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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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Little Dutch girl dressed in pink

I'm a little Dutch gril

Dressed in pink.

Here are the things I like to drink;

Coca, water and tea,

These are the best for me.
 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant lives.
 

Where learned: informant's home

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

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

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Little Dutch girl dressed in white.

I'm a little Dutch girl

Dressed in white.

These are the things I say at night:

Goodnight to my mother,

Goodnight to my father,

And goodnight to my littler baby brother.

(School jump rope rhyme)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informant lives .
 

Where learned: Informant's home.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

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

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Johnny over the ocean Johnny over the sea.

Johnny broke a milke bottle adn blamedit on me.

I told mom, mom told pa

Johnny got a lickin, Ha, ha, ha,.

How many lickins did he get that week? 1,2,3,4, etc.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where Informant lives.

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

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.56

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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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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 song-rope

Chinky, chinky  chinaman sittling on a fence,

Trying to make $1.00 out of .59¢,

She missed, she missed,

She missed like this ...

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informant lives.
 

Where learned: Morrell

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

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

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Jump - rope rhyme

Blondie and Dagwood went to town

Blondie bought an evening gown

Dagewood bought  a pair of shoes

Cookie read the evening news

Here is what it said

Close your eyes, count to ten

If you miss take an end.

Where learned: Learned from a playmate about 6 years ago.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Ching, Chong, Chinaman,

Sitting on a fence

Tried to make a dollar

Out of ninety -nine cents.

He missed.

He missed

He missed liked this.

Where learned: Told at Detroit.

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

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,

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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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 Song

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue.

I died last night at halp past two.

Where did I go?

Heaven, hellm purgatory.

(Repeated until one missed the jump)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state what city the informant lives or what city it was learned.

Where learned: Sung in youth.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; SPEED

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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Rope - jumping rhymes

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue.

And these are the things I like to do;

Salute to the captain,

Courtsy to the queen,

Touch the bottom of the dirty submarine.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.
 

Where learned: Informant 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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