Miss Mary Mack

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“Miss Mary Mack” is a classic children’s clapping game and rhyme that has been enjoyed for generations. Here’s how it goes:

Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack,
All dressed in black, black, black,
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons,
All down her back, back, back.

She asked her mother, mother, mother,
For fifty cents, cents, cents,
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants,
Jump over the fence, fence, fence.

They jumped so high, high, high,
They reached the sky, sky, sky,
And they didn’t come back, back, back,
’Til the Fourth of July, -ly, -ly.

It’s often accompanied by a clapping game where two children face each other and clap their hands together in rhythm with the rhyme.