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Jump Rope Jungle

I'm a little Dutch girl.

Dressed in blue;

These are the things

I like to do:

Salute to the captain,

Bow to the queen

And trun my back

On ht submarine!

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

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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I'm A little Dutch girl

I'm a little Dutch girl.

Dressed in blue

And these are the thing that

We use to do,

Salute to the captain and

Bow to the queen,

Turn my back on the submarine.

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

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; Jump

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

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Jump - Rope Rhyme

Alabama Buscha, king of the Jews

Bought his wife a new pair of shoes

When those shoes began to wear

Alabama Buschca began to swear.

Wife,wife go upstairs

Wife, wife touch the floor

Red hot peppers!

 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant lives.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): ACTION ; Charcter ; RHYME

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

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Alabama Buska

Alabama Buska, king of the Jews

Bought his wife a pair of shoes

When the shoes beganto wear

Alabama began to swear

Wife,wife go upstairs

Wife, wife some down stairs

Wife, wife touch the ground

etc.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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A tisket, a tasket

A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket

I wrote a letter to my mother and on the way I dropped,

I dropped it, I dropper it, and on the way I dropper ;

I wrote a letter to my mother and on the way I dropped it.

(While this is being chanted, one person takes a hankerchief and circles around a ring formed by the others.  He drops the handkerchief behind one, and thn the person must circle the others, repeating the procedure.)

Submitter comment:

(Celste's versoin has "my love instead of "my mother")

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informants live. Collector shares the same surname as  one of the two informants.

Where learned: Informants learned at home in 1954.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; RHYME

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

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Rope Skipping Rhyme

Alabama, Buska, King of the Jews

Bought his wife a new pair of shoes.

When th eshoes began to wear,

Alabama Buska began to swear:

Wife,wife turn around,

Wife wife touch the ground

Wife,wife leave town

 

Where 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 Verse

Ala Baba Buskka king of the Jews

Bought his wife a new pair of shoes.

When the shoes began to wear

Ala Baba Bushkka began to swear.

Wife,wife turn around,

Wife, wife touch the groud,

Wife, wife shine my shoes,

Wife, wife you better skadoo.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.

Where learned: Collector does not say 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

Ali Baba, King of the Jews,

Bought his wife a new pair of shoes.

When hte soles began to wear,

Ali Baba bought her another pair.

When those shoes began to wear,

Ali Baba began to swear;

"Wife, wife, touch the ground."

"Wife, wife turn around."

Wife, wife, get out of town."

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.

Where learned: Collector does not say 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

Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.

Blondie bought an evening gown.

Dagwood bought a pair of shoes.

Cookie bought the evneing news.

This is what it said:

Lady on one foot, one foot, one foot,

Lady on two feet, two feet, two feet,

Lady on three, feet, three feet,three feet,

Lady on four feet, four feet four.

Where learned: Informant learded from her sister. Collector at informants home.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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Rope Skipping Rhyme

Blondie and dagwood went downtown

Blondie bought a eveing gown

Dagwood bought a pair of shoes

Cookie bought the evening news

Lady on one foot, one foot, one foot,

Lady on two feet, two feet,two feet,

Lady on three feet, three feet, three feet , ( and hand)

Lady on four feet, four feet, four feet, ( two hands)

Lady on five feet, five feet, five feet, (and head)

Lady pigeon-toed, pigeon-toed, pigeon-toed,

Lady bow-legged,bow-legged, bow-legged,

Lady stupid looking , stupid looking, studpid looking,

And that's why I'm  getting out of here.

(Person does as the rhyme says)

Where learned: Informant learned from children in her neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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

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