Uly sent me a handclapping rhyme called “Quack Dilly Oso” which she said many people actually know as “Stella Ella Ola”. Here are the words to “Quack Dilly Oso” that Uly sent me:
Quack Dilly Oso
Quack dilly oso, quack quack qua-ack,
Saaaanyorita*, rita rita rita, velo!
Velo! Velo, velo, velo, velo! One two three FOUR.*Uly wrote, “I know the word is senorita, but we never said it that way.”
Here are the instructions Uly sent me to go with the rhyme:
To Play with 2 People: One has their hands on top and the other on the bottom. If you do it right, the person who started on top is the one who ends on top. You just go up and down until the end. On four, the person on top tries to slap the hands of the person on the bottom, and if they succeed, they win.
To Play with More People: You stand in a circle, right hand on top of the left hand of the person to your right and you go around clockwise clapping the hand of the person on your left with your right hand.
Uly wrote, “My sister and I singlehandedly brought this game to the town of Wavre when we were children!”
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Here’s the rhyme called “Stella Ella Ola” followed by a YouTube showing how it’s played:
Stella Ella Ola
Stella ella ola, clap clap clap,
Say yes, chicko chicko, chicko chicko chap,
Yes, chicko chicko, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello,
Say one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!
In the version in the video, if the person’s hand is slapped after “nine”, they’re out, if they can move their hand out of the way just before being slapped, the other person is out. (Other people are welcome to comment below on their rules for being “out”.)
Here’s another video of “Stella Elle Ola”, where they only clap to 5. It includes a 2 person version (different from the instructions above):
Thanks for teaching that rhyme with us Uly!
If anyone would like to share a different version of either of these rhymes, feel free to include it in the comments below.
Enjoy everyone!
Mama Lisa
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37 Responses to “Handclapping Rhyme – Stella Ella Ola and Quack Dilly Oso with a YouTube Video”
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February 27th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
this is historical
September 3rd, 2011 at 7:30 pm
My friend says it only goes 2 five not nine…
September 11th, 2013 at 6:20 pm
Quack dilly oso, quack quack qua-ack,
Saaaanyorita*, rita rita rita, aloha, aloha , aloha cerry pepis colca and a one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
June 21st, 2014 at 6:48 pm
Quack a dilly oso, quack quack qua-ack, senorita your mama smells like pizza. Galora galore I’ll kick you out the door-a saying, ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN!
October 28th, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Quack dilly Oso quack quack na na na na na na bla bla urika urika quack quack 1 2 3 4
March 3rd, 2015 at 8:40 pm
We always said at my hpuse quack diddly oso quack quack qyack from santa maria your mother smells like pizza so kick it to your teacher, delore delore , the donkey peed on the floor oh 123456789….
April 6th, 2015 at 12:13 am
Quack didly oso quack quack quack from sanyoita Rita Rita Rita. Dalore dalore dalore dalore dalore dalore! 1234
Bay shore NY
October 7th, 2015 at 8:04 pm
We always saID Slap Dilly oso,Slap Slap slap. San-saaaanorita. Rita!rita!rita! 1 2 3 4!
December 3rd, 2015 at 11:15 pm
I know it as:
Stella Ella ola
quack quack quack quack
Ess cheego cheego
Cheego cheego slapjack
Go! Slow!
Go slow go slow
One two three four!
January 3rd, 2016 at 3:07 am
Quack dilly oso
Quack quack quack quack
Es chica chica
Chica chica slapjack
Go! Slow!
Go slow
One two three four (so on and so forth until ten).
March 4th, 2016 at 3:29 am
There is many versions so there is no true “correct way”
March 4th, 2016 at 4:25 pm
I agree with Wesly! -Mama Lisa
March 11th, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Quack dilly oso quack quack quack a
seeen-orico rico rico rico
flora, flora, flora flora flora
one two three FOUR!
May 20th, 2016 at 5:44 pm
We always said:
Slap dilly oso, slap, slap, slap
Sen-senorico, rico, rico, rico
Galore, galore, galooooore
1, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8
Coca-Cola went to town
Cherry Cola knocked him down
Cherry Cola got the flu
Now we’re drinking Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew fell off the mountain
Now we’re drinking fountain fountain
Fountain broke, now wer’re drinking plain old COKE!
And then whoever is out on COKE. It seems silly now that I type it out but that’s what we played for hours at soccer tournaments XD
July 9th, 2016 at 4:05 am
I learnt it at Camp Qwanoes as:
Stella Stella ola clap clap clap
Sing yes chigga chigga chigga chigga clap
Sing yes chigga chigga bologna bologna* cheese and macaroni
Fire 1 2 3 4 5!
*Pronounced baloney.
August 13th, 2016 at 4:51 pm
In New York we say:
Quack dilly oso
quack quack quack
Seniorita
Your mother smells like pizza
(Give it to the teacher)*Few ppl add this*
Fellow, fellow
Fellow, fellow, fellow
Fel-low
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
Whoever hand got slapped on 10 was out!
