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At School 17

Players: 4
Girls
Age: 11

One variation on the rhyme is:

My boyfriend gave me an apple,
My boyfriend gave me a pear,
My boyfriend gave me a kiss on the lips,
Then threw me down the stairs.
I gave him back the apple,
I gave him back the pear,
I gave him back the kiss on the lips,
Then pushed him down the stairs.
I kicked him over London,
I kicked him over France,
I kicked him over the USA
In just his underpants.

At School 09

Players: 2
Girls
Age: 6

A Sydney variant of this rhyme goes:

Instead of:

I kicked him over the USA
In just his underpants.

Insert,

I threw him over the Harbour Bridge without his underpants.

The rest of the verse goes:

I went to the bubblegum shop,
To buy some bubblegum.
And when he wasn't looking,
I stuck it up his bum.
I made him do the dishes,
I made him do the floor.
I made him change the baby's nappy
At 1894.

At School 11

Players: 2
Girls
Age: 7-8

Girls also played a clapping game called 'My Shoe'

At School 01

Players: 2
Girls
Age: 8

A version that included the following words was sung:
My boyfriend's name is….I stuck it up his bum.

At School 19

Players: 2
Girls
Age: 8

Apple and a pear: Karen, a school administration staff member who also attended the school during the 60s as a student recalled saying this rhyme at that time, although the exact version was not discussed.

My boyfriend gave me an apple,
My boyfriend gave me a pear.
My boyfriend gave me a kiss on the lips
And threw me down the stairs.
I gave him back that apple,
I gave him back that pear,
I gave him back that kiss on the lips
And threw him down the stairs.
I threw him over London,
I threw him over France,
I threw him over Disneyland
Without his underpants.'

At School 10

Players: 2
Girls
Age: 11

My boyfriend gave me an apple ,
My boyfriend gave me a pear.
My boyfriend gave me fifty cents,
And took me to the fair.
I gave him back his apple,
I gave him back his pear.
I gave him back his fifty cents,
And took his underwear.
I threw him over China,
I hrew him over France
I hrew him over W. A .
Without no underpants.

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