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One of my favorite memories from elementary school was sitting and playing hand and word games with the other girls. Some lyrics to bring you back...

Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back.

She asked her mother, mother, mother
For 50 cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
Jump over the fence, fence, fence.

They jumped so high, high, high
They reached the sky, sky, sky
And they didn't come back, back, back
'Til the 4th of July, ly, ly!

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Miss Suzie had a steam boat
the steam boat had a bell (toot toot)
Miss Suzie went to heaven
the steam boat went to
Hello operator, please give me # 9
If you disconnect me I'll chop off your
Behind the refrigerator, there laid a piece of glass
Miss Suzie sat upon it and broke her little
Ask me no more questions, tell me no more lies
The boys are in the bathroom, zipping up their
Flies are in the meadow, bees are in the park
Miss Suzie and her boy friend are kissing in the D-A-R-K D-A-R-K dark dark dark
Is like a movie, a movie's like a show, a show is on TV
And that's all I know I know
I know my ma I know I know my pa
I Even know my sister wears a 40 acre bra
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I think we were all mean little girls. Because you know Miss Suzie and Mary didn't deserve to die, but we sang about them every day.

Whatever. I wish my daughters (if and when they exist) still have handgames like these to play.