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JUMP ROPE RHYME
MABLE, MABLE, SET THE TABLE. DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND PEPPER...
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
JUMP ROPE JINGLE
MABEL, MABEL,
SET THE TABLE,
DON'T FORGET THE MUSTARD, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, (TURN ROPE SLOWLY)
VANILLA, CLOVES (ETC.) PEPPER (TURN ROPE VERY FAST)
Submitter comment:
Learned sometime between 1954 and 1957.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
MABLE, MABLE, SET THE TABLE,
DON'T FORGET THE SALT, VINEGAR, MUSTARD AND PEPPER.
Submitter comment:
USED IN ROPE-SKIPPING----AT THE WORD "PEPPER" THE
SKIPPER IS SUPPOSED TO JUMP AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE RHYME
MABEL, MABEL SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-20-1969
MABLE MABLE SET THE TABLE. DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND PEPPER.
(THE ROPE GOES FAST AND THE PERSON JUMPS AS LONG AS HE CAN.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
JUMP-ROPE RHYMES
MABEL, MABEL, SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE MUSTARD,
VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, VANILLA,
CLOVES (ETC.) PEPPER (TURN ROPE VERY FAST).
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-14-1968
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
MARGIE HAD A BABY, NAMED IT TINY TIM,
PUT IT IN THE BATHTUB TO TEACH IT HOW TO SWIM.
THE BABY DRANK A GALLON OF WATER, ATE A CAKE OF SOAP,
MARGIE CALLED THE DOCTOR, BEFORE THE BABY CHOKED.
IN CAME THE DOCTOR, IN CAME THE NURSE,
IN CAME THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
DEAD SAID THE DOCTOR, DEAD SAID THE NURSE,
DEAD SAID THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
OUT WENT THE DOCTOR, OUT WENT THE NURSE,
OUT WENT THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED IN SUMMER OF 1964 FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Neighborhood children
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
EVERY TIME THEY HAD A FIGHT, THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY TO ME:
ACABACA SODA CRACKER, ACABACA SODA CRACKER
ACABACA SODA CRACKER AND OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED IN THE SUMMER OF 1964 FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
RIN TIN TIN SAT ON A PIN.
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN?
1, 2, 3,...ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
ROPE-JUMPING RHYME
RIN TIN TIN SAT ON A PIN.
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN?
1, 2, 3, 4,...
Submitter comment: HE REMEMBERED THIS FROM HIS SISTERS' ROPE JUMPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
GAME VERSE
RIN TIN TIN SAT ON A PIN,
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN.
ONE, TWO, THREE, ETC.
THIS VERSE IS SAID WHEN JUMPING ROPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
ROPE-JUMPING RHYMES
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE;
HUCKLEBERRY FINN;
WHE N I CALL YOUR BIRTHDAY,
PLEASE JUMP IN:
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, ETC.
Where learned: FRONT YARD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
WHEN I CALL YOUR BIRTHDAY
PLEASE JUMP IN.
Submitter comment:
CALLER THEN CALLS MONTHS AND THE PEOPLE JUMP IN. LEARNED FROM A
PLAYMATE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
S-C-H-O-O-L
S-C-H-O-O-L SPELLS SCHOOL.
1ST GRADE--JUMP ONCE
2ND GRADE--JUMP TWICE
3RD GRADE--JUMP THREE TIMES
4TH GRADE-- JUMP FOUR TIMES
5TH GRADE--5 JUMPS ONE FOOT
6TH GRADE--6 JUMPS ROTATING
7TH GRADE-- 7 JUMPS ROATAING AND TOUCHING GROUND WITH 1 HAND.
8TH GRADE--I'M A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL
DRESSED IN BLUE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS I LIKE TO DO.
SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN
BOE TO THE QUEEN.
AND TURN MY BACK ON THE MEAN OLD KING.
9TH GRADE--CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE IN 1492.
THE WAVES GOT HIGHER AND HIGHER AND OVER
THE BOUNDRY MAIN.
THESE ARE THE SHIPS THAT D- REMAIN
1-2-3...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
SAILOR WENT TO SEA, SEA, SEA.
TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEE, SEE, SEE.
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD SEE, SEE, SEE.
WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, SEA, SEA.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER SISTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
HAVE YOU EVER, EVER, EVER IN YOUR LONG LEGGED LIFE
SEEN A LONG LEGGED SAILOR AND HIS LONG LEGGED WIFE?
NO I NEVER, NEVER, NEVER IN MY LONG LEGGED LIFE
SAW A LONG LEGGED SAILOR AND HIS LONG LEGGED WIFE.
(MAY SUBSTITUTE PIGEON TOED, KNOCK KNEED OR BOW LEGGED IN PLACE
OF LONG LEGGED.)
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER SISTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
ROPE JUMPING RIME
LITTLE SUZIE SAUCER
SITTING IN A SAUCER
WEEPING AND CRYING
BECAUSE HER MOTHER'S DYING
RISE SUZIE RISE
WIPE YOUR EYES
POINT TO THE EAST,
POINT TO THE WEST
POINT TO THE ONE YOU LOVE THE BEST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ON THE PLAYGROUND IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
ROPE-JUMPING RHYME
LITTLE SALLY SAUCER
SITTEN IN A SAUCER
RIDE SALLY RIDE SALLY RIDE
WIPE YOUR WEEPEN EYES
SHAKE IT TO ME
SHAKE IT TO ME
SALLY RIDE
WIPE YOUR WEEPEN EYES
SHAKE IT TO ME
SHAKE IT TO ME.
Where learned: KEATING SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-08-1967
JUMP ROPE RIME
SAILOR GIRL, SAILOR GIRL, DRESSED IN BLUE
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN
CURTESY (COURTSY?) TO THE QUEEN
TURN MY BACK TO THE DIRTY MARINE}
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYMATES.
BUFFALO, N.Y.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
SAILOR BOY, SAILOR BOY DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES AMERICA'S BATHING BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RUMBA, SHE CAN DO THE TWIST,
SHE CAN WEAR HER DRESSES ABOVE HER HIPS.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER