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JUMP-ROPE RHYME
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA
JOHNNY BROKE A MILK-BOTTLE
AND BLAMED IT ON ME
I TOLD MA
MA TOLD PA
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN'
HA, HA, HA
HOW MANY LICKINS DID HE GET?
Submitter comment:
THE ROPE IS TWIRLED AT NORMAL RATE UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE LAST LINE,
WHEN THE SPEED OF THE ROPE IS INCREASED. (KNOWN AS HOT PEPPERS.)
THEN THE JUMPER COUNTS A NUMBER FOR EACH SUCCESSIVE JUMP, EACH
REPRESENTING ONE LICKING.
AS SOON AS THE JUMPER MISSES, HER TURN IS OVER.
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
I WENT DOWNTOWN
TO SEE MISS BROWN.
SHE GAVE ME A NICKEL
TO BUY A PICKLE.
THE PICKLE WAS SOUR
SHE GAVE ME A DOLLAR
TO BUY A FLOWER.
ON THE FLOWER WAS A BEE
THE BEE STUNG ME.
HOW MANY STINGS DID I GET?
Submitter comment:
THE ROPE IS TWIRLED AT NORMAL RATE UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE LAST LINE,
WHEN THE SPEED OF THE ROPE IS INCREASED. (KNOWN AS HOT PEPPERS.)
THEN THE JUMPER COUNTS A NUMBER FOR EACH SUCCESSIVE JUMP, EACH
REPRESENTING A BEE'S
STING. AS SOON AS THE JUMPER MISSES, HER TURN IS
OVER.
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
BLUE BELLS
"BLUE BELLS, COCKLE SHELLS, EAVY, IVY, OVER. HERE COMES THE LADY
WITH THE BIG FAT STICK, NOW IT'S TIME FOR ARTIHMETIC. ONE AND ONE
IS TWO, TWO AND TWO IS FOUR, NOW IT'S TIME FOR GEOGRAPHY. THE WORLD
TURNS ROUND, ROUND, TILL IT TOUCHES THE GROUND.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE JUMP-ROPE RHYMES.
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001950S LATE-00001960S
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLER
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLER/
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW/ ON THE WAY HER GIRDLE BUSTED/ HOW
MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?/ 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100/ ROPE IS
SKIPPED ONCE FOR EACH NUMBER RECITED.
A RHYME RECITED WHILE JUMPING ROPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
Entertainment: Game
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR
GO UPSTAIRS/ TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR SAY YOUR PRAYERS/ TEDDY BEAR,
TEDDY BEAR TURN OFF THE LIGHT/ TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR SPELL
GOODNIGHT/ G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T/ ROPE IS SKIPPED ONCE FOR EACH LETTER
RECITED.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD - 02-22-2011
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
Keyword(s): Diversion ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; Play ; RHYME ; Stairs ; Teddy Bear ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
SHIRLEY TEMPLE SAT ON A PIN/
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN/ 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100. ROPE
IS SKIPPED ONCE FOR EACH NUMBER RECITED.
A RHYME RECITED WHILE JUMPING ROPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING ; MOVIE CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
I LIKE COFFEE
I LIKE COFFEE, I LIKE TEA/ I
LIKE JUDY TO JUMP WITH ME/ I HATE COFFEE, I HATE TEA/ I HATE JILL TO
JUMP WITH ME/
A RHYME RECITED WHILE JUMPING ROPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
JUDGE, JUDGE, TELL THE JUDGE
JUDGE, JUDGE, TELL THE JUDGE/
MAMA HAD A NEW BORN BABY/ IT ISN'T A BOY, IT ISN'T A GIRL/ JUST
PLAIN ORDINARY BABY/ WRAP IT UP IN TOILET PAPER/ SEND IT DOWN THE
ELEVATOR/ FIRST FLOOR, SECOND FLOOR, THIRD FLOOR, STOP.
