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My Hand on My Head (Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo)

8/1/2014

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With my hands on my head what have we here? 
This is my brain thinker my teacher dear, 
Brain thinker, brain thinker nicky nacky nocky noo, 
That's what they taught me when I went to school

With my hands on my eyes what have we here? 
These are my eye blinkers my teacher dear, 
Eye blinkers, brain thinker nicky nacky nocky noo, 
That's what they taught me when I went to school
 
With my hands on my nose what have we here? 
This is my smell boxer my teacher dear, 
Smell boxer, eye blinkers, brain thinker nicky nacky nocky noo, 
Thats' what they taught me when I went to school

With my hands on my chin what have we here? 
This is my chin wagger my teacher dear, 
Chin wagger, smell boxer, eye blinkers, brain thinker nicky nacky nocky noo, 
Thats' what they taught me when I went to school

With my hands on my chest, what have we here? 
This is my chest cougher my teacher dear, 
Chest cougher, chin wagger, smell boxer, eye blinker, brain thinker nicky nacky nocky noo, 
That's what they taught me when I went to school

With my hands on my tum, what have we here? 
This is my bread basket my teacher dear, bread basket, chest cougher, chin wagger, smell boxer, eye blinker, brain thinker nicky nacky nocky noo, 
that's what they taught me when I went to school

With my hands on my knees, what have we here? 
These are my knee knockers my teacher dear, 
knee knockers, bread basket, chest cougher, chin wagger, smell boxer, 
eye blinker, brain thinker, nicky nacky nocky noo, 
that's what they taught me when I went to school

With my hands on my toes, what have we here? 
These are my toe tappers my teacher dear, 
toe tappers, knee knockers, bread basket, chest cougher, chin wagger,
smell boxer, eye blinker, brain thinker, nicky nacky nocky noo, 
that's what they taught me when I went to school!


Variations: In some versions the word mama is used instead of teacher.
My Hand on My Head
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19 Comments
Bekki young
7/6/2016 09:31:23 pm

So happy to have found this!!! I could only remember "nicky nacky nocky noo" and bread basket. I will teach it to my students now. Thank you

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Sarah
11/4/2016 03:14:29 am

Instead of my teacher dear, we sang 'Nothing to fear' and instead of nicky nacky nocky noo, we would sing, 'wibbly, wobbly, woos' whilst flapping our earlobes

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Claire
2/18/2017 11:04:55 pm

I can remember singing this with my brother in the 70's when we were going on holiday he's going to be 50 shortly so want to bring back memories

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seldz
3/12/2017 07:46:22 am

Sooooo happpyyyyy
I thought that I have lost this beautiful rhyme
Now i'm so happy

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LAURA M
5/1/2017 04:43:51 pm

I leaned this in summer school in the early 1960s - and it was more of a slightly German version. The tune was a bit different, and the words went more like this (one verse example):

Mine hand on mine self, now vat ist das here?
Das ist mine bread basket (stomach), mine mama dear,
Bread basket, chest cougher, chin chucker, lip smacker, nose blower, eye blinker, svet boxer (brain), inky dinky do -
That's what I learnt in my school.

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Ann
7/3/2019 11:31:54 am

That’s EXACTLY how I remember the song as well! And when I was searching for it, I had a hard time finding it. I knew it with German language like you! We had the GTEATEST music teacher in elementary school but this is the only song I can remember. Seems like we stood up next to our desks and had actions with it too??

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Juliette
5/14/2020 03:24:47 pm

I learned it the German way too, just like that! Our verses were:

Toe-tapper
Knee-knocker
Bread-basket
Heart-beater
Throat-swallower
Chin-chopper
Meat-grinder
Nose-blower
Eye-blinker
Head-thinker
inky dinky doo

I don’t know if there was anything between the knees and the stomach - if so I have forgotten. This song takes me back to my childhood in the 60’s 😊

Jon
3/26/2018 11:28:45 am

This is awesome! My grandfather used to sing this every Christmas after a couple of whiskeys!!! He was a proper yorkshire man with a strong accent. But I remember it going -

“This is my bready boxer mighty fine cheer”

And

“With my hat on my head what have we here?”

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Sasikala
4/29/2018 05:33:39 pm

Thank you so much for uploading the lyrics of this rhyme.i wanted to sing for my grand daughter.now she keeps asking for the song again and again

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Eleanor
11/20/2019 01:21:29 pm

Head knocker, eye winker, nose bumper, mouth eater, chin chopper, (then tickle the child under the chin)

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Patricia Filby
3/22/2020 02:21:26 am

That’s a fun one I had forgotten. Have been trying to remember childhood songs for our fun singing session at our local aged care facility. That’s one that will be such fun to share and to see how many residents remember it.

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Cory link
11/25/2020 06:46:39 pm

This wwas lovely to read

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Hollie
1/5/2021 06:02:21 am

Hahaha I used to love this song, has to have been about 30 years since I heard it but just randomly started singing it to myself.
Couldn’t remember what it was called, but it’s exactly how I remember singing it back in infant school. :)

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Amy
2/21/2021 11:17:55 am

So cool! I'm glad to have these words again. My daughter and I could only remember toe tapper, head thinker, and knee knocker. I believe we sang "ring a ding doo, that's what I learned at daycare."

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Erin M Thomas
3/28/2021 04:04:41 am

My Sister taught this to us back in the 50's. Her version went like this:
Hand on myself, what is das dis?
Das is my flea nester Mama my dear.
Flea nester, nicker nicker nicker new,
Das what I learned in der school, YA!
Flea nester was our hair. Each time we would put our hand on the next item down on our head. Going down from flea nester, it went to sweat boxer (forehead), eye winker (eyes), nose blower (nose), meal pusher (mouth), chin chopper (chin), etc. I know there was a knee knocker in there, but my memory has faded. It's just amazing how many ways this was sung. I'm sure glad I looked it up.

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Jan
4/1/2021 05:32:26 pm

My grandad taught me this….

With my hands on my head, what have I here?
These are my ...... please, teacher dear,
foot-stompers
knee-knockers
thigh-benders
hip-swingers
bread basket
chest-protector
rubber-necker
chin-a-wagger
chatter-boxer
smelly-boxer
eye-blinkers
brain-thinker
Nicky-nicky–nicky-noo….
That's what they taught me when I went to school!

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Tessa
8/22/2021 01:50:44 pm

I remember this song, but we sang it as "Mommy my dear" and " that's what I learned after school!" Or at least that's how I remembered from nearly 50 years ago

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Rebecca
1/19/2022 02:11:24 am

I learnt this song the same as normal, with a few exceptions. One was:

With my hand on my lip (pointing to upper lip), what have I here?
This is my drip tray, full of good cheer.

We always said "full of good cheer" for each verse.

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DanielB
1/29/2022 11:41:42 am

This is a wonderful discussion of an interesting old nursery song. I found a blog where it is discussed in great detail going back to its northern European roots and many more versions that people learned from their parents and grandparents:

https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/do-you-know-one-that-starts-head-knocker-eye-blinker/comment-page-5/#comment-14069711

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