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JUMP ROPE SONG

MABEL, MABEL, SET THE TABLE.
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPERS.

Submitter comment:

TURN THE ROPE FAST

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 00001967 FALL

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MABLE

MABLE, MABLE, SET THE TABLE
AND DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPERS!
REAL FAST 1, 2, 3, 4, ETC.

Submitter comment:

WHEN SHE PLAYED JUMP-ROPE SHE USED TO SAY THIS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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MABEL

MABEL, MABEL
SET THE TABLE,
DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND
RED HOT PEPPER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; 8425 W MCNICHOLS

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 04-07-1970

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JUMP ROPE SONG

MABEL, MABEL SET THE TABLE
BUT DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPERS.

Submitter comment:

THE CHILDREN THEN TURN THE ROPE AS FAST AS THEY CAN UNTIL THE PERSON WHO IS JUMPING MAKES A MISTAKE.

Where learned: informant's home

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 01-22-1968

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

MABLE, MABLE, SET THE TABLE. DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND PEPPER...

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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JUMP ROPE JINGLE

MABEL, MABEL,
SET THE TABLE,
DON'T FORGET THE MUSTARD, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, (TURN ROPE SLOWLY)
VANILLA, CLOVES (ETC.) PEPPER (TURN ROPE VERY FAST)

Submitter comment:

Learned sometime between 1954 and 1957.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

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VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC

MABLE, MABLE, SET THE TABLE,
DON'T FORGET THE SALT, VINEGAR, MUSTARD AND PEPPER.

Submitter comment:

USED IN ROPE-SKIPPING----AT THE WORD "PEPPER" THE
SKIPPER IS SUPPOSED TO JUMP AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

MABEL, MABEL SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-20-1969

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MABLE MABLE SET THE TABLE. DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND PEPPER.

(THE ROPE GOES FAST AND THE PERSON JUMPS AS LONG AS HE CAN.)

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: NOT RECORDED

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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JUMP-ROPE RHYMES

MABEL, MABEL, SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE MUSTARD,
VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, VANILLA,
CLOVES (ETC.) PEPPER (TURN ROPE VERY FAST).

Where learned: NOT RECORDED

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 02-14-1968

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JUMP-ROPE RIME

SALT, PEPPER, VINEGAR, SPICE.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; WILSON ; 14172

Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-12-1972

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SEA SHELLS, MANY BELLS EEVY, IVY, OVER. MY BOYFRIEND'S NAME IS ROVER.
HOW MANY KISSES WILL I GET? (RED HOT PEPPER, COUNTING)

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; SPEED-JUMP

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

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SKIM WITH THE JUMP ROPE. 0: RUN THRU. 1: JUMP ONCE. 2: TOUCH GROUND
TWO TIMES. 3: HOP IN THREE TIMES ON ONE FOOT. 4: JUMP IN BACKWARD
FOUR TIMES. 5: TURN AROUND. 6: RED HOT PEPPER. 7 JUMPIN - MISS ON
SEVENTH TIME

Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; SPEED-RHYME

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

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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

MOTHER, MOTHER, I AM SICK
SEND FOR THE DOCTOR, QUICK, QUICK, QUICK

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5718 LOOPER

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-06-1971

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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY.
CALL THE DOCTOR CALL THE NURSE.
CALL THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
FIRST FLOOR STOP, SECOND FLOOR MISS.
THIRD FLOOR, BABY FLOOR, JUMP UNTIL YOU MISS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16925 STOEPEL

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

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

Date learned: 10-31-1968

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MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER

MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
1819 BROADWAY STREET
EVERYNIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY
ACKRA BACKRA SODA CRACKER, ACKRA, BACKRA BOO
ACKRA BACKRA SODA CRACKER OUT GOES YOU}

Submitter comment: I WOULD USE THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I TOLLD JUMP ROPE IN THE
1950'S9

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17450 BARLOW ; TOLD IN ; NEIGHBORHOOD

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: NOT RECORDED

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JUMP ROPE SONG

JUMP ROPE SONG
OR GAME PLAYED BY MEMBERS WHO HOLD HANDS AND MOVE
IN A CIRCLE RING-AROUND-ROSIE STYLE.
MOTORBOAT, MOTORBOAT GO SO SLOW
MOTORBOAT, MOTORBOAT GO SO FAST
MOTORBOAT, MOTORBOAT STEP ON THE GAS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; 1210 KENSINGTON ; 48230

Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 02-21-1970

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

FOR MALES: (NAME) WENT TO A PARTY AND A GIRL HE MET
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GET
ONE, TWO, THREE
FOR FEMALES: (NAME) WENT TO A PARTY AND A BOY SHE MET
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET
ONE, TWO, THREE.

Submitter comment: AFTER THE RHYME, THE TWO TWIRLERS SPIN THE ROPE REAL FAST--LIKE HOT
PEPPER.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: NOT RECORDED

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JUMP-ROPE RHYMES

ONE DARK NIGHT WHEN WE WERE ALL IN BED.
OLD LADY LEARY LIT A LANTERN IN THE SHED.
AND WHEN THE COW KICKED IT OVER,
SHE WINKED HER EYE AND SAID,
"THEY'LL BE HOT TIMES IN THE TOWN TONIGHT."
"FIRE}, FIRE}, FIRE}"

Where learned: MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

1, 2, 3, CARROTS' GONE
THE BUNNY HOPS AND AWAY HE GOES

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: NOT RECORDED

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