The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Rope Jumping Rime

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT UPSTAIRS TO SEE HER FELLA
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?

Submitter comment:

LEARNED ON THE PLAYGROUND IN ELYRIA, OHIO

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: 03-29-1967

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhymes

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPTOWN TO MEET HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?
(COUNT UNTIL THERE IS A MISS)

Submitter comment:

Learned in neighborhood.

Data entry tech comment:

Where learned: NEIGHBORHOOD

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: 11-26-1967

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT TO TOWN TO SEE HER FELLA.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
1, 2, 3, . . .
(COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE ROPE IS JUMPED.)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

View just this record

Jump-Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA
DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIRS
TO KISS HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(COUNT OUT)

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

View just this record

Jump-Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA, DRESSED IN YELLA,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLA,
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, . . . . .

Submitter comment:

Learned mid-1950s.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share same surname.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: MID 00001950'S

View just this record

Rope-Singing Jingle

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLA.
MADE A MISTAKE--
KISSED A SNAKE--
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE?

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: SUMMER 00001964

View just this record

Jump-Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW
MADE A MISTAKE AND KISSED A SNAKE.
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE? 1, 2, 3 . . . ETC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: 10-31-1968

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA ALL DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO MEET A FELLOW,
ON HER WAY HER GIRDLE BUSTED
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
1-2-3. . .

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: 11-01-1969

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhymes: Cinderella

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIR TO KISS HER FELLOW
SHE MADE A MISTAKE AND KISSED A SNAKE,
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE?

(JUMP UNTIL THE PERSON MISSES)

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: 10-00-1969

View just this record

Jump-Rope Rhyme

DAGWOOD AND BLONDIE WENT TO TOWN,
BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN,
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES,
COOKIE BOUGHT THE EVENING NEWS.
IN THE NEWS IT SAID, "CLOSE YOUR EYES
AND COUNT TO 10--IF YOU MISS
YOU TAKE AN END."
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . .

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: 00-00-1963

View just this record

Rope-Jumping Rhymes

DAGWOOD BLONDIE WENT DOWNTOWN
DAGWOOD BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN.
HE HAD A QUARTER TO BUY THE NEWS.
IN THE NEWS THERE WAS SOMETHING NEW.
IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO TEN YOU WILL
EVER WIN.
COUNT 1-10.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KEATING SCHOOL

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: 10-00-1967

View just this record

Rope Jumping Rime

DOCTOR, DOCTOR, DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES _______, AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE WIGGLES WHEN SHE WALKS AND
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS
AND SHE LIFTS UP HER SKIRT WHEN SHE DOES THE KICKS. HOW MANY KICKS CAN SHE DO?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

Date learned: 03-30-1967

View just this record

Toast

Here's to you as good as you are, here's to me as bad as I am. As good as you are and as bad as I am I'm as good as you are as bad as I am.

Submitter comment:

An old drinking refrain uttered at the 20's

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added By TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification

NOT in verse form

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Bad ; CHARACTER ; DRINKING ; Good ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; TOAST ; VERSE

View just this record

COLOR OF EYES TELL CHARACTER.
GREEN EYES---UNTRUSTWORTHY AND JEALOUS
GREY EYES---GREEDY
BLUE EYES---BEAUTY
BLACK EYES---SURE TO TELL LIES

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CHARACTER ; COLOR ; Eyes

Date learned: 09-30-1973

View just this record

Jump Rope Rhyme

Johnny over the ocean,

Johnny over the sea

Johnny broke a bottle

And blamed it all on me.

Where learned: ANN ARBOR

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Rope Skipping Rhyme

I had a little teddy bear, his name was Tiny Tim

I put him the the bathtub to teach him how to swim

He drank up all the water, he ate up the soap

Hed died last night with a bubble in his throat

I called the doctor, I called the nurse,

I called the up the laday with the alligator purse.

Pencillin called the doctor, penicillin said the nurse,

Pencillin said the lady with the alligator purse.

Out went the doctor, out went the nurse,

Out went the lady with the alligator purse.

Where learned: From the children of her neighborhood.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

View just this record

Dutch Girl

I'm a little Dutch Girl

dressed in blue, these are

the things that I can do;

Bow the captain,

Cursty to the queen,

Tell you the initals of my

sweet dream. A,B,C, etc.

Submitter comment:

She used to say this when she played jump-rope.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; RHYME

View just this record

Dutch Girl

I'm a littel Dutch girl dressed in blue.

These are the things I like to do.

Salute to he captin,

Curtsy to the queen,

Turn my back on the mean old king.

Submitter comment:

Informant and collect share the same surname.
 

Where learned: informant's home

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

View just this record

Jump Rope Rime

I'm a littler dutch girl dressed in blue;

These are the things I was taught to do;

Salute to the captain

Curtsey to the queen

Turn my back on the submarine.

I can do the hootchy gootchy,

I can do the split,

I can miss just like this,

Where learned: Birmingham, Michigan

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump ; SPEED

View just this record