MORE: Baby First Step, Betsy Wetsy, Swingy, Dancerina, Cheerful Tearful & other vintage dolls from the ’60s With the cellar door and the rain barrel gone, and now that the children are amusing themselves with other things, it is plain to be seen that the age is in need of another song, similar to the one quoted above. “The old rain barrel is replaced by a concrete cistern, equipped with a charcoal filter, in which the water from the roof is purified before it passes into the cistern.” They were hard to handle, often being heavy, and frequently it was inconvenient for the woman of the house to go outside to gain access to the basement.” “A good drain in the bottom of the hole carries off all water… The slanting doors were bound to go. “Now, when we put outside steps into the cellar at all, we put an open ‘ramp’ of concrete around the opening with steps of solid concrete. “Every day we tell people who want them put on their houses that they are out-of-date,” said an architect yesterday afternoon. Many people do not know that the cellar door and the rain barrel are antiquities. Perhaps you hadn’t missed the two things that were the delights of your playmate and yourself, years ago. Have you ever in 1910 heard a disgruntled Miss threatening her playmate, next door, by telling him that he couldn’t slide down the cellar door or holler down the rain barrel at her house? it wouldn’t have any effect on the offender now, you know, for the slanting cellar doors and the old oaken barrel under the spout at the corner of the house are things of the past. Did the song cause the cellar door and rain barrel to die also, or did the passing of the door and barrel cause the death of the song? No one knows. No cellar door to slide down - and the rain barrel, also, died with the song that told of it (1910)įrom The Kansas City Times via The Washington Post (July 17, 1910) See some sheet music for Say Say Oh Playmate plus directions for the clapping game here! Say, Say, Oh Playmate: The clapping game, demonstrated Here is a collection of insights into the song from the past century, along with several variations on the theme - including the popular pre-WWII radio version and renditions of the song from other creative artists… plus a cover version by a celebrity that might surprise you. Since then, “Playmates” has been recorded dozens of times by a wide variety of musical artists… and also sung thousands of times by kids on the playground. The tune we know as “Playmate” is actually from a song called “Iola,” composed and published by Charles Leslie Johnson sometime between 19.Ī singer/songwriter/musician named Saxie Dowell has been credited with writing the song, but from what we were able to discover, he is most likely the one who first paired the old Victorian-era rhyme with the Johnson ditty. The rhyme - which became the song’s lyrics - have been around a lot longer than the music itself. Hope you enjoyed “Who’s That Knockin'” by The Genies.Millions of people know “Say, Say, Oh Playmate” - also known as just “Playmate” - but very few folks today know much about the song. Thank you for stopping by The Daily Doo Wop. Please click here for the Daily Doo Wop YouTube channel, to which you can subscribe. Every weekend, there is a Golden Oldies Juke Box Saturday Night, and the juke box is full of song requests from the 1950s and 1960s. You are welcome to listen to any of the 40+ selections there. After a song is featured, it then goes into the juke box. The Daily Doo Wop Rec Room has daily featured doo wop, rock and roll, R&B, or rockabilly songs that were hits during the first era of rock and roll (that is, from about 1952 until the British invasion in 1964). If you are interested in reading about and listening to a song by Don and Juan: “ What’s Your Name.” When I got involved with those two chicks Here are the lyrics to “Who’s That Knocking” by The Genies:
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