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DUMB, DUMB, DODO, TELL ME IF YOU KNOW,
THESE ARE THE THINGS I LIKE TO
DO,/ TIE MY SHOES AND TURN AROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DUMB, DUMB, THE DUMB ONE IS ----(NAME)
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
DUMMY DUMMY DO DO / DUMMY DUMMY DEE/ I CHOOSE ---- TO CHASE AFTER ME.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT DOES PRATICE IT NOW AT HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IN LIVONIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT GRANDMOTHERS HOME
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
DUM-DUM THE MORON IS---(NAME)
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
DUTCH GIRL, DUTCH GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE
THESE ARE THE THINGS I LIKE TO
DO : SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN (SALUTE) / CURTSEY TO THE QUEEN (CURTSEY)
TURN MY BACK TO THE MEAN OLD KING (TURN AROUND).
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
EKA BEKA SODA CRACKER/EKA BEKA BOO
EKA BEKA SODA CRAKER/ OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
ELLA , ELLA DRESSED IN YELLA/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLA/ HOW
MANY KISSES DID SHE GIVE HIM? (COUNT)
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS RHYME WHILE IN GRADE SCHOOL IN
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,/ GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE./ IF THE TRAIN
FELL OFF THE TRACK,/ DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,/ GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE. / IF THE TRAIN
JUMPS THE TRACK / DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE
GOING DOWN THE CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK
WOULD IT BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK?
(THEN THE JUMPER WOULD JUMP TO:
YES, NO, MAYBE SO, (UNTIL SHE WOULD MISS.)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,/ RUNNING ALONG THE CHICAGO LINE/ ENGINE
ENGINE NUMBER NINE WHEN SHE'S POLISHED SHE WILL SHINE.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE / RUNNING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,/ IF THE TRAIN
SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK/ DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK? YES, Y-E-S SPELLS
YES. (NO, N-O SPELLS NO) AND YOU ARE NOW OUT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ON A PLAYGROUND ; JOHNSTOWN ; WORKING
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY/ COME ON IN/ THE FIRST ONE WHO MISSES,/ HAS TO
TAKE THE END...
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, ETC.
Submitter comment:
THE ROPE WOULD BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE EACH OF WHOM WOULD LEAVE AFTER
SAYING THE MONTH THEIR BIRTHDAY WAS IN.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-04-1970
EVY, IVY, SODA CRACKER, EVY, IVY-OO
EVY, IVY, SODA CRACKER, I LOVE YOU.
Submitter comment:
THEN SAY ALPHABET UNTIL YOU MISS. THE LETTER THAT YOU MISS
ON IS YOUR SWEETHEART'S INITIAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
FAR UPON A HILL ON A MOUNTAIN TOP/ LIVED A LITTLE GIRL CALLED HER
RAGMOP/ LET HER SCRUB THE FLOOR LET HER BAKE BREAD/ WOULDN'T BE HER
RATHER'D BE DEAD)
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYMATES IN PARMA, OHIO
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-30-1967
FIRST FLOOR MISS, SECOND FLOOR MISS, THIRD FLOOR MISS, FOURTH FLOOR
MISS, FIFTH FLOOR MISS, SIXTH FLOOR DO NOT MISS, CAUSE A BABY WAS
BORN AT HALF PAST SIX."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT ; Mount Clemens
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
GAVE HER A NICKEL TO SUCK ON A PICKLE./ THE PICKLE WAS SOUR SO I GAVE
IT TO A FLOWER./ THE FLOWER WAS YELLOW SO I GAVE IT TO A FELLOW./ THE
FELLOW WAS THICK SO I GAVE HIM A KICK./ AND THAT IS HOW I LEARNED MY
ARITHMETIC. (COUNT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-31-1968
FRUITCAKE, CUPCAKE, HUCKLEBERRY FINN,/ WHEN I CALL YOUR BIRTHDAY ,
PLEASE JUMP IN./ JANUARY, FEBRUARY ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-26-1969
FRUIT CAKE, CUPCAKE, MUFFIN IN A TIN./ WHEN I CALL YOUR BIRTHDAY,
PLEASE JUMP IN . JANUARY, FEBRUARY ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
FUDGE, FUDGE,/ CALL THE JUDGE/ CAUSE MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY./
AIN'T A GIRL./ AIN'T A BOY./ IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY BABY./ WRAP IT UP
IN TISSUE PAPER./ SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR.
FIRST FLOOR/ STOP./ SECOND
FLOOR-MISS,/ THIRD FLOOR-TURN AROUND./ FOURTH FLOOR-GET OUT OF TOWN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-13-1970