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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

CINDERELLA
DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT DOWNTOWN
TO MEET A FELLA
HOW MANY FELLAS DID SHE MEET? MM
COUNT BY TENS AS YOU JUMP. THE ROPE IS TURNED FASTER AND FASTER.

Submitter comment: EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS JUMP-ROPE RHYME. IT'S AS COMMON AS ANTS
AT A PICNIC.
THIS IS STILL RECITED IN 1980.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: CA00001930 ; 01-13-1980

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