Jump Rope

I like coffee
I like tea
I like the boys
And the boys like me
Yes no maybe so

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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Dutch Girl

I'm a little Dutch girl
Dressed in blue
These are the things
I like to do
Salute to the captain
Curtsy to the queen
Turn my back on the mean old king.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER

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Speed Jump

I went downtown to meet Miss Brown
She gave me a nickel, I bought a pickle
The pickle was sour, I bought a flower
The flower was dead, I bought a bed
The bed was broke, I bought a rope
The rope was thin, I bought a pin
The pin was sharp, I bought a harp
and the harp began to sing.
High, low, medium,
Walky, talky, turn around pepper

Submitter comment:

Speed Jump

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Speed Jump

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Rope Jumping Rime

I was born in a frying pan
Just to see how old I am
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, . . .
(you miss at your particular age)

Submitter comment:

Informant learned this from the neighborhood children in Alaska.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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Rope-Jump Rhyme

Ice cream, soda, ginger ale pop,
Tell me the initial of my sweetheart A, B, C, . . .
A is for A_____ (Albert) he (she) lives in A_____ (Alabama)
B is for B_____ (Barney) he (she) lives in B_____ (Burma)
C is for C_____ (Carl) he (she) lives in C_____ (California)
D is for D_____ (David) he (she) lives in D_____ (Detroit)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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Game

Verse while jumping rope:
I had a little teddy bear
His name was Tiny Tim
I put him into bathtub
To teach him how to swim.
He drank up all the water
And he ate up all the soap
Last night he was sick
With a bubble in his throat.
In came the doctor
In came the nurse
In came the lady with the big fat purse.
I don't want the doctor
I don't want the nurse
I want the lady with the big fat purse!
(Then count from 1-100)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PLAYGROUND

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Ice cream soda ginger ale pop
What is the initial of my sweetheart?

A, B, C, D, and the one you miss on is it and then go on to second letter and so on.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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Jump-Rope Rhyme: Johnny

Johnny over the ocean

Johnny ov the sea

Johnny broke a window

And blamed it all on me.

I told ma.

Ma told pa.

Johnny got a lickin', ha-ha-ha!

(jump the number of lickin's Johnny got.)

Data entry tech comment:

Informent and collector share the same surname and resident

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER PLAIN JUMP

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Jump-Rope Rhyme: Ductch Girl

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue

And these are the things I used to do:

Salute to the captain curtsy to the queen,

And turn my back on a dirty submarine.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Character Action Rhyme

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Jump-Rope Rhyme

Ice cream Sundae

Ginger ale pop

Tell me the name of your sweetheart: A B etc. down the

alphabet.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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Ice cream, soda

Ice cream, soda, ginger ale pop,

How many boy friends have you got?

1-2-3- (until you missed)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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Jump-rope rhyme

I asked my mother for 50 cents

to see the elephant jump the fence.

He jumped so high

he touched the sky

And didn't come down

til the fourth of July.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP

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Jump rope jingle:Down in the valley

Down in the valley where the green grass grows,

There sat (name) as sweet as a rose;

She sang - she sang,

Shen sang so sweet

Alon came (name) and kissed her on the cheek;

How many kisses did he five her in a week?

One, two, three, four etc. (until jumper misses).

Data entry tech comment:

Informent and collector are the same.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): Endurance Jump E. J.

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Jump rope rhyme

I told Ma, Ma told Pa Jonny broke the sugar bowl

and blamed it on me.

Hom many spankings did he get: 1,2, etc. until who

ever is jumping misses.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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Downtown

I'm going downtown to smoke my pipe.

I won't be back till Saturday night.

I'll whip you blue, I'll whip you black.

Especialy you my daughter Sue.

(school jump rope rhyme)

Where learned: INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP

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Jump-Rope Rhyme:

Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop, This is the

initial of my sweetheart.

Then you jump out the alphabet, shouting out loud

Those initials which are your sweetheart's.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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Inky Pinky

Inky pink, a bottle of ink

cork fell out and you stink

not because you dirty

not because you clean

but because you kissed a girl behind the magazine

Submitter comment:

Jump rope jingle

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP

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Rope-Jumping Rhyme

Ice cream soda, ginger-ale pop,

See how many turns you make before

You must stop.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collect share the same surname and residence.

Where learned: AT HOME

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Jump rope jingle

Ice cream, soda, ginger ale pop

Tell me the name of your sweetheart.

A.B.C. etc.

(Jump until a miss. Other children call out the name of a classmate.)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant are the same.

Where learned: DETROIT

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Jump Rope Rhyme

I ate my peas with honey,

I've done it all my life.

It makes the peas taste funny

But it keeps them on the knife.

Submitter comment:

My niece says this is one of her

favorite rhymes at school.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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