A RHYME RECITED WHILE JUMPING ROPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.542 |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN, JOHNNY OVER THE SEA/ JOHNNY BROKE A MILK
BOTTLE AND BLAMED IT ON ME/ I TOLD MA, MA TOLD PA/ AND JOHNNY GOT A
LICKIN/ SO HA HA HA/ HOW MANY LICKINS DID HE GET/ 5,10,15,20,25,30,
35,40,45,50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,100/ A RHYME RECITED WHILE
JUMPING ROPE. SKIP ROPE ONCE FOR EACH NUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
A RHYME RECITED WHILE JUMPING ROPE. NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT
BEFORE/ TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR/ AS I WENT OUT,
THEY CAME IN/ HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN/ THIS IS WHAT
THEY SAID TO ME/ SPANISH DANCER TURN ALL AROUND/ SPANISH DANCER
TOUCH THE GROUND/ SPANISH DANCER DO THE SPLITS/ SPANISH DANCER GIVE A
HIGH KICK/ SPANISH DANCER GET OUT OF TOWN/ BEFORE THE SUN GOES
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN/
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT TO TOWN
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT TO TOWN/ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN/
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES/ AND ALEXANDER BOUGHT THE NEWS/ THIS
IS WHAT THE HEADLINES SAID/ CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO TEN/ IF YOU
MISS YOU TAKE THE END/
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
DONALD DUCK
A RHYME RECITED WHILE JUMPING ROPE.
DONALD DUCK IS A ONE-LEGGED
ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED DUCK/ DONALD DUCK IS A TWO-LEGGED/ TWO-LEGGED
TWO-LEGGED DUCK./ DONALD DUCK IS A THREE-LEGGED/ THREE-LEGGED, THREE-
LEGGED DUCK/ DONALD DUCK IS A FOUR-LEGGED/ FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED
DUCK/ JUMP OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): CARTOON AND COMIC STRIP CHARACTER ; CHAIN COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE
A RHYME RECITED WHILE JUMPING ROPE. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE FOR DEAR OLD
JERI/ CALLING RON TO THE DOOR/ SINCE RON IS THE ONE WHO IS HAVING ALL
THE FUN/ WE DON'T NEED JERI ANY
MORE--SHUT THE DOOR/. PERSON'S NAME IS OPTIONAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
ALONG IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT (ANY
NAME SWEET AS A ROSE. ALONG CAME (ANY NAME) AND KISSED HER ON
THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECIEVE?
Submitter comment:
THIS POEM WAS SAID WHILE PLAYING JUMPROPE. THE PERSON WHO WAS
JUMPING HAD HIS NAME IN THE FIRST BLANK, AND SOMEONE SHE LIKED
WENT IN THE SECOND BLANK. THEN SHE WOULD JUMP AND COUNT TILL SHE
MISSED OR GOT TIRED.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S EARLY
TEDDY BEAR.
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TURN AROUND,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR, TOUCH THE GROUND
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE RHYME
PEAS PORRIDGE HOT, PEAS PORRIDGE COLD.
PEAS PORRIDGE IN THE POT NINE DAYS OLD.
SOME LIKE IT HOT, SOME LIKE IT COLD.
SOME LIKE IT IN THE POT, NINE DAYS OLD.
Submitter comment: USED BY INFORMANT TO JUMP ROPE BY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE RHYME
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN MUSTARD, WENT DOWNTOWN TO GET SOME CUSTARD.
ON THE WAY HER GIRDLE BUSTED. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED? 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, (WHATEVER NUMBER ) (THE ROPE TURNS FASTER.)
Where learned: GEORGIA ; SAVANNAH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
JUMP ROPE RHYME
BLUE BELL COCKER SHELLS
EVY IVY OVER, WENT DOWN, TOWN TO THE ALLIGATOR TOWN SAT ON THE
BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE FELL DOWN. THE ALLIGATOR BIT ME ON THE SEAT OF
THE PANTS. THATS HOW YOU DO THE ALLIGATOR DANCE.
JUMP TIL YOU MISS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
JUMP ROPE RHYME
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TURN AROUND,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TOUCH THE GROUND,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR SHINE YOUR SHOES,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR READ THE NEWS,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR, GO UP STAIRS,
TEDDY BEAR TEDDY BEAR SAY YOUR PRAYERS,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TURN OFF THE LIGHTS,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR SPELL GOODNIGHT,
G - O - O - D - N - I - G - H - T (JUMP FAST)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
JUMP ROPE RHYME
I'M A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL DRESSED IN RED. THESE ARE THE THINGS
MY FATHER SAID. DON'T WEAR LIPSTICK, DON'_ WEAR ROUGE, DON'T
WEAR YOUR
MOTHER'S HIGH HEEL SHOES (JUMP TILL YOU MISS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-30-1972