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Conference moira::parenting_v3

Title:Parenting
Notice:READ 1.27 BEFORE WRITING
Moderator:CSC32::DUBOIS
Created:Wed May 30 1990
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1364
Total number of notes:23848

662.0. "Pattie Cake anyone?" by GOBAMA::GRACE (Hmm...) Fri Jan 25 1991 12:21

I have been playing 'Pattie Cake' with my 17 month old daughter who loves it,
but I don't know all the words.  Does anyone out there in PARENTING-land
remember this old game or have kids that may know the words?

All I remember is :

			Pattie cake, pattie cake,
			baker man.
			Put it in the oven as fast as you can.

Thanks,
Larry
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662.1My mother's versionCHIRPA::HARRINGTONFri Jan 25 1991 12:2410
    This is the way I remember it, although I'm sure there are lots of 
    variations:
    
    Pattie cake, pattie cake, baker's man
    Bake me a cake as fast as you can
    Pat it and roll it and mark it with a "B"
    Put it in the oven for baby and me.
    
    
    
662.2On the ballDELNI::SCORMIERFri Jan 25 1991 13:1612
    Funny, my son received a musical ball with rhymes on it.  The printed
    verses read :
    
    Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake, baker's man
    Bake me a cake as fast as you can
    Pat it and prick and mark it with "B"
    And put in the oven for baby and me
    For baby and me, for baby and me
    And put in the oven for baby and me
    
    Sarah
    
662.3Roll it & Pat it & Mahhhk it!DEMON::CYCLPS::CHALMERSSki or die...Fri Jan 25 1991 15:1916
    This has been a source of great debate between my wife and I...;^)
    
    She insists (being from New Jersey, doncha' know) it should be:
    
    	"Pat it & roll it, and mark it with a '(baby's first name initial)'"
    
    However, being Boston born & bred, and thus being culturally correct, I
    insist on:
    
    	"Roll it & pat it, and mark (pronounced 'mahhhk') it with a 'B'"
    
    One day, I hope she'll see the light...
    
    P.S. She also insists on calling it 'soda' instead of 'tonic'...some
    people never learn...;^)
    
662.4Roll it and roll itAIMHI::MAZIALNIKFri Jan 25 1991 15:4214
    Tonic???  My father says tonic but I've always said soda (as do all
    my brothers and sisters), and I was born and raised in New England.
    
    Anyway,  I've always said, "Roll it and roll it and mahhhk it with
                                a B, and put it in the oven for 
                                Eric (or baby) and me"
    
    The other day my neighbor sang the song to Eric and said 
    "Pat it and prick it and mark it with a B"
    
    Donna
    
    
    
662.5But it needs to rhyme!NODEX::HOLMESFri Jan 25 1991 16:2611
  >.17  "Pat it & roll it, and mark it with a '(baby's first name initial)'"
    
    But if you mark it with the baby's initial, the last line will only rhyme
    if it's B, C, D, G, P, T, V, or Z.  What do you do for the other
    letters?
    
    We go with "roll it, and pat it, and mark it with a B' also, but then
    "TOSS it in the oven, for baby and me".  On the toss part, you bring
    the baby's arms up in the air -- definitely the hightlight of the game.
    
                                               Tracy
662.6Who says it must rhyme .... spoil sport ! :-)KAOFS::S_BROOKOriginality = Undetected PlagiarismFri Jan 25 1991 17:4429
    Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    
    Who said it needs to rhyme ?!   Rhyming is only fun if you know about
    rhyming ... hearing the initial and your own name is MUCH more fun!
    I sure respond a lot more when somebody says "Stuart" instead of "adult".
    
    "Heh you, adult!"
    
    
    
    And I knew it as (pick your own name and initial) ...
    
    "Prick it and pat it and mark it with 'U'
    and put it in the oven for Ulysses and me!"
    
    Although that doesn't make much sense but it appeals to my senses
    more than the other way around ... it flows better.
    
    I've heard roll it and pat it and many other combinations.
    
    The extra bit of a refrain ...
    
    "For baby and me, for baby and me,
    Put it in the oven for baby and me"
    
    I believe is for a sung version ...
    
    S for Stuart
    
662.7Separated by a common language (again)KAOFS::S_BROOKOriginality = Undetected PlagiarismFri Jan 25 1991 17:477
    PS
    
    Z doesn't rhyme in a lot of the English speaking world anyway ! :-)
    
    (Zed)
    
    
662.8Make up your own, it's funMINAR::BISHOPFri Jan 25 1991 20:409
    We used to make up other verses, and (given that the baby is
    not a harsh critic) it's easy and fun:
    
    Patty-cake, patty-cake, Pizza man,
    make me a pizza as fast as you can.
    Spread it and toss it and roll it out flat;
    We'll both eat it and we'll both get fat!
    
    		-John Bishop
662.9USOPS::GALLANTdark spider of the heart...Mon Jan 28 1991 15:5311
    
    
    	RE: TOSS it in the air...
    
    	I remember the part about having the arms up in the air.
    	I also remember the roll it (proceed to make rolling
    	motion with baby's hands), prick it (poke ever so gently
    	into baby's belly!) and then pick up from toss it ...
    	(*
    
    	/Kim
662.10and mark it with a T...GEMVAX::WARRENMon Jan 28 1991 16:2611
    I learned the way .15 wrote it with a minor difference:
    
    "_Roll_ it and _knead_ it and mark it with a 'B'."
    
    But I usually do change it to "...mark it with a 'C'...for Caileigh and me!"
    (or P and "Paigey").
    
    I love the Pizza Man version!
    
    -Tracy
    
662.11bake-a-bake-a-bake!JUPITR::MAHONEYTue Jan 29 1991 11:3015
    Well, I guess I can add to this one:
    
    I say it this way with my 5 month old,but I use her feet instead of
    hands.
    
    Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake
    Bakers man,bake me a cake as fast as you can
    Roll it and roll it 
    and pat it into shape 
    Put it in the oven to bake-a-bake-a-bake.
    
    Anyway you say it, it's still fun!
    
    
    Sandy
662.12Never heard the "mark it" part myselfINFACT::HILGENBERGTue Jan 29 1991 11:5117
(while clapping hands or feet) 

    "Patty-cake, patty-cake, baker's man,"

(still clapping...) 

    "Bake me a cake as fast as you can,"

(now roll hands/feet) 

    "Roll it all up and ..."

(spread hands/feet apart & up) 

    "...throw it in the pan!"

Kyra
662.13and don't forget about ...CALS::JENSENFri Feb 01 1991 13:2714
    
    and don't forget about:
    
    	.  The itsy, bitsy spider ...
    	.  Where is thumpkin ...
    	.  Head, shoulders, knees, toes ...
    	.  Ring around the rosey ...
    
    and all those other "action" song/games.
    
    I think the book stores have books on these.
    
    Dottie
    
662.14this is how son's nick&pat do itSMD72J::MCCAULEYSat Feb 02 1991 04:067
    We do it as 
    ....first you roll it
        then you pat it
        then you put it in the oven
        then you put it in your tommy and go yum yum yum (highlight)
    
                           ken mc
662.15I came to the right place...GOBAMA::GRACEHmm...Mon Feb 04 1991 11:554
Thanks folks for the timely, diverse and numerous replies.  No one I spoke to
here in the office had a clue.

Larry