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Jump Rope Rhyme
Dick and Janet sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g
First comes love, then comes marriage, and then along coems Laura in a baby carriage
(When they ingroduce the new person into the rhyme in the carriage it usually meant that a new person was supposed to begin jumping. The on who's name is called out.)
Where learned: Royal Oak, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump- rope Rime
Ching, Chong, Chinaman,
Sitting on a fence
Tried to make a dollar
Out of ninety -nine cents.
He missed.
He missed
He missed liked this.
Where learned: Told at Detroit.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Two little dickey birds
Sitting on a wall
One named Peter
The other named Paul.
Fly away Peter
Fly away Paul
Come back Peter
Come back Paul
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, all !
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
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Jump Rope Rhyme
Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie, how many years
before I die? One, two,three, four, five, etc.
(keep counting until jumper misses)
Submitter comment:
Littler children often recite the following rhyme as they jump rope.
Data entry tech comment:
Collect and informant name is not listed on card.
Collector and informant are the same.
Where learned: Informant does not state where it was learned.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope-Rhymes
High water- low water
Submitter comment:
This is another saying for playing jump rope.
One swing the rope and other children jump over as high as they can.When one misses he's out of the game.
Where learned: written in 204
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Song
High, low, medium, slow, rocky, dolly,bluebells, pepper, 10,20,30....
(until player misses)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state what city it was learned.
Where learned: Univesity of Detroit
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Junp ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jumping Rhyme
Grace, Grace, dressed in kace,
Went upstairs to powder her face,
How many boxes did she use.
(Jump, counting , until you miss, and then you take the end)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives .
Where learned: Told St. Hilary's Grade School
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope-Rhymes
Girls chant "High, low, jolly, pepper," until the jumper misses, If she misses on "high", she must then jump while others turn the rope without touching the ground. If she misses on "Low," they twirl the rope low. If she misses on"jolly," she mus tspin around while jumping. If she misses on "pepper," the twirlers go very fast.,
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Here we come
Where from?
New Oreans
Whats your trade?
Lemonade
Give me some!
No!
Then get to work you lazy bum!
Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Hello operator
Give me number nine
If she doesn't answer
Please give me bakc my dime...
(There is mor to this but the informant could only rememeber one more line.)
...Behind the iron curtain
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state what city the informant lives.
Where learned: Informant learned at home .
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Hazel, Hazel
Set the table.
Don't forget the red hot peppers.
When the last lin is read the people turing the rupe speed up.
Submitter comment:
I asked my sister,Danna for any jump rope rhymes she knew. This was on of them .
Data entry tech comment:
Collector is the informant's sister.
Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Hello Bill
Hello Bill.
Whe're you goin' Bill?
Downtown Bill?
What for Bill?
To pay my gas bill?
How much Bill?
A ten dollar bill?
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and Informant share the same surname.
Where learned: Westland, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
High
Low
Jolly pepper.
(this is repeated)
The first time a person goes to junp the rope is about waist high. The secibd time teh roep is on the ground. The third time the rope is twirled very fast.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where it was learned or where the informant lives.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Song
Hi, low, medium, walkie, talkie, slowly, pepper.
(at pepper, rope is turned faster)
Where learned: Cleveland, Ohio
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Hi, low, jolly, peppers,
Sleepy,salty, jolly peppers,
Upstairs, downstairs, jolly peppers
Sleepy, salty, jolly peppers
Where learned: Ann Arbor, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Song
I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue.
I died last night at halp past two.
Where did I go?
Heaven, hellm purgatory.
(Repeated until one missed the jump)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state what city the informant lives or what city it was learned.
Where learned: Sung in youth.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Chant #3
High, low, medium, jolly,peppers
High: rope turned in hight motin
Low: rope turned in low motion
Jolly: rope urned in regular motin
Peppers: rope turned extra fast
(The object of these jump-rope game is to jump until you miss.)
Where learned: Told at Univesity of Detroit
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rime
Hi Ho Sliver
How's about a date?
Meet me at the corner
At half past eight.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not indicate what city collector lives in.
Where learned: Informant learned as a child but does not know from whom.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump rope Rhyme
Hi ho sliver
How about a date?
Meet me at the cornor
At a half past eight
I can do the wiggle
How manywiggles can I do ?
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state what city informant lives.
Where learned: HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |