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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Jump Rope Rhymes
Grace, Grace, dressed in lace,
Went uptsirts to power her face
How many boxes did she use?
(count until there is a miss)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state what state or city it was learned.
Where learned: Informant learned from her sister.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Grace, Gace dressed in lace,
Went upstaris to powder her face.
How may powder-puffs did she use??
1,2,3,4,....
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and Infromant are the same person.
Where learned: Childhood.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme Gipsy
Gipsy, Gispy, please tell me.
What kind of a husband will he be?
Rich man, poor man, beggar man, theif?
Gipsy, Gispy, pleasle tell me.
What kind of ring will it be?
Diamond, Ruby, Saphire?
Gibpsy, Gipsy, please tell me.
What kind of house will it be?
Mansion, castle, cottage?
Gipsy, Gipsy, please tell me.
How many children will there be?
1,2,3,4, etc. (countiune until misses)
Gipsy, Gispy, please tell me.
What colro will my children be?
Red, yellow, black, white.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: Berkley , Michigan
Keyword(s): Charcter ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Grace, Grace
Grace, Grace, dressed in lace
Went upstaris to power her face
How many boxes did she use?
One, two, three ....
(neighborhood rope skipping rhyme)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump- Rope Rhymes
Rin Tin Tin sat on a pin
how many inches did it go
in; one, two, three, etc.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives.
Where learned: Collector does not say where it was learned.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; p
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Down in the Valley (Rope Skipping Rhyme)
Down in the valley whwere the green grass groes
There sat Sally as sweet as a rose.
She sang, she sang, she sang so sweet
Along cam Jack and kissed her on the cheek.
How many kisses did he give her?
One,two, three, etc. and so on until the jumper misses.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives.
Where learned: Collectort does not state where it was learned.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Down in the valley where the green grass grows.
There sat Sally as pretty as a rose.
Along came John and kissed her on the nose.
Howl may times did he kiss her?
Jump = One, Two,Three, Four, Five, etc. until you miss.
Where learned: Detroit,Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Down in the valley
Down in the valley
When the green grass grows
There sits _________________ as pretty as a rose.
She sang, she sang, she sang, so sweet
Along came _____________ and kissed her on the cheek
How many kisses did she recieve ......10, 20, 30
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
How many kisses did she receive?
Down in the valley where the green grass grows,
There sat Mary as sweet as a rose.
She sang,she sang,she sang so sweet;
Along came (Name) and kissed her on the cheek.
How many kisses did she receive?
1 - 2- 3 -....
(Mary Ann & Pat agree ont hte last line, Buty Mariy's version has instead: 5-10-15-.... or 100 -200-300-=...).
Submitter comment:
Pat Sanders and Mary Mieden learned at University of Detroit
Mary Ann Gehringer learned at home.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname Gehringer.
Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Down in the valley
Where the green grass grows,
There sits (girl's name) as pretty as a rose.
She sang, and she sang
And she sang so sweet
Along came (boy's name) and kissed her on the cheek.
How many kisses did she reveive?
1-2-3-4-5-6 (coutn goes until child trips,)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives.
Where learned: She learned this in grade school in NW Detroit , Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope- Jumping Rime
Down in the valley where the green grass grows,
There sat (name) pretty as a rose.
She sang, and she sang, and she sang so sweet,
Along came ( name) and kissed her on the cheek.
How many kisses did tshe revieve?
Ten, twenty, thirty, etc.
Where learned: Detroit,Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Game Verse- Rope Jumping Rhyme
Down in the valley where the gren grass grows,
There sat (insert nameof person jumping ropw) as sweet as a rose,
I sang, I sang, I sang so sweet,
Along came ( insert name of favorite girl or boy depending on whether a boy or girl is jumping at the time) and kissed me on the cheek.
How many kisses did I receive?
The people swining the rope count until the jumper misses.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname
Where learned: COLLECTED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Down in the valley
Down in the valley, where the green grass gows, there sat (name)
as sweet as a rose. Along came name and kissed her on the cheek. How many did she receive? 1,2,3,4, etc.
When she played jump-rope, she used to say this.
Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Down in the valley
Down in the valley where the green grass grow
There sits ________ as sweet as a rose.
Along came __________kissed her on the cheek.
How many kisses did she receive---1,2,3,4,5...etc.
Submitter comment:
With this rhyme, the jumper includes the names they so desire. Alson they coninue to count until they miss
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where the informant lives or where or when it was learned.
Where learned: Not Stated
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Down in the valley where the green grass grows, there sat Marsha
as sweet as a rose. Along came Gregg and kissed her on the
cheek: how many kisses did she get
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: Battle Creek, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhymes
Down in the valey where the gree grass grows,
There sits Name as sweet as a rose,
along comes name and kissed her on the cheek
that's what you get for kissing for a week.
How many kisses did she get that week
1,2,3,4,...
Jump untill the person misses
in the first place where name is you put a girls name that
happens to be jumping
in the second place you put her supposed boyfriends name
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where was learned or where the informant lives.
Where learned: Not Stated
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump rope chant
With each jump, the group would chant a letter of the alpabet (A,B,C...)
Until the jumper stopped on one of the letter. Then the jumper would
Have to name a bou whose name began with that letter. She jumped
would then begin to jump again as the group chante: " Does he love your?"
Yes no, yes no..... until thye jumper stopped oneither a yes or no.
Where learned: Did this as a child
| 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 |
Jumping Rope Rhyme
Cups and saucers, dishes and plates
How many dishes did you break?
1,2,3, ....(The jumper keeps jumping until a miss)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where the informant lives. Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: Informant learned it at home.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Alla (Jump Rope Verse)
Alla, Alla,
Dressed in yella
Went downtown to see her fella
How many kisses did she recieve?
One, two, etc. (until one misses)
(This is a common jingle that Debbie and her friens used when skipping rope)
Where learned: Dearborn, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |