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

Thanks and Acknowledgements

Thanks to Marisa from New York for contributing this song!

Thank you very much!