Say, Say My Playmate
Say, Say my playmate
Come out and play with me,
and bring your dolly three
climb up my apple tree.
Slide down my rain barrel,
slide down my cellar door,
and we'll be jolly friends,
forever more.
It was a sunny day,
she couldn't come out and play,
with tearful eyes I heard her say,
So sorry playmate,
I cannot play with you,
my dolly's got the flu,
boo hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Ain't got no rainbow,
Ain't got no cellar door,
But we'll be jolly friends,
Forever more.
Say, Say My Playmate Alternative Lyrics
Shorter Version
Oh Johnny playmate
come out and play wiyh me
climb up my apple tree
slide down my rainbow
into my cellar door
and we'll be jolly friends
forever more more more!
Another Alternative
Oh little Playmate
come out and play with me
and bring your dollies three,
climb up my apple tree,
holler down my rainbarrel
slide down my cellar door
and we'll be jolly friends forever more.
No, no, no playmate, I cannot play with you
my dollies have 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.
A user suggested some spelling corrections:
Say, Say my playmate
Come out and play with me,
and bring your DOLLIES three
climb up my apple tree.
LOOK down my rain barrel,
slide down my cellar door,
and we'll be jolly friends,
forever more.
It was a sunny day,
she couldn't come out and play,
with tearful eyes I heard her say,
So 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,
But we'll be jolly friends,
Forever more.
User Comments Say, Say My Playmate (35)
By Lauren from Uk on 11 January 2009
why can we not have the songs as well as lyrics
By Jessica from Pittsburgh, Pa on 13 February 2009
My grandmother sang this to me since I was a child... <3<3
By Bob from China Brazil on 18 February 2009
this song is my life i love it rocks my socks man i love it
By Sandra from Prescott Valley U.s.a. on 4 March 2009
My Mother and Grandmother sang this to me growing up...its in my head always! I love it!
By Lisa from Poland, Maine U.s.a. on 7 April 2009
My mother sang this to me as a little girl. I had forgotten a few of the verses. I was so thrilled when I found it here. Now I can sing it around the house like she used to!
By Lorrie from Kansas on 11 May 2009
I used to sing this on the playground with my friends while we did the hand actions. I just taught my daughter and my knuckles are so sore because she loved it and didn't want to stop! Thanks for the extra lyrics. It was fun learning those too.
By Me from I Ain't Gonna Tell You on 11 May 2009
you need to add more of the lyrics.
By Sec from Cavite, Philippines on 7 November 2009
I like this song. It reminds reminds me about my past.
By Joyce from Anaheim, California on 15 July 2010
I loved this song as a child when my Mother use to sing it to me. (sixty some years ago) I have four grand daughters & I sang to them what I remembered of the song. Sooooo happy to finally get the song in it's complete form. Wish I knew what year it was first published.
By A Girl from Somewhere on 21 August 2010
my mum sang this song different to me it was see see my playmate, my only playmate, come out and play with me, under the apple tree, we'll slide down rainbows, and land in pirate ships, we'll have a jolly time, forever more. thanks for reading
By Brittany from Eldorado, Kansas on 5 September 2010
My Grandma taught this to my mom and my mom taught me. I had forgotten for several years then one day I was playing with my little sister and it just came back to me. I had forgotten some of the verses so I was extremely happy to find this so I could teach my little sister the whole song.
By Poop from In A Place on 5 September 2010
this song was in the aus. target commercial.
By Shirley from Brisbane Australia on 10 September 2010
This is one of my most loved songs with memories of my grandmother and mother - I have sung Playmate to my Daughters and Grandchildren. I am in my 70s.
By Glenda from Laurieton Nsw Australia on 12 September 2010
In Australia this has been sung in a Target store ad, with cute graphics. Very catchy.
By Mait from United States on 31 December 2010
Rain BARREL? I was taught that it was "slide down my RAINBOW."
By Taylor from Ireland on 24 January 2011
My aunty sings this song to me but she thought the lyrics were "slide down a rainbow, into the alley o" Silly Aunty!
