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Jump Rope Rhyme Dutch Girl

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue

Theses are the things I  used to do:

Salute to the captain

Bow to the queen

Turn my back on the mean ole king

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.

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

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jumpe Rope Rhyme

I like coffee, Ilike tea:

I'd like (friends name) to jump with me

I hate coffee, I hate Tea:

I'd hate (enemy's name) to jump with me

Where learned: Collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): Call ; RHYME

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

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Rope- jumping Rimes

Fudge, fudge, call the judge,

Mothers got a newborn baby.

Not a girl, not a boy,jus an ordinary baby.

Wrap it up in tissue paper,

Send it down the elevator.

Third floor stop, second floor stop;

First floor out you go!

 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant are the same person.

Where learned: Learned during childhood play in plymouth, Michigan

Keyword(s): Call ; CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain ; RHYME

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

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Little Dutch girl dressed in blue

I'm a little Dutch girl

Dressed in blue

Theses are the things I like to do:

Salute to the captain

Cursty to the queen

And turn my back

Upon the mean old king.

(school jump rope rhyme)

Data entry tech comment:

Informants does not say what city she lives.

Where learned: INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump Rope Rhyme

I'm a little Dutch girl all

dressed in blue

There are three things I like to do

Salute to the captain

Cursty to the queen

Turn my back on the mean old king.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informant lives.

Where learned: Collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Teddy bear, teddy, bear turn around.

Teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground

Teddy bear, teddy bear go up stairs.

Teddy bear, teddy bear turn off the light.

Teddy bear, teddy bear say good-night.

( As the jumper says this she must dowhat ever the rhyme tells Teddy bear to do while she is jumping.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.

Where learned: Told at informant's home.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Dummy, dummy, do, do

Dummy, dummy, dee

I like coffee.

I like tea.

I would like Johnny to chase me.

Submitter comment:

I asked Donna(my sister) if she knew any jump-rope rhymes and she gave me this one. The person's name that you call is suppose to follow after you.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant is the sister of the collector.
 

Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): Call ; RHYME

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

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Teddy bear, teddy bear

Teddy bear, teddybear, turn around,

Teddy bear, teddybear, touch the ground.

Teddy bear, teddybear, shine your shoes,

Teddy bear,teddy bear read the news.

Teddy bear, teddy beary go upstaris,

Teddy bear, teddy bear say your prayers.

Teddy bear, teddy bear turn off the light,

Teddy bear, teddy bear, spell goodnight,

G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T.

Where learned: Univeristy of Detroit

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump rope rhymes

Teddy bear, teddy bear, point to the sky.

Teddy bear, teddy bear show your glass eye

Teddy bear, teddy bear pull your wig

Teddy bear, teddy bear dance a jig.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state what city it was learned.

Where learned: Informant learned in neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Ali Bali Bascha

Ali  Bali Bashcha king of all the Jews

Bought his wife a new pair of shoes.

When the shoes began wear.

Alie Bali Bascha began to swear.

Wife, wife, turn all around.

Wife, wife touch the ground.

Wife, wife get out of town.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Jumping Rope Rhyme

Collector does not say what city or state where the informant is from.

Where learned: at school

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump rope rime

Teddy bear, Teddy Bear, turn around,

Teddy bear, Teddy bear, touch the ground.

Teddy bear, Teddy bear go upstairs.

say your pairs

Teddy bear, Teddy bear, turn off the light

Teddy bear, Teddy bear spell goodnight.

G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T.

Where learned: Told in Detroit

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump Rope Rime

Hands up Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.

Hands down Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.

Trun around Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.

Touch the groud Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informant lives.

Where learned: Informant learded this in her Parma, Ohio neighborhood.

Keyword(s): Acttion ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse C760.560

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Jump Rope Rhyme

I'm a little Dutch Girl dressed in blue,

These are the things I like to do,

Salute to the captain,

Courtesy to thye king,

Srcu the floor of a dirty submarine.

 

Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Little Dutchgirl

I'm a little Dutchgirl, dressed in blue,

These are things I like to do:

Salute to the captain

Cursty to the queen

Turn my back to the dirty submarine.

Where learned: Royal Oak, Michigan

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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I'm a little Dutch girl

I'm a little Dutch girl,

Dressed in blue.

See how many things I can do.

Salute to the captain,

Curtesy to the queen,

Turn my back on the mean onld king.

(Player must do all these tricks while junping rope)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.
 

Where learned: Westland, Michigan

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump Rope Song

House for rent, inquire within.

When I move out let (name) move in.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informant lives.
 

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): Call ; RHYME

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

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Rope jumping Rime

House for sale, room for rent.

Whene I move out, let _______    move in.

Here's the key to lock the door,

Shut your mouth and say no more.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant livess.

Where learned: Learned as child in Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; Call ; RHYME ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse C760.560

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Rope Skipping Rhyme

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue,

These are the things I liked to do:

Salute to the captain,

Curtsy to the queen.

Turn my heels on the mean old king.

Where learned: Learned from the children of her neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump Rope Rhyme

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue,

Theses are the things I like to do.

Salute to the captain,

Bow to the king,

Turn around like a submaraine.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.
 

Where learned: Collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Jump Rope Rhyme

House for sale.

House for rent.

When _________moves out.

___________moves in.

(The person junping while the rhyme is being called, yells out a name of another player and then he jumps in when the firest one jumps out.)

Where learned: Told informant's home .

Keyword(s): Call ; RHYME

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

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