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From: avolio@decuac.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The words to a children's song
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 14:51:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 14:51:09 1986
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In article <198@octopus.UUCP>, pete@octopus.UUCP writes:
> My mom sang this to me when I was a kid too.  I remember
> it as follows:  
> 
>   Down in the meadow in an iddy biddy pool
>   Fwam fwee widdle fiddies and a momma fiddy too;
>   "Fwim!" said the momma fiddy,
>   "Fwim, if you can."
>   And they fwam and they fwam all over the dam.
> 
>  Ip dip diddum daddum waddum choo (x3)
>  And they fwam and they fwam all over the dam.
> 
> My mom said that she remembered this as a popular song on the radio,
> (in the 20s? 30s?...) and they sang it in "baby talk" as typed

Try 40s. circa WWII.  And no, I am not old enough.  Just like to listen to
Big Band Music.

Subsequent verses (I can't type in baby-talk)   are close to this.

"Stop," cried the Momma fish,
"You'll get lost!"
But the three little fishies didn't want to be bossed
The three little fishies were out on a spree
and they swam and they swan out to the sea.

CHORUS

three little fishes  thought
it's a lot of fun,
to swim in the sea til the day is done!
To the three little fishies it was all a lark
til all of a sunnden they spied a shark

CHORUS

Oooo cried the fishies, look at the whale!
And quick as they could they turned on their tails.
The three little fishies swam as fast as they can.
And they swam and they swam,
back to the dam.
-- 
Fred @ DEC Ultrix Applications Center
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