Climb up my apple tree.
Shout down my rain barrel slide down my cellar door.
And we ll be jolly friends forever more.
Shout down my rain barrel slide down my cellar door and we ll be jolly friends forevermore.
Maples and ava guinn of oklahoma city said it was written by saxie dowell and published in 1940 by.
Wingate and petrie followed it up in the same year with an even more popular sequel i don t want to play in your yard which containted the phrase you ll be sorry when you see me sliding down our cellar door.
Look down my rain barrel slide down my cellar door and we ll be jolly friends forever more but she couldn t come out and play it was a rainy day with tearful eye she breathed a sigh and i could hear her say i m sorry playmate i cannot play with you my dolly s got the flu boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo ain t got no rain barrel ain t got no cellar door.
Can t cry down your rain barrel or slide down your cellar door.
Second verse courtesy of vicki leigh.
Shout down my rain barrel slide down my cellar door and we ll be jolly friends forever more more more more more.
Sep 22 2020 dear readers.
My dolly s got the flu.
So sorry playmate i cannot play with you my dolly s got the flu boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo.
A reader wrote that there was a neighborhood controversy about the playmates song it seems no one will agree whether you look down my rain barrel shout down my rain barrel holler down my rain barrel cry down my rain barrel or marty morgensen j a.
But we ll be jolly friends.
Climb up my apple tree.
Look down my rain barrel slide down my cellar door and we ll be jolly friends forever more she couldn t come out and play it was a sunny day with tearful eye she breathed a sigh.
Slide down my rain barrel into my cellar door and we ll be jolly friends forever more more more.
Say say oh playmate i cannot play with you my dolly s got the flu boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo.
Ain t got no rain barrel ain t got no cellar door but we ll be jolly friends forever more more more.
Cry down my rain barrel slide down my cellar door.
Climb up my apple tree.
So sorry playmate i cannot play with you.
Ain t got not rain barrel ain t got no cellar door but we ll be jolly friends forever more more more.
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Look down my rain barrel slide down my cellar door and we ll be jolly friends forever more chorus 1 but she couldn t come out and play it was a rainy day with tearful eye she breathed a sigh.