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SILVER BELLS, COCKLE SHELLS,/ EEVY, IVY, OVER./ I LOVE COFFEE, I LOVE
TEA. I LOVE THE BOYS AND THEY LOVE ME. HOW MANY KISSES DID I RECEIVE?
10,20,30, ETC RED HOT PEPPER.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
STANDING ON THE CORNER CHEWIN' A PIECE OF GUM. ALONG CAME ---AND ASKE
FOR SOME. NO, YOU LITTLE BEGGAR, NO, YOU LITTLE BUM I'D RATHER GET A
LICKEN THAN GIVE YOU SOME. HOW MANY LICKENS DID SHE RECEIVE?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SUGAR AND CREAM/ BREAD AND BUTTER/ WHAT IS THE NAME OF MY TRUE LOVER?
A,B,C,D, ETC.(THE LETTER YOU MISS ON IS HIS INITIAL)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
GAMES
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING OUT CLOTHES
MY MOTHER GAVE YOUR MOTHER A PUNCH IN THE NOSE
WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD?
RED---SPELLS RED AND OUT SHE GOES WITH THE DIRTY DISH
RAG ON HER KNEE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
MOTHERS
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER
WERE HANGING UP CLOTHES,
MY MOTHER SOCKED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE
WHAT COLOR BLOOD CAME OUT.
Submitter comment:
NOTE: PERSON ANSWERS A COLOR, FOR EXAMPLE GREEN. CALLER
SPELLS G-R-E-E-N. PERSON WHO IS TAPPED AT LAST LETTER IS NOT IT)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-03-1970
"MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER"
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, LIVED ACROSS THE WAY,
1617 EAST BROADWAY.
EVERYNIGHT THEY HAD A FIGHT,
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'D SAY:
BOYS ARE ROTTEN, MADE OF DIRTY COTTEN, (COTTON)
GIRLS ARE DANDY, MADE OF SUGAR CANDY.
ACK-A-BACK-A, SODA CRACKER,
DOES YOUR MOTHER CHEW TOBBACCO?
YES? NO? MAYBE SO?
OUT YOU GO}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY.
CALL THE DOCTOR CALL THE NURSE.
CALL THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
FIRST FLOOR STOP, SECOND FLOOR MISS.
THIRD FLOOR, BABY FLOOR, JUMP UNTIL YOU MISS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-31-1968
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER HANGING UP CLOTHES.
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR BLOOD CAME OUT?
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: 03-00-1971
06151958
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIV%S ACROSS THE STREET,
1819 BROADWAY STREET,
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER
RIGHT IN THE NOSE,
HOW MANY PUNCHES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3,...
Submitter comment:
MY COUSIN TOLD ME THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I WAS VISITING HER.
THE GIRLS WOULD USE THIS RHYME WHILE JUMPING ROPE IN 1958.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; HAZELTON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING OUT CLOTHES
MY MOTHER GAVE YOUR MOTHER A PUNCH IN THE NOSE
WHAT COLOR DID IT TURN--
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A JUMP ROPE RHYME AND AFTER THE PLAYER SAYS, "WHAT COLOR
DID IT TURN, HE OR SHE THEN NAMES AS MANY COLORS AS SHE CAN
UNTIL SHE MISSES OR RUNS OUT OF COLORS, THEN IT IS SOMEONE-ELSE'S
TURN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
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
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
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
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
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-JUMP RHYME
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR ROSES.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT BALL.
NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE DOZEN.
THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, SWEET SIXTEEN.
(ETC., ETC.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-28-1967
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES----AMERICA'S BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA;
SHE CAN DO THE TWIST;
SHE CAN JUMP ROPE LIKE THIS:
AGAIN, THE JUMPER USES THE NAME SHE PREFERS AND JUMPS UNTIL
SHE MISSES.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
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
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES (NAME), THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA,
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS,
HOW MANY DANCES DO YOU WISH?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |