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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 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
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 |
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 |
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.
Here comes the bride all
dressed in pink,
Open the window and
Let out the stink.
Submitter comment:
Collector learned this at the informant's home.
Where learned: Informant learned from her sister.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-rope chant #2
This chant is used to keep the rope in rhym, but it can also be used as a put-down technique by substituting a boy whom the girl dislikes--
"Down in the valley where the green grass grows, ther sat (--),
sweet as a rose. She waited for a day and she waieted for a week,
and along came(--) and kissed her on the cheek."
Where learned: Told at University of Detroit
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Down in the valley
Down int the valley where the green grass grows,
There sat Debbie as preetty as a Rose,
She sang, she sang so sweet.
Along came Paul and kissed her on the cheek.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Chicargo a jump rope verse
A chicken in a car
And the car can't go
Thats the way to spell - Chicago
Submitter comment:
Rope Jumping Rhyme.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: TOLEDO, Ohio
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhymes
"A" My name is Alice
My husbands name is Alfred
We come from Alabama
And he sales apples
"B" My name if Betty
My husbands name is Bob
We come from Boston
And he sells bananas
( The rhyme co9ntiunes with each letter of the alphabet)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where the informat lives.
Where learned: University of Deteroit
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope- Jumping Rime
A-- my name is Alive, my husband's name is Alfred, we live in Albany and we sell apples.
B-- my name is Barbara, my husband's name is Bobby, we live in Buffalo, and we sell bread.
C -- my name is Chrissy, my husbands's name is Charles, we live in Chicago, and we sell carrots.
(etc all the way throug the alphabet)
Where learned: Informant learned this from her neighborhood playmates in Euclid, Ohio.
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Acca, Bucca
Aka bakka, soda cracker
Akka bakka soda cracker
Aka bakka boo
If your fater chews tobacco
He's a regular jew
Out goes the cat
Out goes the rat
Out goes you
Where learned: Told at University of Detroit Student Union
Keyword(s): Jump ; Jump ; Plain ; Seed
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Skipping Rhyme
Andy Spandy Sugardy Candy
French Almond rock
Bread and butter for your supper
All your mother;s got.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard children saying this while skipping rope in Sussex, England.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Food
Apples, Peach, Pumpkin pie
Whose not ready holler I
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and Informant are the same person. Collector does not state where she lives.
Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhymes
Bell- bottom trousers, coats of navy blue,
Loose around the ankles, tight around the
As- K me no quesitons and I will tell no lies,
If you don't believe me you can tyo to
Hel-lo operator give me number nine,
If he doesn't answe, give me back my dime.
(She sang this as a jump-rope rhyme)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state what city informant lives in.
Where learned: Informant learned this in her room.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Betty
Betty Boop
Isn't she cute?
All she eats is
Vegetable soup.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives or where it was learned.
Where learned: PLACE UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Birdie, Birdie
Birdie, Birdie in the sky
Dropped some white wash in my eye,
Me no baby, me no cry
Me just glad that cows don't fly.
Where learned: Learned at her home in Detroit, Mi
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope - Jump Rhyme
blondie and Dagewood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown
Dagewood bought a pair of shoes.
Cookie bought the evening news.
(repeat or continue with ifferent names and articles.)
Where learned: Learned in Detroit, Michigan
Keyword(s): Charactor ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |