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Jump Rope Rhyme

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT (NAME OF JUMPER) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME A LITTLE BOY AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET THAT WEEK?
1-2-3-4-5 . . . (COUNT JUMP UNTIL A MISS)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR ; TOLD AT GEDDES RD

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 02-20-1971

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DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME HER LOVER AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET THAT WEEK?
1, 2, 3, ETC.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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Jump Rope Rhyme

DOWN IN THE VALLEY
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE LIVES A GIRL ________ (SUPPLY A NAME)
AS PRETTY AS A ROSE
SHE SANG AND SHE SANG
AND SHE SANG SO SWEET
ALONG CAME A BOY
AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 04-00-1968

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Jump-Rope Rhyme

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (GIRL'S NAME) AS SWEET 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 RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, 4, . . .


 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.


 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 21505 NORMANDALE

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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Jump Rope and Counting Song

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT ________ AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG SHE SANG SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME ________ AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET? . . . .

(SHE GETS AS MANY KISSES AS THE JUMPS SHE MAKES. THE SPACES ARE FILLED WITH THE NAMES OF THE PERSON WHO IS JUMPING AND THE BOY SHE LIKES.)

 

Submitter comment:

DID THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-12-1971

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In the Valley

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME (NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.

 

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16761 Miller

Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-11-1968

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Jumping Rhyme

DOWN BY THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (GIRL'S NAME), SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG AND SHE SANG AND SHE SANG SO SWEET,
AND ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(1, 2, 3 . . . , JUMP AS YOU COUNT UNTIL YOU MISS.)

 


 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ST. HILARY'S SCHOOL

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-29-1971

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Jump-rope Rhyme

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK, 
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?

ONE, TWO, THREE . . . (COUNT UNTIL THE PERSON MISSES. THE LAST NUMBER IS THE AMOUNT OF KISSES THE GIRL SUPPOSEDLY GOT.)
 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 1448 Junction

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-18-1971

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Game Verse

DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT   (NAME)   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?
ONE, TWO, THREE, ETC.

THIS IS SAID WHILE JUMPING ROPE.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, FROM HER OLDER SISTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 320 HAMILTON RD.

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 [GIRL'S NAME] SWEET AS A ROSE
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET
THAT ALONG CAME [BOY'S NAME] AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, . . . [UNTIL YOU MISS]

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-15-1967

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Down in the Valley

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SITS (NAME), AS PRETTY AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME (NAME'S BOYFRIEND) AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE, . . . UNTIL MISS JUMPING.

 

Submitter comment:

JUMP ROPE RHYME
 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-00-1968

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A Jump Rope Rime

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT KATHY PRETTY AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME JIM AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE . . . .

(THE JUMPER CONTINUES TO COUNT UNTIL HE OR SHE MISSES THE JUMP. IT MAY ALSO BE NOTED THAT THERE CAN BE A SUBSTITUTION OF THE BOY AND GIRL NAMES IN THE RIME. USUALLY THE JUMPER PUTS HIS OR HER OWN NAME IN AND THEN THAT OF ANOTHER PERSON.)

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 07-00-1964

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Jump-Rope Rhymes

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT MARY(OR ANY OTHER GIRL'S NAME) SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME BILL (OR ANY OTHER BOY'S NAME) AND
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. 
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, ETC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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Jump-Rope Rhyme

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS THERE SITS (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG COMES (NAME), KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK
NOW SHE'S PUSHING BABY BUGGIES DOWN THE STREET.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-05-1969

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Jump Rope Jingle: Down in the Valley

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT (INSERT NAME OF PERSON JUMPING) AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE;
SHE SANG -- SHE SANG,
SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME (INSERT NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK;
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER IN A WEEK?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR (UNTIL JUMPER MISSES).

 

Submitter comment:

First learned between 1955 and 1957.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 7625 WESTWOOD

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

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Jump Rope Song

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (GIRL'S NAME), SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET;
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, . . . (UNTIL SHE MISSES)

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: FALL 00001967

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Rope-Jumping Rhyme

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS THERE SAT (NAME) 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?

BEGIN COUNTING UNTIL YOU MISS (EX. 1-2-3-4 . . .)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-01-1972

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Down in the Valley

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT ROSEMARY AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG, SHE SANG,
SHE SANG, SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME STEVIE AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.

(NOTE: NAMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW LOTHROP

Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-02-1968

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Sweet Sally

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT SALLY AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME JIMMY AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, (UNTIL ONE MISSES)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 07-00-1964

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DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS/ THERE SAT SALLY AS
SWEET AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG CAME
JACK AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER? 1, 2, 3, ...

Where learned: RESTAURANT ; GOLDEN LION

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 07-22-1964

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