21 February 2012

Tuesday day is Pancake Day – let's dance our cares away

So went the song we used to sing at school...
"...first you [something] your pancakes
then you toss your pancakes
Tuesday day is Pancake Day
Let's dance our cares away
Hop-sa Leisela
Hop-sa Marion
Dance our cares away
And a second verse finished with 'Dance-a Leisela, Danse-a Marion..."
But I can't find any reference of it anywhere.
To make basic pancakes you'll need eggs, flour and milk:
Top row: Stroud Green, Warren Street, New Cross, Stoke Newington
Middle row: Hampstead, Spitalfields, W1, Brixton
Bottom row: Brick Lane, Amwell St, De Beauvoir, Bloomsbury
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5 comments:

  1. custom paper writing24 February 2012 at 09:59

    Nice song I remember my time in school!!!

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  2. Ellie30 January 2014 at 23:39

    I've had this song in my mind too and although your words are slightly different to how I remember it, this is what I recall:-

    Toss saint sizzler, toss saint sizzler
    Do do do do do do
    Toss saint sizzler, toss saint sizzler
    Do do do do do do

    First today is Sunday
    Then tomorrow's Monday
    Tuesday day is pancake day
    Lets dance our cares away

    I have made a YouTube clip of the tune

    http://youtu.be/Ao5C3bxRE8A

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  3. Jane31 January 2014 at 14:48

    That's brilliant Ellie!
    Your tune is perfect – exactly the tune I know!!
    I am sure there must be all sorts of derivatives words-wise

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  4. Anonymous27 February 2023 at 06:42

    This is how I remember it from school.....

    For today is Sunday
    Then tomorrow's Monday
    Tuesday day is pancake day
    So dance your cares away
    Hop-sa Liesela
    Hop-sa Marion
    Now you've made your pancakes
    Hop-sa Liesela
    Hop-sa Marion
    Now you've finished your work
    Put on your silken dresses
    Braid your flacks and tresses
    Tuesday day is pancake day
    So dance your cares away
    Hop-sa Liesela
    Hop-sa Marion
    Dance your cares away.

    This is how I remember it from being in the school choir 65 years ago.....



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    1. Jane27 February 2023 at 14:53

      Thanks! Happy memories. I used to love singing all the songs at schools (even the hymns)!

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