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orangutan
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  1. The first one is a rhyme of some sort, presumably used by kids in (only American?) elementary or junior high school to tease someone who's in love or fancies someone else. It's probably two to four verses and they rhyme, I think. It starts with the name of the boy or girl, and something in between, possibly with a phrase 'under the tree', then something else, ends with K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Does anyone know these lines? Hope I'm making sense. Heard it on 'My Name is Earl', but unfortunately I did not catch the whole thing.

  2. Second question is more direct; What does this phrase in Bulgarian say: 'tova e max rastoianie, na koeto fokusira'. I hope it's not something rude or obscene.

Thank you in advance!!

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nutraxfornerves
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Johnny and Susie
Sittin' in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love
Then comes marriage
Then comes a baby in a baby carriage

A variation, if Johnny's friends are teasing him:
Then comes Johnny with a baby carriage

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karandavasana
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Not just America- in the 80s kids were chanting it at my primary school in New Zealand. In our case it was "up a tree" rather than "sittin' in a tree" but the rest was the same.

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sneaker_fish
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yeah was going to say it was common enough in my primary school in NZ in the 80s. Definitely "up a tree" here though!

It seemed to also happen around the time that brats played kiss catch or whatever the hell it was called....

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turnipseed
turnipseed

Here in western Canada in the 1960's, it was as Nutrax said above, but the last line was, "then comes X pushing a baby carriage." Usually the girl's name, but as Nutrax says, if the boy was the main brunt of the teasing, then it was his name: "then comes Johnny pushing a baby carriage."

In the lower grades, this was chanted if a boy and girl were even speaking to each other in the playground. The person whose name was inserted in the last line probably depended on who was doing the teasing. The girls mainly teased other girls, boys teased other boys. But sometimes the other way around.

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nette
nette

k-i-s-s-i-n-g rhyme common in australia too.

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gypsynana
gypsynana

in the midwest this was a jumping rope verse during the 40s and 50s. later i think kids dont jump rope any more.

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orangutan
orangutan

Thank you very much for your replies, everyone!! (No, I haven't forgotten about this enquiry....;)

A special thanks to nutraxfornerves for the speedy reply too.

I guess the Bulgarian question remains unanswered for the time being....

( Due to the slow connection, I have not marked the rest of the replies as 'Helpful' yet; Will do it some time soon. There might be some sort of rating/point system for this, am I right? )

Opps, looks like I can only mark one reply as 'Correct' and two as 'Helpful'....

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