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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

I'M A PRETTY LITTLE, PRETTY LITTLE, DUTCH GIRL.
AS PRETTY, AS PRETTY CAN BE.
AND ALL THE BOYS AROUND WAY GO CRAZY OVER ME. MY
MY BOYFRIEND'S NAME IS SKIPPY.
HE COMES FROM MISSISSIPPI.
WITH A BOOGIE IN HIS NOSE AND TWENTY-FOUR TOES,
THAT'S THE WAY MY STORY GOES,
ONE DAY WHEN I WAS WALKING, I HEARD MY BOYFRIEND TALKING
TO THE PRETTY LITTLE GIRL WITH THE STRAWBERRY CURLS
AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID TO HER:
I L-O-V-E LOVE YOU. I W-A-N-T WANT YOU.
I K-I-S-S KISS YOU.
AND THAT IS WHAT HE SAID TO HER.
MY FATHER GAVE ME A NICKLE. MY MOTHER GAVE ME A DIME.
MY SISTER GAVE ME A LOVERBOY TO KISS ME ALL THE TIME.
MY FATHER DIME. TOOK HIS NICKEL, MY MOTHER TOOK HER
MY SISTER TOOK HER LOVERBOY AND GAVE ME FRANKENSTEIN!!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

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

Date learned: 11-00-1974

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