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FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE,/ MAMMA'S HAD A BABY./ IT ISN'T A BOY,
AND IT ISN'T A GIRL,/ IT'S JUST A PLAIN OLD BABY.
WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE
PAPER./ SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR./ FIRST FLOOR, STOP, SECOND FLOOR
STOP, ETC. (UNTIL ONE MISSES)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 07-08-1964

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FUDGE, FUDGE CALL THE JUDGE, / MA'S GONNA HAVE A BABY./ IT'S NOT A
GIRL, IT'S NOT A BOY,/ IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN
TISSUE PAPER/ AND SEND IT UP THE ELEVATOR. 1,2,3, ETC.

Where learned: SAINT STANISLAUS HIGH SCHOOL

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 12-03-1967

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FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE
MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY/ PAPPA'S GONE
CRAZY/ HOW MANY BABIES DID MAMA HAVE? (COUNT)

Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOLD IN ELYRIA, OHIO

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF 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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FUDGE, FUDGE TELL THE JUDGE./ MAMA HAD A BABY./ NOT A BOY, NOT A GIRL
JUST A LITTLE BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE AND PUT IT IN THE ELEVATOR
FIRST FLOOR MISS, SECOND FLOOR MISS. THIRD FLOOR MISS ETC.

Submitter comment: WHEN SHE PLAYED JUMP-ROPE SHE USED TO SAY THIS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE/ MOMMA HAS A NEW BORN BABY. IT'S NOT A
GIRL, IT'S NOT A BOY/ IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN
TISSUE PAPER./ SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR.
( A RECITAL OF FLOORS BEGINS.)
NOW UNTIL THE FLOOR WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE JUMPERS BIRTHDAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 02-27-1967

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GINGER ALE, GINGER ALE,/ GINGER ALE POP/ SPELL THE INITIALS OF YOUR
SWEET HEART.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 04-00-1968

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GRACE, GRACE DRESSED IN LACE/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWER HER FACE/ HOW
MANY BOXES DID SHE USE? (COUNT)

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5776 WHITTIER ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 11-23-1970

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GEORGY PORGY PUTTER AND PIE/ KISSED THE GIRLS AND MADE THEM CRY. 1,2,

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 03-00-1968

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GRACE, GRACE DRESSED IN LACE/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER FOR FACE/ HOW
MANY BOXES DID SHE WASTE? ONE, TWO, ETC.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: --

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GRACE, GRACE DRESSED IN LACE,/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE./ HOW
MANY POWDER/PUFFS DID SHE USE? 1,2,3, ECT.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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GRACE, GRACE, DRESSED IN LACE,/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE./ HO
MANY BOXES DID SHE USE? (COUNT)

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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GRACE, GRACE, DRESSED IN LACE,/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE./ HO
MANY BOXES DID SHE USE?/ (COUNT)

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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GRACE, GRACE, DRESSED IN LACE/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE/ HOW
MANY BOXES DID SHE USE? ONE, TWO, THREE ETC.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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GYPSY, GYPSY, PLEASE TELL ME/ WHAT KIND OF A HUSBAND WILL HE BE? RICH
MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF?/ GYPSY, PGPSY , PLEASE TELL ME/ WHA
KIND OF RING WILL IT BE?/ DIAMOND, RUBY, SAPPHIRE?/ GYPSY, GYPSY,
PLEASE TELL ME./ WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL IT BE? MANSION, CASTLE,
COTTAGE? GYPSY, GYPSY, PLEASE TELL ME./ HOW MANY CHILDREN WILL THERE
BE? 1,2,3, ETC TIL YOU MISS. / GYPSY , GYPSY, PLEASE TELL ME./ WHAT
COLOR WILL MY CHILDREN BE? RED , YELLOW, BLACK, WHITE.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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HEY GIRL HOW ABOUT A FIGHT? HERE COMES JODY WITH HER BRITCHES ON TIGH
SHE CAN WIGGLE, SHE CAN WAGGLE, SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS, BUT I BETCHA
TEN BUCK, LADY CAN'T DO THIS: LADY ON ONE FOOT, LADY ON TWO FEET, LAD
ON THREE FEET, LADY ON FOUR FEET ETC. UP TO TEN. AND YOUR UNDER THE
MOON.

Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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"HIGH WATER - LOW WATER." (THIS IS ANOTHER SAYING FOR PLAYING JUMP
ROPE. ONW SWINGS THE ROPE AND OTHER CHILDREN JUMP OVER AS HIGH AS THE
CAN. WHEN ONE MISSES HE'S OUT OF THE GAME.)

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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I'M A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE, THESE ARE THE THINGS I LIKE
TO DO: BOW TO THE CAPTAIN, COURTSY TO THE QUEEN, TELL YOU THE INITIAL
OF MY SWEET DREAM. A,B,C, ECT.

Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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I HAD A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR. HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM/ I PUT HIM IN THE
BATHTUB, TO TEACH HIM HOW TO SWIM./ HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER AND HE
UP ALL THE SOAP./ LAST NIGHT HE WAS SICK WITH A BUBBLE IN HIS THROAT.
IN CAME THE DOCTOR, IN CAME THE NURSE IN CAME THE LADY WITH THE BIG F
PURSE. I DON'T WANT THE DOCTOR. I DON'T WANT THE NURSE. I WANT THE LA
WITH THE BIG FAT PURSE) (COUNT FROM 1-100)

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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I LIKE COFFEE, I LIKE TEA. HOW MANY BOYS ARE CRAZY FOR ME? 1,2,3 ETC.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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I LOVE COFFEE, I LOVE TEA, HOW MANY BOYS ARE STUCK ON ME ? (COUNT)

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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