Jump- Rope Rhyme

Ice cream soda ginger ale pop

Tell me the name of your sweetheart

A,B,C,.....etc. (The letters of the alphabet were recited in order until the person jumping rope missed. When he(she) missed, he(she) had to name her(his) sweetheart whose first name began with the loast letter recited)

Submitter comment:

Informant and collector share same surname and address.

Where learned: Home of informant in Detroit, Michigan

Keyword(s): Eudrance ; Jump

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Jump Rope Game

While jumping rope say the following;

Ice cream, soda ginger ale, pop

tell me the initail of your sweetheart

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z

Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Rope-Jumping Rhymes

Ice cream soda, gingerale pop,

Tell me the initial of your sweetheart.

(Keep jumping until you miss one of the letters of the alpabet.)

Where learned: Informants home in Livonia, Michigan

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Jack and Mary sitting in a tree

K I S S I N G

Frist comes love then comes marriage

Than comes Mary with a  baby carriage.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: At her home.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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Jump Rope Rime

I'm a littler dutch girl dressed in blue;

These are the things I was taught to do;

Salute to the captain

Curtsey to the queen

Turn my back on the submarine.

I can do the hootchy gootchy,

I can do the split,

I can miss just like this,

Where learned: Birmingham, Michigan

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

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Ice-cream, soda, ginger-ale, pop

tell me the initials of your

sweetheart, A,B,C,D, etc.

Where learned: Informants's house

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Rope Jumping Rime

Ice cream, soda water

Ginger ale pop

Tell me the intials of your own sweetheart

( you go through the alphabet)

Where learned: Informant learned this in a Saginaw, Michigan grade school

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Jump Rope Song

Its raining,

Its pouring,

The old man is snoring.

Where learned: At her home.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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