washer women ????????

[rainbowroo]

For the last few weekswe have been trying to think of the words to a song i used to sing when i was a brownie.
It starts "Down in the jungle where nobody goes"
The song has a bit about someone or something washing clothes..
It is driving me mad as to the rest of the song..
Any help gratefully appreciated...

[lucie19]

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a great big gorilla washing his clothes
With a rub-a-dub here and a rub-a-dub there
This is the way he washes his clothes
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie grr (gorilla noise!
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie grr!
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie grr!
That's the way he washes his clothes

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a slithery snake washing his clothes
With a rub-a-dub here and a rub-a-dub there
This is the way he washes his clothes
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie sss
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie sss
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie sss
That's the way he washes his clothes

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a great big crocodile washing his clothes
A rub-a-dub here and a rub-a-dub there
This is the way he washes his clothes
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie snap
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie snap
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie snap
That's the way he washes his clothes

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a great big elephant washing his clothes
A rub-a-dub here and a rub-a-dub there
This is the way he washes his clothes
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie (elephant noise)
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie (elephant noise)
Boom boodie, boom boodie, boogie woogie (elephant noise)
That's the way he washes his clothes
Boogie woogie woogie woogie woo!

Hows that?

[rainbowroo]

thankyou so so much you are a star.
it has drove me mad trying to think of the words...

[lucie19]

thats cool i love this song

[Dawny]

We do use washer woman!!!

We just sing the one verse and one chorus all together, then one group sings the verse again, while the other group repeats the 'diddly aye di' but over again, then swap over! It goes...

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a boogie woogie washer woman washing her clothes
With a scrub-a-dub here and a scrub-a-dub there
Boogie woogie washer woman washing her clothes

Diddly aye di, a boogie, a boogie,
Diddly aye di, a boogie, a boogie,
Diddly aye di, a boogie, a boogie,
A boogie woogie washer woman washing her clothes
Yeah!

[sliceofrice]

We do a similar one to dawny, though with small insignificant differences.

[Pompey_Ranger]

We used to sing

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a big fat gorilla picking his nose
With a pick - pick here and a pick - pick there
Who going to catch his bogie?

We would stand in a circle hands laying in each others - and then as we sang the Leader/Chosen girl would start by moving their right hand onto the girl on their lefts right hand, who would do the same and so on. When the verse ended whoever 'caught the bogie' would be out. Then you keep going, making the circle smaller until you are left with the winner.

Hoping that made sense!

(oh and when we played with the younger girls, when they were out they went and made another circle to carry on playing 'for fun' - so no-one wins/loses in the second circle. Though it's just as much fun for them to watch the first circle play to the end.)

We tended to like disgusting songs and games.

[Smudge]

Dawny's version is the one I know!

[lucie19]

i've always done the animal version with appropiate animal actions

[charmedone100]

our brownies and guides love the gorilla song we do it slow and fast and at a normal speed