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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
TWENTY FOUR ROBBERS CAMR KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
AS I RAN OUT AND THEY RAN IN,
I ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WANTED ,
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
SPANISH DANCER DO THE SPLITS-JUMPER DOES SPLIT IN AIR.
SPANISH DANCER DO THE TWIST-JUMPER SPINS AROUND.
SPANISH DANCER TOUCH THE FLOOR-JMPER TOUCHES GROUND.
SPANISH DANCER SHUT THE DOOR-JUMPER THROWS ARM OUT THREE TIMES.
SPANISH DANCER JUMP SO HIGH-JUMPER JUMPS HIGH.
SPANISH DANCER TOUCH THE SKY-JUMPER RUNS OUT OF ROPE.

Submitter comment: ALL OF THIS IS DONE AS THE ROPE IS TURNING.

Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; TOMS RIVER

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

Date learned: 00001970S

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