September 30th, 2016 at 8:11 pm
Quack Diddly ack goes quaaack Securitate rita Rita Rita glora glora we threw on the kitchen floor 1234
November 10th, 2016 at 7:38 pm
in Washington we say:
quack didly oso quack, quack, quack, singa samorico, rico, rico,rico, flora, flora, flora, flora,flora
one, two, three, four!!
April 14th, 2017 at 10:24 pm
Omg, I just remember the rhyme I used to do like this in CT- I found this webpage by trying to google the lyrics I remember from the late ’80s:
Qua-cka-dilly-oma
Qua qua qua
Dance to my chica
Chica chica cha
Follow, follow, follow-follow-follow
Fall-Oh! One-two-three-four!
The little differences are so interesting to me!
April 24th, 2017 at 3:01 pm
In my hometown, we learned it as:
Quack diddly Oso, Quack Quack Quack, in saaan o Rio, Rio Rio Rio, Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida, one two three FOUR!
April 29th, 2017 at 1:34 am
I remember it as…
Stella ella ola clap clap clap
Say yes Chico Chico
Chico Chico chap
Go blow go blow go blow your dirty nose
Say 1234..and so on
August 12th, 2017 at 12:53 am
We learned a completely different way. Ours is….
Slap silly oso slap slap slap
Talerika rika rika rika
Flow flow flow flow flow flow
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
October 5th, 2017 at 4:31 pm
we learned it a different way??
quack diddly oso quack quack quack
sing a sinariko riko riko riko
flora, flora, flora flora flora flora
one two three four!
November 23rd, 2017 at 4:42 pm
I remember doing both “sancerico” and “talkeriko”
December 30th, 2018 at 12:50 am
Slap Delarosa slap slap slap
Sennnorita your mother smells like pizza
Get out the door the door the door the door the door the door! 1234
March 6th, 2019 at 3:54 pm
I remember this from elementary school. (Yonkers, NY) One time, on the playground, I remember that everyone outside at recess joined in one big circle and played.
Though, I think the lyrics were corrupted a bit, ha:
“Clap Daddy Oso, clap clap clap!
Oh Seeeenorita, your mama smells like pizza!
Felowa, felowa, potatoes on the floora!
Fey-lo! 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!”
And if the person at “1” got their hand successfully slapped, they were out of the circle. If not, the other person was out.
August 17th, 2019 at 2:55 pm
Northern NJ in the later 90s:
Quack dilly ack goes quack quack quack
Señorita, Rita Rita Rita
Dolora, dolora, I threw up on the kitchen floor, 1 2 3 4!
December 12th, 2019 at 8:53 am
Yes. Samerico, Rico Rico Rico, flora and so on. And tons of kids did this. Was fun
April 15th, 2020 at 3:34 am
We did:
“Slap daily oso, slap, slap, slap.
Say sanderico, rico, rico, rico.
Galore, galore, I’ll kick you out the door!
Go!
1, 2, 3, 4!
Kick your teacher out the door!
5, 6, 7, 8!
Who do we appreciate?
9, 10, 11, 12!
You are N-O!”
And who ever got slapped on “O” was out.
September 18th, 2021 at 9:43 pm
Growing up in the 1950’s, in my household we always sang “Quack dilly dilly, it’s rough here in Philly, mom’s burrito mommy oms burrito (a reference to a local delicacy in Philadelphia)” and so on.
October 21st, 2021 at 7:25 pm
I’ve been seeing SO many different versions of this song. I heard a couple growing up, but the one I always sing is;
Quack Delioso goes
Quack , Quack, Quack
From Saaan Diego
Eggo, Egoo waffle
Delora, Delora
The dog peed on the floor-ah!
OH 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
November 10th, 2021 at 1:32 am
can you say the whole song cause all that i know is that quack o dilly yack quaak senorita rita rita potatoes on the floor 123 go ii pledge alligence to the flag micheal jackson makes me gag skitlle skitlle didlle didle ompa dompa lumpa i drink mountain d and the diet coak eep blob beep eep bob so yeah
February 10th, 2022 at 11:28 pm
we played
slap dily osos slap slap slap and santerica rica rica rica galore galore galoreeee 12345678 coca cola went to town cherry coke knocked him down dr pepper picked him up now we’re drinking 7up 7up up got the flu now we’re drinking mountain dew mountain dew fell down the mountain now we’re drinking from the fountain fountain broke now we’re drinking plain old coke
April 16th, 2022 at 6:04 pm
we always said
quack dilly oso quack quack quack seeeennniorita rita rita rita aloha aloha a cherry pepsi cola and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (idk the exact lyrics)
April 17th, 2022 at 7:22 pm
Slap billy ola
Slap billy ola
Slap billy ola
Slap slap slap
Say, Seniorita
Rita Rita Rita
Slap 1 2 3 4
(4 was out)
Central PA, early 90s.
June 5th, 2023 at 1:52 am
Central PA 80’s.. this was my version also, haven’t come across this version before I saw yours! Amazing
October 22nd, 2023 at 1:58 am
Having grown up in Western PA, I remember it always being;
Stella ella ola,
slapjack, slapjack,
ess chica chica,
chica chica slapjack,
go, slow,
go slow, go slow,
1,2,3,4,5!
I never knew there were so many variations