A
playground song is a
song sung by
children, usually on a playground or other children's
gathering place, that describes or comments on the social
scene of a playground. Playground songs can, of course, be
sung anywhere, and presumably customs like playground songs
exist globally. They are distinct from nursery rhymes in
that they usually do not have characters (such as Mary,
Georgie Porgie, Jack & Jill, and Humpty Dumpty), but
playground songs are related to counting-out games. If a
playground song does have a character, it is usually a child
present at the time of the song's performance. The
inexplicable and extreme awkwardness of relations between
young boys and young girls is a common
motif.
Examples
Some examples of playground songs:
Circle circle, dot dot
K-I-S-S-I-N-G