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CHARLIE CHAPLIN WENT TO FRANCE,/ TO TEACH THE LADIES HOW TO DANCE,/
WITH A HEEL AND A TOE, AROUND WE GO./ SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN,/ BOW TO
THE QUEEN,/ TOUCH THE BOTTOM OF THE DIRTY SUBMARINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
CHARLIE CHAPLIN SAT ON A FENCE
TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF FIFTEEN
CENTS.
Where learned: NEIGHBORHOOD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CHING CHANG CHINAMAN SITTING ON A FENCE TRIED TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF
FIFTY-TWO CENTS. HE MISSED, HE MISSED, HE MISSED LIKE THIS. (JUMPER
JUMPS UNTIL HE MISSES.)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CHING, CHANG CHINAMAN/ SITTING ON A BENCH/ HE MADE A BUCK OUT OF 15
CENTS./ HE MISSED./ HE MISSED./ HE MISSED LIKE THIS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
CHING, CHANG CHINAMAN, SITTING ON A FENCE/ TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR
OUT OF FIFTEEN CENTS.
HE MISSED, HE MISSED, HE MISSED LIKE THIS, 1, 2,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
CHING, CHANG CHINAMAN,/ SITTING ON A FENCE,/ TRIED TO MAKE A DOLLAR,/
OUT OF EIGHTY CENTS./ HE MISSED./ HE MISSED., HE MISSED LIKE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
CHING, CHANG CHINA MAN,/SITTING ON A FENCE,
TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR
OUT OF FIFTY-FIVE CENTS./ YOU MISSED,/ YOU MISSED, YOU MISSED LIKE
THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-26-1968
CHING, CHANG CHINAMAN,/ SITTING ON A FENCE./ TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR/
OUT OF NINETY/EIGHT CENTS./ I LIKE COFFEE,/ I LIKE TEA./ I LIKE THE
BOYS/ AND THE BOYS LIKE ME. (YES, NO, MAYBE SO ETC. UNTIL MISSES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
CHING,CHANG CHINAMAN./ SITTING ON A FENCE./ TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR
OUT OF 99 CENTS./ HE MISSED, /HE MISSED,/ HE MISSED LIKE THIS.
THIS IS DONE WHILE JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND CROSSING FEET.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
Jump Rope Rhymes
CHRIS COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE
HE SAILED SO FAST HE LOST HIS PANTS
AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
HOW MANY MILES PER HOUR DID HE TRAVEL?
(ROPE SWINGS FASTER AS COUNT GOES UP.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
Jump Rope Rhyme
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE
IN FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO.
THE WAVES WENT HIGHER AND HIGHER
AND OVER THE OCEAN BLUE.
(CHANTED BY THE CHILDREN AS THE ROPE IS SWUNG FROM SIDE TO SIDE. PARTIAL UNDERLINING INDICATES AT WHAT POINTS THE ROPE IS SWUNG.)
(ON THE WORDS "HIGHER" AND HIGHER" THE ROPE IS SWUNG HIGHER FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
ON THE WORDS "OVER" AND "BLUE" THE ROPE IS SWUNG AROUND IN THE CONVENTIONAL MANNER.)
THIS CHILD JUMPS OUT OF THE ROPE AND IT IS REPEATED FOR THE NEXT CHILD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL IN NORTHWEST DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
Jump Rope Rime
CHRIS COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE IN 14 HUNDRED AND 92. THE WAVES WENT HIGHER AND HIGHER AND OVER THEY WENT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
Cincinnati--A Jump Rope Verse
CIN, CIN, CIN
A NICKEL AND A PIN.
A DUTCHY AND A FATTY--
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL -- CINCINNATI.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA, DRESSED IN CUSTARD
WENT DOWNTOWN TO BUY SOME MUSTARD.
ON THE WAY HER GIRDLE BUSTED,
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
ONE?
TWO?
THREE?
(ETC.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
Rope-Jumping Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN GREEN
WENT UPSTAIRS TO EAT ICE-CREAM.
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN LACE.
WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
Jump-Rope Rhyme: Cinderella
CINDERELLA, CINDERELLA, DRESSED IN YELLOW
RAN UPSTAIRS TO CATCH HER FELLA.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, 4 ETC. (UNTIL ONE MISSES)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Berkley ; 1787 BEVERLY
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
RAN UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA
ON THE WAY, HER GIRDLE BUSTED
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
1,2,3, . . .
Submitter comment:
LEARNED THIS FROM 3 LITTLE GIRLS ABOUT 6 OR 7 WHO CAME INTO THE STORE WHERE I WORK.
Where learned: THE STORE WHERE I WORK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1969
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT DOWN THE STAIRS AND MET A FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1,2,3,4, . . . . (CONTINUE COUNT UNTIL PERSON MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE . . . .
(KEEP COUNTING UNTIL THE JUMPER MISSES.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
Jump Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
1-2-3- - -
Submitter comment:
A jump rope rhyme.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968