Jump Rope Rhyjme

Ice cream soda,

Ginger-ale pop

Tell me the initials of your sweetheart

A,B,C,...till miss-1st initial

A, B, C,...till miss 2nd initial
 

Where learned: INFORMANTS HOME

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhyme

I love coffee I love tea

Johnny broke the sugar bowl and blamed it on me

I told ma, ma told pa

Johnny got a licking,  ha, ha, ha

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Rope-Jumping Rhymes

Ice cream, soda, ginger ale, pop

These are the intials o fmy sweeetheart-

Go throuth alphabet until coming to initila of boyfrien (ex. a,b,c,d...)

Where learned: Told in Detroit

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Rope-Jumping Rhymes

I had a little baby, his name ws Tiny Tim.

Put him in the bathtub to teach himhow to swim

He drank all the water, He ate all the the soap

Hed died last night form a bubble in his throat.

I called the doctor.

I called the nurse.

I called the lady with the alligator purse.

In came the doctor. (another jumps in)

In came the nurese (another jumps in)

In can the ladey with the alligator purse (another jumps in)

Out wnet the doctor (one jumps out)

Out went the nurse (one jumps out)

Out went the lady with the alligator purse.

Where learned: Told in Detroit

Keyword(s): Call ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

View just this record

Jumprope Rhyme

Ice cream soda,

Gingerale pop

Theses are the initial of my sweetheart;

(spell until you miss; a,b,c,d, etc...)

Where learned: Told in Detroit

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Jump Rope Song

Its raining,

Its pouring,

The old man is snoring.

Where learned: At her home.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Jump-Rope Verse

I went downtown to see Mrs. Brown

She gave me a nickle to buy a pickle.

The pickle was sour so I bought a flower.

The flowe as yellow, I gave it to my fellow.

Where learned: TOLEDO, Ohio

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Fifty Cents

I asked my mother for fifty cents

To see the elephant jump the fence.

He jumped so high, he touched the sky.

And didn't come back til the fourth of July.

Where learned: At her home.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Johnny

Johnny over the ocean.

Johnny over the sea.

Johnny broke the milk bottle .

And blamed it onto me.

I told ma,  ma told pa.

Johnny got a lickin.

Ha,ha, ha!

Where learned: At her home.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Fudge, Fudge

Fudge, fudge, tell the judge,

Mommy's havin' a new-born baby;

Is it a gril, is it a boy?

No, it's just a plain old baby.

Wrap it up intissue paper,

Send it up the elevator,

First floor- stop.

Second floor-stop.

Third floor-stop.

etc.

Submitter comment:

Ann's version has only hte first four line.

Where learned: Learned at University of Detroit

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Rope-Jumping Rhymes

I like coffee,

I like tea,

I like the boys,

And the boys lime me.

(Yes, no, maybe so; yes, no, maybe so; etc.)

Where learned: Her front yard.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Ice cream soda

Ice cream soda, gingerale pop

Thers are the intals of my sweetheart;

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P etc.

Submitter comment:

This jumping-rope rhyme may use all of the slphabet or the jumper may stop after the desired initials.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not list a place where it was learned nor does the collect state the city or state where the informant resides.
 

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhyme

I'm a little Dutch girl diressed in blue,

Here are the duties I used to do:

Salut toe the captain, courtesy to the queen,

Touch the bottom of the ocean green.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.

Collect does not state what city or state the informant resides in.
 

Where learned: Told at informant's home.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhyme

Inky binky bottle of ink,

Cork's out, you stink.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informat share the same surname and address.
 

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Jump rope rhymes

Ice cream soda, lemonade pop;

Tell me the initials of your sweetheart

(letters of the alphabet are called until a miss)

Data entry tech comment:

The collector did not state which state or city that the informant resides.
 

Where learned: Probably learnded from neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Rope Jump Rhymes

I love coffee

I love tea

 How many boys

Are stuck on me?

(count until there is a miss)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and Informant share the same surname.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Jump- Roie Rhyme

Ice cream soda,

Ginger-ale pop.

Tell me the initials

Of your sweetheart.

A, B, C, ... till miss-1st initial

A, B, C, ... till miss-2nd initial

Where learned: COLLECTED AT INFORMANTS HOME

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Game Verse

Johnny over the ocean, Johnny over the sea,

Johnny broke a bottle and blamed it on me.

I told ma, ma told pa, and Johnny got a lickin.

Ha, ha, ha

Where learned: LEXINGTON

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Ice cream soda

Ice-cream soda, ginger-ale pop,

Tell me the initials of your sweet love.

A-B-C-D-E-F-etc.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

View just this record

Rope-Jump Rhyme

I like coffee.

I like tea.

I like _____ to jumpe in with me.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

View just this record