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Jump rope song

Grace, Grace, dressed in lace

Wnt upstaris to power her face

How many boxes did she waaste

One, two, three.......

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant learned this song nor does the collect state where the informant lives.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump- Rope Rhyme

Hi- water, 10-water, don't forget the red hop pepper!

Where learned: He rememberes it from gradeschool.

Keyword(s): Jump ; SPEED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Jungle

I'm a little Dutch girl.

Dressed in blue;

These are the things

I like to do:

Salute to the captain,

Bow to the queen

And trun my back

On ht submarine!

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: Collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Rhyme

House for sale, house for rent,

____(name)        move out and ___(name)__  moves in.

 

(corresponding children jump in and out of swinging rope)

 

Submitter comment:

Collector states it was told at informants home.
 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.
 

Where learned: Learned for children in neighborhood of Van Dyke and McNichols.

Keyword(s): Call ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Rhyme Gipsy

Gipsy, Gispy, please tell me.

What kind of a husband will he be?

Rich man, poor man, beggar man, theif?

Gipsy, Gispy, pleasle tell me.

What kind of ring will it be?

Diamond, Ruby, Saphire?

Gibpsy, Gipsy, please tell me.

What kind of house will it be?

Mansion, castle, cottage?

Gipsy, Gipsy, please tell me.

How many children will there be?

1,2,3,4, etc. (countiune until misses)

Gipsy, Gispy, please tell me.

What colro will my children be?

Red,  yellow,  black,  white.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.
 

Where learned: Berkley , Michigan

Keyword(s): Charcter ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Rhyme

High, low

Medium slow

jolly pepper

1,2,3,  go

Where learned: Told at St. Bernards School Alpena Michigan

Keyword(s): Jump ; SPEED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Grace, Grace

Grace, Grace, dressed in lace

Went upstaris to power her face

How many boxes did she use?

One, two, three ....

(neighborhood rope skipping rhyme)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant lives.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump- Rope Rhymes

Rin Tin Tin sat on a pin

how many inches did it go

in; one, two, three, etc.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant lives.

Where learned: Collector does not say where it was learned.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; p

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Rope-Jumping Rhymes

High, Low, Jolly, Pepper

High, Low , Jolly, Pepper

(keep repeating until you are ready to stop on th e one of the words)


 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant are the same person.

Where learned: Learned from schoolmates in grade school.

Keyword(s): Call ; Jump ; RHYME ; SPEED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Grandma,Grandma, I am ill.

Send for a doctor for a pill.

Doctor,doctor, shall I die?

Yes, my dear, and so shall I.

 

Where learned: Informant said when a child arounrd 1915. Told to the collector at informant's home.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Planin

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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I'm A little Dutch girl

I'm a little Dutch girl.

Dressed in blue

And these are the thing that

We use to do,

Salute to the captain and

Bow to the queen,

Turn my back on the submarine.

Where learned: Collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Down in the Valley (Rope Skipping Rhyme)

Down in the valley whwere the green grass groes

There sat Sally as sweet as a rose.

She sang, she sang, she sang so sweet

Along cam Jack and kissed her on the cheek.

How many kisses did he give her?

One,two, three, etc. and so on until the jumper misses.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant lives.

Where learned: Collectort does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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How many kisses did she receive?

Down in the valley where the green grass grows,

There sat Mary as sweet as a rose.

She sang,she sang,she sang so sweet;

Along came (Name) and kissed her on the cheek.

How many kisses did she receive?

1 - 2- 3 -....

(Mary Ann & Pat agree ont hte last line, Buty Mariy's version has  instead: 5-10-15-.... or 100 -200-300-=...).

Submitter comment:

Pat Sanders and Mary Mieden  learned at University of Detroit

Mary Ann Gehringer learned at home.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname Gehringer.

Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Down in the valley

Down in the valley 

When the green grass grows

There sits _________________ as pretty as a rose.

She sang, she sang, she sang, so sweet

Along came _____________ and kissed her on the cheek

How many kisses did she recieve ......10, 20, 30

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Down in the valley where the green grass grows.

There sat Sally as pretty as a rose.

Along came John and kissed her on the nose.

Howl may times did he kiss her?

 Jump  = One, Two,Three, Four, Five, etc. until you miss.

Where learned: Detroit,Michigan

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Down in the valley

Where the green grass grows,

There sits (girl's name) as pretty as a rose.

She sang, and she sang

And she sang so sweet

Along came (boy's name)  and kissed her on the cheek.

How many kisses did she reveive?

1-2-3-4-5-6 (coutn goes until child trips,)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant lives.

Where learned: She learned this in grade school in NW Detroit , Michigan

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Rope- Jumping Rime

Down in the valley where the green grass grows,

There sat (name) pretty as a rose.

She sang, and she sang, and she sang so sweet,

Along came ( name) and kissed her on the cheek.

How many kisses did tshe revieve?

Ten, twenty, thirty, etc.

 

Where learned: Detroit,Michigan

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Game Verse- Rope Jumping Rhyme

Down in the valley where the gren grass grows,

There sat (insert nameof person jumping ropw) as sweet as a rose,

I sang, I sang, I sang so sweet,

Along came ( insert name of favorite girl or boy depending on whether a boy or girl is jumping at the time) and kissed me on the cheek.

How many kisses did I receive?

The people swining the rope count until the jumper misses.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname

Where learned: COLLECTED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Down in the valley

Down in the valley, where the green grass gows, there sat (name) 

as sweet as a rose.  Along came name   and kissed her on the cheek.  How many did she receive?  1,2,3,4, etc.

 

When she played jump-rope, she used to say this.

Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Down in the valley

Down in the  valley where the green grass grow

There sits ________ as sweet as a rose.

Along came __________kissed her on the cheek.

How many kisses did she receive---1,2,3,4,5...etc.

 

Submitter comment:

With this rhyme, the jumper includes the names they so desire. Alson they coninue to count until they miss

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informant lives or where or when it was learned.

Where learned: Not Stated

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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