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JUMP-ROPE RHYME
THE FOLLOWING IS A JUMP ROPE RHYME ACCOMPANIED BY DIFFERENT ARM AND
LEG MOVEMENTS. MM
NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
TWENTY FOUR ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
AS I STEPPED OUT, THEY STEPPED IN
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID TO DO. MM
LADY, LADY TURN AROUND.
LADY, LADY TOUCH THE GROUND.
LADY, LADY TIE YOUR SHOE.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID TO DO.
Submitter comment:
THE COLLECTOR HEARD OF THIS FIRST IN 1970 AS A CHILD IN TAYLOR,
MICHIGAN. IT MAY BE A VARIATION OF TANGLETALK SINCE THERE ARE
CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS. THIS IS AN ACTION RHYME WHICH REQUIRES
THE JUMPER TO PERFORM SIMPLE TASKS WHILE JUMPING. THE OPENING
SECTION IS A PLAIN RHYME WHICH THE JUMPER SIMPLY CHANTS A RHYME
TO THE RHYTHM OF HER JUMPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; USA ; SOUTHGATE
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 00-00-1970
AN ENGLISH RHYME
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
FATTY AND SKINNY WENT UP IN A BALLOON,
FATTY BLEW A FART AND BLEW SKINNY DOON.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MISSION VIEJO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1925
VARIATION OF MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB,
HIS FLEECE WAS BLACK AS SOOT,
AND EVERY WHERE THE LAMB WOULD GO,
HIS SOOTY FOOT HE'D PUT.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MISSION VIEJO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
NURSERY RHYME
LITTLE MISS MUFFET SAT ON A TUFFET,
EATING HER CURD AND WHEY.
THERE CAME A BIG SPIDER
WHO SAT DOWN BESIDE HER,
AND FRIGHTENED MISS MUFFETT AWAY.
Submitter comment:
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, MY FATHER BOUGHT ME A BOOK OF NURSERY
RHYMES, AND THIS WAS MY FAVORITE ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
GAME VERSE
IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING
THE OLD MAN IS SNORING.
BUMPED HIS HEAD WHEN HE WENT TO BED
COULDN'T GET UP IN THE MORNING.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS ALWAYS DONE ON RAINY DAYS, AND WAS SUNG IN A
MOCKING KIND OF TUNE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.465 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00001960S
DREIDEL, DREIDEL, DREIDEL
I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY
AND WHEN IT IS DRY AND READY
OH DREIDEL I WILL PLAY
Submitter comment:
LEARNED IN BROOKLYN,, NEW YORK
A DREIDEL IS A CLAY TOP USED IN A JEWISH GAME CALLED.
SEE MY ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BROOKLYN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
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NURSERY RHYME
JINGLE BELL TACO SHELLS,MY MAMA HAD A GUN,
SHE PULLED THE TRIGGER AND SHOT THAT NIGGER IN 1981.
SHE PULLED THE TRIGGER AND SHOT THAT NIGGER IN 1981.
Submitter comment:
HERE IS A NEGATIVE RHYME CREATED BY AFFLUENT CHILDREN.
I WOULD SAY THAT IN SOME SITUATIONS IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHETHER CHILDREN ARE POOR OR RICH. THEY WILL SAY WHATEVER
RHYMES AND MAKE OTHER CHILDREN LIKE THEM AS PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 01-10-0198
WEDDING RHYME
USE A NAME OF A BOY AND A NAME OF A GIRL
E.G. JOE AND LULU SITTING IN A TREE K-I-S-S-I-N-G,
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
HERE COMES JOE WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
WAY BEFORE WE HAD SEX EDUCATION...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB.
SHE TIED IT TO THE HEATER.
AND EVERY TIME IT TURNED AROUND
IT BURNED ITS LITTLE SEATER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BALDWIN COUNTY ; FOLEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00001940-1950
COUNTING OUT RHYME FOR CHOOSING "IT"
OH, A PEANUT SAT ON A RAILROAD TRACK.
HIS HEART WAS ALL A FLUTTER.
AROUND THE BEND CAME NUMBER TEN.
TOOT TOOT PEANUT BUTTER.
THE PERSON WHO IS LANDED ON IS "IT" FOR THE GAME TO BE PLAYED.
WHENEVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WOULD USE THIS RHYME, THEY WOULD
ALWAYS PUNCH EVERYBODY'S HANDS IN THE CIRCLE BECAUSE OF THE
TRAIN SMASHING THE POOR PEANUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
LIMERICK ON A FAMILY TRIP
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL NAMED CHER,
WHO WAS ALWAYS BRUSHING HER HAIR.
ONE DAY PEOPLE SAY
HER HAIR BLEW AWAY.
AND NOW POOR CHER'S HEAD IS BARE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POEM THAT MY SISTER MADE UP WHILE WE WERE PLAYING
A GAME IN THE CAR ON A FAMILY TRIP. THE GAME CONSISTS
OF EVERYBODY MAKING UP A FIVE-LINE POEM WITH A PERSON'S
NAME IN IT. AT THE END THE PERSON WITH THE BEST LIMERICK
GETS A PRIZE OF SOME SORT. USUALLY THE PRIZE TURNED OUT TO
BE A MILKSHAKE AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPROMPTU COMPOSITION OF POETRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
LIMERICK ON A FAMILY TRIP
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL NAMED JULIE.
HER HAIR WAS TANGLED AND UNRULY.
HER MOM HAD IT SHORN.
HOW JULIE DID MOURN.
FOR THE MICE HAD NO HOME WITHOUT JULIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A LIMERICK MADE UP IN THE GAME PLAYED ON A
FAMILY TRIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPROMPTU OF POETRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
LIMERICK ON A FAMILY TRIP
THERE ONCE WAS A BOY NAMED BILL
WHO SWALLOWED AN ATOMIC PILL.
HE STARTED TO COUGH.
THE BOMB WENT OFF.
THEY FOUND HIS HEAD IN BRAZIL.
THERE WAS ALSO A GIRL NAMED JANE
WHO ALWAYS HAD A VERY STRANGE PAIN.
SHE TOOK ONE OF BILL'S PILLS
NEVER KNOWING IT KILLS,
AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.
SO DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH A PILL,
UNLESS YOU ARE MENTALLY ILL.
FOR THE PILL THAT YOU TAKE
COULD BE THE MISTAKE
OF ENDING YOUR LIFE WITHOUT WILL.
Submitter comment:
THIS LIMERICK WAS MADE UP IN A GAME PLAYED IN THE CAR ON
A FAMILY TRIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPROMPTU OF POETRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
"MISS LUCY HAD A BABY"
MISS LUCY HAD A BABY, SHE NAMED IT TINY TIM.
SHE PUT IT IN THE BATHTUB TO SEE IF IT COULD SWIM.
IT DRANK UP ALL THE WATER, IT ATE UP ALL THE SOAP.
IT TRIED TO EAT THE BATHTUB, BUT IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN HIS THROAT.
MISS LUCY CALLED THE DOCTOR, MISS LUCY CALLED THE NURSE.
MISS LUCY CALLED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
IN WALKED THE DOCTOR, IN WALKED THE NURSE,
IN WALKED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
"MUMPS!" SAID THE DOCTOR. "MEASLES!" SAID THE NURSE.
"NOTHING," SAID THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A CHANT TO WHICH A CLAPPING GAME WAS PLAYED. TWO
PLAYERS WOULD CLAP THEIR OWN HANDS TOGETHER AND THEN SLAP
THE OTHER PLAYER'S OPPOSITE HAND. THIS WAS ALSO SUNG OR
SHOUTED WITHOUT THE CLAPPING MOVEMENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.522 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.523 |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
"MISS LUCY HAD A TUGBOAT"
MISS LUCY HAD A TUGBOAT. THE TUGBOAT HAD A BELL.
MISS LUCY WENT TO HEAVEN. THE TUGBOAT WENT TO--
HELLO OPERATOR, PLEASE GIVE ME NUMBER NINE.
AND IF YOU DISCONNECT ME, I'LL KICK YOU RIGHT BEHIND
THE 'FRIGERATOR, THERE LAY A PIECE OF GLASS.
MISS LUCY FELL UPON IT AND BROKE HER LITTLE
ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL TELL YOU NO MORE LIES.
MISS LUCY TOLD ME ALL OF THIS THE DAY BEFORE SHE DIED
HER HAIR GREEN, SHE DIED HER HAIR PINK.
SHE DIED HER HAIR PURPLE AND WASHED IT DOWN THE SINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A CHANT ALONG THE SAME ORDER AS THE PREVIOUS ONE,
BUT WAS SHOUTED WITHOUT THE CLAPPING GESTURES MORE OFTEN
THAN CHANTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
RAIN RHYME
IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING,
THE OLD MAN IS SNORING.
BUMPED HIS HEAD
ON THE HEAD OF THE BED
AND COULDN'T GET UP
IN THE MORNING.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME WAS SAID WHENEVER THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM. THE
OLD MAN'S SNORING REFERRED TO THE THUNDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): NAME FOR GOD: OLD MAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.465 |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
SODA-POP RHYME
COCA-COLA WENT TO TOWN,
PEPSI-COLA SHOT HIM DOWN.
7-UP PICKED HIM UP,
AND DOCTOR PEPPER FIXED HIM UP.
Submitter comment: THIS RHYME USES NAMES OF POPULAR BRANDS OF SODA POP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISING
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.400 |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
MISS LUCY SONG
MISS LUCY HAD A STEAMBOAT. THE STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL, MISS LUCY
WENT TO HEAVEN AND THE STEAMBOAT WENT TO HELLO OPERATOR PLEASE
GIVE ME NUMBER NINE AND IF YOU DISCONNECT ME I WILL CHOP OFF YOUR
BEHIND THE FRIGERATOR THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS MISS LUCY FELL
UPON IT AND SHE BROKE HER LITTLE ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS I'LL
TELL YOU NO MORE LIES MISS LUCY AND HER BOYFRIEND ARE KISSING IN
THE D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, DARK!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
"I CAN'T MOVE"
I CAN'T MOVE, CRIED BILLY TO HIS BROTHER,
PERHAPS WE HAD BETTER CALL MOTHER.
SAID WILLY TO BILLY,
YOU'RE REALLY QUITE SILLY,
YOU'VE GOT YOUR SHOELACES TIED TO EACH OTHER.
Submitter comment:
HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND IT STILL REMAINS
MY FAVORITE LIMERICK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): LIMERICKS
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
ONE BRIGHT DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
TWO DEAD BOYS GOT UP TO FIGHT,
DREW THEIR SWORDS AND SHOT EACH OTHER,
DREW THEIR GUNS AND FOUGHT EACH OTHER.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE
AND CAME AND SHOT THE TWO DEAD BOYS.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS LIE IS TRUE
ASK THE BLIND MAN; HE SAW IT TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
Keyword(s): CONTRADICTIONS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 00-00-1984