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Her Deadly Mistake

CINDERELLA / DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW,
KISSED A SNAKE, / BY MISTAKE,
CALLED THE DOCTOR, / HOW MANY DOCTORS CAME?

(KEEP JUMPING AND COUNTING UNTIL A MISS.)

 

Submitter comment:

 


 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-10-1968

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Rope Jumping Rime

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT UPSTAIRS TO SEE HER FELLA
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?

Submitter comment:

LEARNED ON THE PLAYGROUND IN ELYRIA, OHIO

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

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-29-1967

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Jump Rope Rhymes

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPTOWN TO MEET HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?
(COUNT UNTIL THERE IS A MISS)

 

Submitter comment:

Learned in neighborhood.

 

Data entry tech comment:


 

Where learned: NEIGHBORHOOD

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-26-1967

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Jump Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT TO TOWN TO SEE HER FELLA.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
1, 2, 3, . . .
(COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE ROPE IS JUMPED.)

 

 

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; 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

CINDERELLA
DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIRS
TO KISS HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(COUNT OUT)

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; 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

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; 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

CINDERELLA, DRESSED IN YELLA,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLA,
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, . . . . .

 

 

Submitter comment:

Learned mid-1950s.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share same surname.

 

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: MID 00001950'S

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Rope-Singing Jingle

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLA.
MADE A MISTAKE--
KISSED A SNAKE--
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE?

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: SUMMER 00001964

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Jump-Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW
MADE A MISTAKE AND KISSED A SNAKE.
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE? 1, 2, 3 . . . ETC.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16925 STOEPEL

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-31-1968

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Jump Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA ALL DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO MEET A FELLOW,
ON HER WAY HER GIRDLE BUSTED
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
1-2-3. . .

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-01-1969

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Jump Rope Rhymes: Cinderella

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIR TO KISS HER FELLOW
SHE MADE A MISTAKE AND KISSED A SNAKE,
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE?

(JUMP UNTIL THE PERSON MISSES)

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-00-1969

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Jump-Rope Rhyme

DAGWOOD AND BLONDIE WENT TO TOWN,
BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN,
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES,
COOKIE BOUGHT THE EVENING NEWS.
IN THE NEWS IT SAID, "CLOSE YOUR EYES
AND COUNT TO 10--IF YOU MISS
YOU TAKE AN END."
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . .

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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Rope-Jumping Rhymes

DAGWOOD BLONDIE WENT DOWNTOWN
DAGWOOD BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN.
HE HAD A QUARTER TO BUY THE NEWS.
IN THE NEWS THERE WAS SOMETHING NEW.
IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO TEN YOU WILL
EVER WIN.
COUNT 1-10.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KEATING SCHOOL

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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Rope Jumping Rime

DOCTOR, DOCTOR, DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES _______, AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE WIGGLES WHEN SHE WALKS AND
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS
AND SHE LIFTS UP HER SKIRT WHEN SHE DOES THE KICKS. HOW MANY KICKS CAN SHE DO?

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

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-30-1967

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Jump rope rhyme

Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop tell me the initials

of my sweetheart - A, B, C, etc.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same.
 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Dearborn Hgts

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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.

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

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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

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

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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

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

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