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JUMP-ROPE RHYMES
ONE DARK NIGHT WHEN WE WERE ALL IN BED.
OLD LADY LEARY LIT A LANTERN IN THE SHED.
AND WHEN THE COW KICKED IT OVER,
SHE WINKED HER EYE AND SAID,
"THEY'LL BE HOT TIMES IN THE TOWN TONIGHT."
"FIRE}, FIRE}, FIRE}"
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
JUMP ROPE RYME
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE
Submitter comment: AS THE INFORMANT WAS ABLE TO REMEMBER THE RHYME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
COUNTING-OUT RHYMES
ONE, TWO BUCKLE YOUR SHOE;
THREE, FOUR SHUT THE DOOR;
FIVE, SIX PICK UP STICKS.
Submitter comment: FROM EARLY PLAYMATES.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1967
CHILD'S RHYME-SONG
"ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE.
THREE, FOUR, CLOSE THE DOOR.
FIVE, SIX, PICK UP STICKS,
SEVEN, EIGHT, YOU'RE AT THE GATE.
NINE, TEN, A BIG FAT HEN."
Submitter comment:
(MY MOTHER TAUGHT THIS TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD.
THE KIDS AND I, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD USED TO SING IT WHILE JUMPING
ROPE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
JUMP ROPE SONG
1, 2 BUCKLE MY SHOE
3, 4 SHUT THE DOOR
5, 6 PICK UP STICKS
7, 8 LAY THEM STRAIGHT
9, 10 A BIG FAT HEN
11, 12 DIG AND DWELL
13, 14 MAIDS A COURTING
15, 16 SOMETHINGS MISSING
17, 18 MAIDS AWAITING
19, 20 BEGIN AGAIN
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
"PICK-UP STICKS" VERSE
ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE,
THREE, FOUR, SHUT THE DOOR.
FIVE, SIX, PICK UP STICKS,
NINE, TEN, A BIG, FAT HEN.
ELEVEN, TWELVE, DIG AND DELVE.
THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, A TAMBORINE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
JUMP ROPE CHANT
ONE, TWO--BUCKLE MY SHOE.
THREE, FOUR--SHUT THE DOOR.
FIVE, SIX--PICK UP STICKS.
SEVEN, EIGHT--LAY THEM STRAIGHT.
NINE, TEN--BIG FAT HEN.
ELEVEN, TWELVE--WHO WILL DWELVE (DELVE?).
THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN--MAIDS ARE COURTING.
FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN--MAIDS ARE KISSING.
SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN--MAIDS ARE WAITING.
NINETEEN, TWENTY--MY PLATE IS EMPTY.
TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO--ALMOST THROUGH.
TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR--ROBBERS AT MY DOOR.
I WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO LET THEM IN
AND THEY HIT ME WITH A ROLLING PIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
RHYME
ONE TO MAKE READY;
TWO TO SHOW;
THREE TO START,
AND FOUR TO GO.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME BY MY GRANDMOTHER AT MY HOME.
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO COUNT TO THIS OR SKIP ROPE TO THIS WHEN SHE
WAS A CHILD IN ENGLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
1, 2, 3, CARROTS' GONE
THE BUNNY HOPS AND AWAY HE GOES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
JUMP ROPE RHYME
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES (NAME), THE BATHING BEAUTY
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA, SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS
SHE CAN PULL HER SKIRT UP TO HER HIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-20-1969
JUMP ROPE RHYME
POLIANNA POLIEE DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES (BLANK) THE AMERICAN BEAUTY
SHE CAN DO THE RUMBA (RHUMBA)
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS
SHE CAN WEAR HER DRESS HIGH ABOVE HER HIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
POLICEMAN POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY.
THERE'S A GIRL ON THE CORNER SHE'S AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN WIGGLE SHE CAN WOBBLE SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS BUT SHE CAN'T
PULL HER DRESS AS HIGH AS HER HIPS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
JUMP ROPE RHYME
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN, DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES AMERICA'S BATHING BEAUTY
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA, SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS,
SHE CAN PULL HER DRESS UP TO HER HIPS.
Submitter comment: PLAYED BY INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
POLLY, POLLY, SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND RED HOT PEPPER.
Submitter comment: (BEGIN COUNTING UNTIL PERSON JUMPING MISSES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
JUMP ROPE VERSE
POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEAS, AND CHEESE
YOUR MOTHER SAYS TO EAT ALOT OF THESE
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S YOUNGEST SISTER, AND SHE IS ABOUT EIGHT
YEARS OLD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
PICKIN YOUR NOSE
PICKIN' YOUR NOSE AND CHEWIN IT, CHEWIN IT.
EVERYBODY'S DOIN' IT, DOIN' IT.
PICKIN YOUR NOSE AND CHEWIN IT, CHEWIN IT.
EVER SEE (NAME) DOIN IT, DOIN IT.
DON'T THINK ITS FUNNY CUZ ITS SNOT.
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: 03-00-1971
PETE AND SUSIE SITTING IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE
THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES SUE WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
JUMP ROPE PATTER
POSTMAN} POSTMAN} DO YOUR DUTY.
HERE COMES MISS AMERICA, THE BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA.
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS.
SHE WEARS DRESSES UP TO HER HIPS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT, MY TEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LEARNED THESE PATTERS
FROM HER OLDER SISTERS AND FROM FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-27-1967
NAUGHTY JUMP-ROPE RHYME
RASPBERRY, CHERRY, SODA POP,
GIRLS ON THE BOTTOM, BOYS ON THE TOP.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-27-1967
JUMPROPE SONG
"RED, HOT SPANISH PEPPER}"
Submitter comment:
(ROPE WAS TURNED EXTREMELY FAST AND COUNTING PROCEEDED UNTIL ONE
MISSED.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-07-1967