By Cat from United Kingdom on 6 March 2011
wrong version it go's like this: say say my playmate i can not play with you because i got the flu chicken pocks and measles too slid down my drain pipe in to my cellar door in 1964 WHO SHUT THAT DOOR
By Peanut from United States on 12 June 2011
I like this song very much. cat's message from United Kingdom is weird and it's mean to sssaaayyy wrong version you don't always have to have the same version cccaaattt?
By Kaitlyn from United States on 13 June 2011
My mother always sang this to me when waking me up in the mornings. She sang a different and shorter version though.
By Anastasia Hicks from United States on 27 June 2011
this is based off a serial killer movie :D
By Leigh from United States on 24 August 2011
I'd love to see other full versions: I also sang it as a little girl and would love to find the words that were taught to me.....we sang it "slide down my rainbow" but I don't it being a negative song about the dollies being sick. Think the version I was taught was much different. I just now we used this song to do our hand claps...and we sang it over and over, getting faster and faster each time! :)
By Tammy from United States on 2 October 2011
(tears in my eyes) For some reason this song popped into my head and I wanted to teach it to my child...my mom sang it to me some 30 years ago and it reminded me of her. Thank God for the internet as mom is gone or I wouldn't have been able to find all the words.
By Zoe from United Kingdom on 4 January 2012
We used to do this as a clapping rhyme when I was at primary school and at Brownies. but not the same words... see see my playmate, I cannot play with you. my sister's got the flu. chicken pox and measles too. slide down the drainpipe. into my apple tree. and we'll be friends forever more more shut that door, I dont like you anymore ! repeat substituting 'she looks like scooby-doo' for chicken pox and measles and 'into my aeroplane' for apple tree :o) Do not ask how we were planning to slide DOWN a drainpipe into an apple tree !
By Toby from United States on 7 January 2012
I was at my cousin's house. She was taking care of her 2 grandchildren, and a game one of the girls was playing with had this melody in the background. I remembered part of the lyrics, because I used to do the handclapping with my 2 daughters. We both put our heads together. Then with the help of the internet -- here we are: capturing the memories and extending it to our grandchildren. THANK YOU! WHAT FUN!
By Ashleigh from United States on 23 January 2012
Yeah there's a lot of different virsiond
By Audrey from United Kingdom on 26 January 2012
We sang a different version again Come on my playmate, Come out and play with me. Under my apple tree, And bring your dollies three. Slide down my drainpipe, Chap on my cellar door, And we'll be jolly friends for ever more. No, no my playmate, I cannot okay with you, My dolly's got the flu, Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo. Aint got no drainpipe, Ain't got no cellar door, But we'll be jolly friends for ever more. Shut that door. That was our Glaswegian version back in the 70's and we'd sing it as we clapped hands.
By Billie from Australia on 1 February 2012
It never went like that when i was going to school.... see see, my play mate i cannot play with you my sisters got the flu and the german measles too i flushed her down the loo in 1982 over the mountains where all the bunnies hop i like to play alot four four, triple o score open up the doggie door
By Stan Mera from United States on 13 March 2012
Actually my grandmother who lived to be 100 years old and passed away April 11, 2009 told me once before that the song was based on the Spanish Influenza. Back then she told me that people in England(?) used to call their baby brother or sister dolly and that the lyrics talk about the flu and the reason why the person is crying is because their dolly (brother or sister) died and the person cannot come out to play because the house is under lock down because of the Spanish flu.
By Barbra from United States on 20 March 2012
my mom this song to my sisters and I. We also sang a version that went, 'say say oh hippie, come out and play with me, and bring your LSD...I dont know any other words after that. LOL children of the 70's!
By Mureen from United States on 10 June 2012
3rd verse: Say say oh playmate. I can now play with you My dollie's over the flue. Yahoo, yahoo, yahoo. Slide down your rain barrel, into your cellar door. And we'll be jolly friends, forever more, more, more,more more!
By Shari from United States on 28 November 2012
I loved this song as a kid. Been trying for years to find the words am glad I found this sight.
By Kaelahh from United States on 28 December 2012
This song also appeared in the flash horror game: Cellar Door.
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By Justeene Im A Girl K. from Baguio City on 19 November 2008
nice song but can you add more. thanks