The schoolyard rhyme "Three six nine..." was used in "The Clapping Song" by Shirley Ellis in 1965, reaching the top ten in the US and the UK.

The schoolyard rhyme "Three six nine..." was used in "The Clapping Song" by Shirley Ellis in 1965, reaching the top ten in the US and the UK.

NPR had a story this week on the 40th anniversary of an Italian hit song in gibberish fake English. "Prisencolinensinainciusol" went to No. 1 all over...

NPR had a story this week on the 40th anniversary of an Italian hit song in gibberish fake English. "Prisencolinensinainciusol" went to No. 1 all over...

Regarding polkadodge, a teacher back in the 60s called it The Alphonse-Gaston Routine, referring to two overly-polite French cartoon characters, who w...