Safe cross code song

Dundhoone · 30-03-2005, 14:09

help me out oh fellow oldies

Remember that 'how to cross the road 'song they taught you in primary school? the one you got a blue badge with judge from wonderly wagon on it for singing?

how did it go??

something like this methinks:
remember one, look for a safe place
two dont hurry, stop and wait,
three look all around and listen
before you cross the road
four let all the traffic pass you
five keep walking straight across now
six thats the safe cross code!!!!!

is that right?

*Bard* · 30-03-2005, 14:15

If I recall correctly, you're correct,except for the last line, which should be something like:

"six.. KEEP WALKING! .. that's the safe cross code."

landser · 30-03-2005, 14:15

almost

remember,
one, look for a safe place
two, don't hurry, stop and wait,
three look all around and listen
before you cross the road,
remember,
four, let all the traffic pass you
five, then walking straight across you
six, keep watching,
thats the safe cross code!!!!!

the next verse is somethingf like this

safe place, stop and wait
safe sound, look around
Can't remember this bit but it ends...
keep watching that's the code

rember the vid for it, all these numbers crossing th road.... because of this ad, i am alive and well today!

Tobias Greeshman · 30-03-2005, 14:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by landser

rember the vid for it, all these numbers crossing th road.... because of this ad, i am alive and well today!

Yeah I remember the video for it too, at 6 or 7 I fecking hated the song and video, thought it was crap, at even 6 common sense prevailed and sorta still does (what idiot crosses the road without looking in both directions), so thats kept me alive. Maybe everyones different, Im sure other than yourself the songs helped some people.

Funny to hear the song again, I know it'll be stuck in my head for the rest of the day though.

**Capt'n Midnight** · 30-03-2005, 14:35

did you ever see Tommy Tiernans sketch on it and comparing it to the Green Cross Code of Stop, Look, Listen ?

A safe cross code Robot of all things, - http://www.cs.tcd.ie/~okeeffmb/Safebotsite/project.html

landser · 30-03-2005, 14:45

[QUOTE=silas]Yeah I remember the video for it too, at 6 or 7 I fecking hated the song and video, thought it was crap, at even 6 common sense prevailed and sorta still does (what idiot crosses the road without looking in both directions), so thats kept me alive. Maybe everyones different, Im sure other than yourself the songs helped some people.

QUOTE]

I was being facetious!

if anything this ad and it's UK equivalent may have actually added to raod death and injury amongst kids. There was some evidence in the 70's to suggest that kids using these safe methids felt that they were immune from being hit! the kids thought that even an oncoming car would avoid them and not hit them if they kept walking and watching and so forth.

God, I just bored myself there!

Dundhoone · 30-03-2005, 16:13

thanks all

Sure helped me stay alive all these years. Still have the badge.......might bring it out for a saturday night wander around town......

Those poor singing children......the dim feckers probably only learnt the first four lines!

Tobias Greeshman · 30-03-2005, 16:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by landser

I was being facetious!

Oh ok, I thought you were serious sorry.

And as for that 70's thing, ill well fecking believe it!

Ruu · 30-03-2005, 17:36

i remember having a little booklet thing with the song on it and pictures, but i lost it and then couldnt remember what to do

*Bard* · 01-04-2005, 18:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruu

i remember having a little booklet thing with the song on it and pictures, but i lost it and then couldnt remember what to do

Did you immediately get knocked down by a bus after losing the booklet?

Ruu · 01-04-2005, 20:19

id just find some other way to cross the road, just couldnt remember the song

**simu** · 03-04-2005, 01:59

I got a little blue badge with a dog on it the day that song was done in school. Anyone else?

Ruu · 03-04-2005, 10:10

why didnt i get one of those?!? *throws my booklet away in digust*

seo-ireland · 03-04-2005, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by simu

I got a little blue badge with a dog on it the day that song was done in school. Anyone else?

I got one of those as well but I lost it. Wasn't the dog Judge from Wanderly Wagon?

Flukey · 13-04-2005, 01:05

It was:

remember,
one, look for a safe place
two, don't hurry, stop and wait,
three look all around and listen
before you cross the road,
remember,
four, let all the traffic pass you
five, then walking straight across you
six, keep watching,
that's the safe cross code!!!!!

safe place, stop and wait
safe place, stop and wait
safe ground, look around, listen for a traffic sound
if traffic's coming let it pass
until the road is clear at last
then walking straight across the road
keep watching, that's the code.

remember,
one, look for a safe place
two, don't hurry, stop and wait,
three look all around and listen
before you cross the road,
remember,
four, let all the traffic pass you
five, then walking straight across you
six, keep watching,
that's the safe cross code
that's the safe cross code
know the safe cross code
know the code!

The video for it was filmed in Kilmacud in Dublin, near O'Dwyers pub on the lower Kilmacud Road. I live near there, so I recognise it easily enough. The whole ad, with Judge, Foxy and Mr. Crow of Wanderly Wagon - which none of todays kids would know - was a great. I enjoyed it. Still, I can be a bit of a jaywalker, but I've never been hit by a car, yet!

30-03-2005, 14:09	#1
Dundhoone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 703 Adverts \| Friends	Safe cross code song help me out oh fellow oldies Remember that 'how to cross the road 'song they taught you in primary school? the one you got a blue badge with judge from wonderly wagon on it for singing? how did it go?? something like this methinks: remember one, look for a safe place two dont hurry, stop and wait, three look all around and listen before you cross the road four let all the traffic pass you five keep walking straight across now six thats the safe cross code!!!!! is that right?

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30-03-2005, 14:15	#2
Bard live on location Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Donabate, Dublin Posts: 10,828 Adverts \| Friends	If I recall correctly, you're correct,except for the last line, which should be something like: "six.. KEEP WALKING! .. that's the safe cross code."

30-03-2005, 14:15	#3
landser Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: TBA Posts: 628 Adverts \| Friends	almost remember, one, look for a safe place two, don't hurry, stop and wait, three look all around and listen before you cross the road, remember, four, let all the traffic pass you five, then walking straight across you six, keep watching, thats the safe cross code!!!!! the next verse is somethingf like this safe place, stop and wait safe sound, look around Can't remember this bit but it ends... keep watching that's the code rember the vid for it, all these numbers crossing th road.... because of this ad, i am alive and well today!

30-03-2005, 14:35	#5
Capt'n Midnight 00:00 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 27,016 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Biology, Popular Science, Windows	did you ever see Tommy Tiernans sketch on it and comparing it to the Green Cross Code of Stop, Look, Listen ? A safe cross code Robot of all things, - http://www.cs.tcd.ie/~okeeffmb/Safebotsite/project.html

30-03-2005, 14:45	#6
landser Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: TBA Posts: 628 Adverts \| Friends	[QUOTE=silas]Yeah I remember the video for it too, at 6 or 7 I fecking hated the song and video, thought it was crap, at even 6 common sense prevailed and sorta still does (what idiot crosses the road without looking in both directions), so thats kept me alive. Maybe everyones different, Im sure other than yourself the songs helped some people. QUOTE] I was being facetious! if anything this ad and it's UK equivalent may have actually added to raod death and injury amongst kids. There was some evidence in the 70's to suggest that kids using these safe methids felt that they were immune from being hit! the kids thought that even an oncoming car would avoid them and not hit them if they kept walking and watching and so forth. God, I just bored myself there!

30-03-2005, 16:13	#7
Dundhoone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 703 Adverts \| Friends	thanks all Sure helped me stay alive all these years. Still have the badge.......might bring it out for a saturday night wander around town...... Those poor singing children......the dim feckers probably only learnt the first four lines!

30-03-2005, 17:36	#9
Ruu Better than you (and especially Magnus) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ruutopian Paradise Posts: 30,775 Adverts \| Friends	i remember having a little booklet thing with the song on it and pictures, but i lost it and then couldnt remember what to do

01-04-2005, 20:19	#11
Ruu Better than you (and especially Magnus) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ruutopian Paradise Posts: 30,775 Adverts \| Friends	id just find some other way to cross the road, just couldnt remember the song

03-04-2005, 01:59	#12
simu Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 10,133 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Fashion & Appearance, Gaeilge (Irish), Languages, Teach na nGealt	I got a little blue badge with a dog on it the day that song was done in school. Anyone else?

03-04-2005, 10:10	#13
Ruu Better than you (and especially Magnus) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ruutopian Paradise Posts: 30,775 Adverts \| Friends	why didnt i get one of those?!? throws my booklet away in digust

13-04-2005, 01:05	#15
Flukey Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,183 Adverts \| Friends	It was: remember, one, look for a safe place two, don't hurry, stop and wait, three look all around and listen before you cross the road, remember, four, let all the traffic pass you five, then walking straight across you six, keep watching, that's the safe cross code!!!!! safe place, stop and wait safe place, stop and wait safe ground, look around, listen for a traffic sound if traffic's coming let it pass until the road is clear at last then walking straight across the road keep watching, that's the code. remember, one, look for a safe place two, don't hurry, stop and wait, three look all around and listen before you cross the road, remember, four, let all the traffic pass you five, then walking straight across you six, keep watching, that's the safe cross code that's the safe cross code know the safe cross code know the code! The video for it was filmed in Kilmacud in Dublin, near O'Dwyers pub on the lower Kilmacud Road. I live near there, so I recognise it easily enough. The whole ad, with Judge, Foxy and Mr. Crow of Wanderly Wagon - which none of todays kids would know - was a great. I enjoyed it. Still, I can be a bit of a jaywalker, but I've never been hit by a car, yet!