“Rubber Dolly” is a traditional nursery rhyme often sung as a clapping, rope-skipping, or ball-throwing song. The song also goes by the name My Mummy Told Me and The Clap Song.
As with many nursery rhymes, it has an unclear origin. Due to the song’s fame, there are many variants, possibly because of the different geographical locations in which it’s enjoyed.
Lyrics for Rubber Dolly
There are several versions of the song but we found two.
Here is version 1:
My mother told me, if I was goody
Then she would buy me, a rubber dolly
But then I told her, I kissed a soldier,
Now she won’t buy me, a rubber dolly.
Version 2:
My Mother told me
If I was goody
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My Auntie told her
I’d kissed a soldier
Now she won’t buy me
A rubber dolly.
Version 3
My Momma done told me
When I was in pigtails that
I’d get a rubber dolly
But someone done told her
That I kissed a soldier
So I didn’t get my rubber dolly
Bum bolly.
