Bubble Gum

Bubble gum, bubble gum, chew and blow. / Bubble gum, bubble gum, scrape your toe…

Bubble gum, bubble gum, chew and blow.
Bubble gum, bubble gum, scrape your toe.
Bubble gum, bubble gum, tastes so sweet.
Get that bubble gum off your feet!

This is one of the rude and disgusting rhymes children have always loved. We keep every rhyme exactly as children sang it.

How to play

Do the actions as they are sung.

Where this rhyme comes from

Earliest record: after c. 1930
Sung in: US, UK

Commercial bubble gum (Dubble Bubble) went on sale in 1928, so the rhyme probably comes after that. We haven't found a dated record of it yet.

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