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GOOD GIRL RHYME
(NAME) IS A GOOD GIRL, SHE GOES TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY,
SHE ASKS THE LORD TO GIVE HER STRENGTH TO CHASE THE BOYS ON MONDAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED TO SING THIS RHYME WHILE JUMPING ROPE WHEN SHE WAS A
YOUNG GIRL IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
JUMPROPE-STEAMBOAT
(ANYONE'S NAME) HAD A STEAMBOAT
THE STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL
THE STEAMBOAT WENT TO HEAVEN
(SAME NAME) WENT TO HELL---O OPERATOR
GIVE ME NUMBER 9, IF IT DOESN'T ANSWER
PLEASE REFUND MY DIME.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-24-1968
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
NEBACADONASOR, KING OF THE JEWS
BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR,
HE BOUGHT HIS WIFE ANOTHER PAIR.
HOW MANY PAIRS DID HE BUY)
Submitter comment: (BEGIN COUNTING TILL THE PERSON JUMPING MISSES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-19-1967
JUMP ROPE RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT
BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
A PICKLE AND A LEMON
CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
I WENT DOWNSTAIRS
TO LET THEM IN
AND THEY HIT ME ON THE HEAD
WITH A ROLLING PIN
Submitter comment: INFORMANT PLAYED TO THIS RHYME.
Where learned: TOLD AT ; Y HOUSE
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
24 ROBBERS
NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
24 ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
AS I RAN OUT, THEY RAN IN
AND THIS IS THE SONG THEY BEGAN TO SING:
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TURN AROUND
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TOUCH THE GROUND
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TIE YOUR SHOE
OLD LADY, OLD LADY, SKIT, SCAT, SCADOO.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
GIN-THIEVES
NOT LAST NIGHT
BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
24 ROBBERS
CAME KNOCKIN' AT MY DOOR,
WHEN I CAME OUT
THEY CAME IN,
ALL THEY WANTED
WAS A BOTTLE OF GIN.
LITTLE RED DANCER
TURN AROUND (TURN IN FIVE JUMPS)
LITTLE RED DANCER
TOUCH THE GROUND
ONE--TWO--(TOUCH)
LITTLE RED DANCER
GET OUT O' TOWN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
JUMP SONG-ROPE
NYLON STOCKING, PANTY HOSE,
I'VE GOT A SECRET,
AND NOBODY KNOWS,
THE BOYS GOT THE MUSCLES,
THE TEACHER'S GOT THE BRAINS
THE GIRLS GOT THE FIGURES
AND I WON THE GAME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
ROPE-JUMPING RHYME
-------, ------ (YOUR OWN NAME USED)
DRESSED IN LACE
WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE.
HOW MANY PUFFS DID SHE USE?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM THE OLDER GIRLS ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-27-1967
JUMP ROPE RHYME
(NAME), (NAME) IN THE TUB,
(NAME) MOTHER FORGOT THE PLUG.
OH MY GOODNESS
OH MY SOUL
THERE GOES (NAME) DOWN THE HOLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
FOR MALES: (NAME) WENT TO A PARTY AND A GIRL HE MET
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GET
ONE, TWO, THREE
FOR FEMALES: (NAME) WENT TO A PARTY AND A BOY SHE MET
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET
ONE, TWO, THREE.
Submitter comment:
AFTER THE RHYME, THE TWO TWIRLERS SPIN THE ROPE REAL FAST--LIKE HOT
PEPPER.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
SITTING IN A TREE
(GIRL) & (BOY) SITTING IN A TREE.
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
THEN COMES (NAME) WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: JUMP ROPE JINGLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
JUMP ROPE RIME
------AND------SITTING IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
FISRT COMES LOVE.
THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES------WITH A BABY CARRIAGE
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYMATES IN NEW YORK CITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-30-1967
JUMP ROPE SONG
(GIRL'S NAME) AND (BOY'S NAME) SITTING IN A TREE.
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
FIRST COMES LOVE;
THEN COMES MARRIAGE;
THEN COMES JUNIOR IN A BABY CARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
JUMP ROPE RHYME
(GIRL'S NAME WHO IS JUMPING) SITTING IN A TREE,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE,
THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
THEN COMES (BOY'S NAME WHO SHE LIKES OR HATES) WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment:
(THIS IS SUNG BY THE REST OF THE GROUP, SOMETIMES TO MAKE
UNUSUAL AND FUNNY MATCHING OF NAMES)
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
JUMP ROPE RHYME
(ANME) AND (NAME) SITTING IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE
THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES (NAME) WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(START COUNTING)
Submitter comment:
(I REMEMBER THAT LAST LINE BUT CAN'T REMEMBER IF THIS WAS THE RHYME
WE USED IT WITH)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
SITTING IN A TREE
(BOY'S NAME) AND (GIRL'S NAME) SITTING IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
THEN COME'S (SIC) (GIRL'S NAME) WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
HOW MANY ARE THERE IN THAT CARRIAGE?
ONE, TWO, THREE...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
JUMP ROPE RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE, 48 ROBBERS CAME
KNOCKING AT MY DOOR. AS I WENT OUT TO LET THEM IN, THEY HIT
ME IN THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
SPANISH DANCERS TURN AROUND, TURN AROUND
SPANISH DANCERS TOUCH THE GROUND, TOUCH THE GROUND.
SPANISH DANCERS GET OUT OF TOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-27-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE, 24 ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING
AT MY DOOR. AS I RAN OUT, THEY RAN IN; THIS IS WHAT THEY BEGAN TO
SING: SPANISH DANCERS DO THE SPLITS, SPANISH DANCERS GIVE A HIGH
KICK, SPANISH DANCERS DO THE KANGAROO, SPANISH DANCERS,
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS
NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS CAME A-KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
I WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO LET THEM IN.
THEY HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
I WENT UPSTAIRS TO GET MY GUN.
YOU SHOILD HAVE SEEN THESE ROBBERS RUN.
SOME WENT EAST, SOME WENT WEST,
SOME WENT IN THE CUCKOO'S NEST.
HOW MANY WENT IN THE CUCKOO'S NEST?
ONE, TWO, THREE,....
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
TWENTY-EIGHT ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
AS I WENT OUT TO LET THEM IN,
KNOCKED THEM OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WANTED
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
SPANISH DANCER TURN AROUND,
SPANISH DANCER TOUCH THE GROUND,
SPANISH DANCER DO THE TWIST
SPANISH DANCER GET OUT BEFORE YOU MISS.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER