The Salford Sioux - Manchester's own native American community

[Barbara.H]

The Gale archive is good isn't it? None of my rellies seem to get into the papers  but fun to browse.

I wonder also Annie, how his English name was chosen? After someone he admired? Completely at random? You hear tales of immigrants that had 'difficult' names, that were altered pretty much on the whim of the immigration officer they met on the day.. 

  Barbara

[mosiefish]

Hi All,

Ken, it looks like there was some spiritual movement when you took those pictures.  The angels appear to have vanished on one  

Also a warm welcome to Nick who may be wishing he had now took some of Bursy`s headache pills   Perhaps he may need some in the forseeable future as he shouldn`t have mentioned where he worked . 

Night everyone,
Mo

[uk2003]

The angels appear to have vanished on one

   

[linden]

I never heard of Mexican Joe before, but we used to have a playground skipping song:

Cowboy Joe from Mexico
Hands up, stick em up, drop your gun and pick it up
And out you go

You did the 'hands up' etc actions when it was your turn in the rope

  Barbara

I  have just read this out to a friend . She said they used this as a skipping song in Belfast in the '50's .
But she says there should be another line before "and out you go "

Anyone know it ?

Linden

[Barbara.H]

Oh 'eck!   
One of my son's teachers is from Belfast I think, I'll ask her if she knows any more words tomorrow.

There was a similar one about a teddy bear - sorry Annie, off topic again - "Teddy Bear Teddy Bear turn around, teddy bear teddy bear touch the ground.." can't remember the rest! 

And that song about the moon on Charlie Chaplin, but I don't think there were actions to that.

  Barbara

[liverpool annie]

 

Little Bumper Car

I had a little bumper car, number 48
I took it round the cor-ner

At this point the skipper jumps out and runs round the rope turners and jumps back in again…..

Then I pull my brakes
Policeman caught me
Put me into jail
How many bottles of Ginger Ale?

Ten, twenty, thirty etc, the rope turns faster and faster and faster…

I have loads of others .... but we'll get told off for going off topic AGAIN !!!!!!!! .... oh OK just one more below !!

[liverpool annie]

Salt Pepper Vinegar

Salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper, French almond rock
Bread and butter for your supper, that's all Mother's got
Fish and chips and Coca Cola, put them in a pan
Irish stew and ice cream soda, we'll eat all we can !


Charlie Chaplin sat on a pin

Charlie Chaplin sat on a pin
How many inches did it go in?
1,2,3, etc ( skipping these numbers as "bumps") - (or twice over head
to 1 skip)

Stand at Attention

I am a Girl Guide dressed in blue
these are the actions I must do

Stand at attention,
Stand at ease,
Bend your Elbows,
Bend your knees,
Salute to the Captain,
Bow to the Queen,
Show your knicks to the boys in green!

Teddy bear, Teddy bear

Teddy bear, Teddy bear,
Touch the ground.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear,
Turn around.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear,
Show your shoe.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear,
That will do.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear,
Run upstairs.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear,
Say your prayers.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear,
Blow out the light.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear,
Say good night.

[linden]

Nebuchadnezzar , King of the Jews
Bought his wife a pair of shoes ...

[johnnyboy]

Hi Annie and all:

In case anyone is interested, you can watch a film about Buffalo Bill online. The American equivalent of the BBC, called PBS, recently broadcast a film on Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show as part of its American Experience series. The show features footage from the Buffalo Bill’s visit to London and includes the most famous Sioux, Sitting Bull. I saw the show when it was broadcast on television and found it quite interesting. As with programs of this sort, it takes apart the legend.

Here’s a link to the PBS web page for the Buffalo Bill show

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/cody/program/


On the web page, you can click on the blue-colored “Chapter 1” and get a new window to watch the program. Choose from Quicktime (for viewing on a Mac) or Windows Media (for the PC).

There is a minor inconvenience. When you get the video screen, there will be a series of squares near the bottom: one mocha colored, the rest blue. You have to click on them successively to go from the first chapter to the second and so on.

Beware: I found that enlarging the window to full screen while watching made the video disappear. I had to start all over to get the picture back.

Happy Trails,
John