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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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: MID 00001950'S
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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: SUMMER 00001964
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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-31-1968
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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-01-1969
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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
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
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-30-1967
I went downtown to see Mrs. Brown
I went downtown to seed Mrs. Brown
She gave me a nickel to buy a pickle
Theckle was sour; she gave me a flower
Ther flower was red; she gave me some thread;
The thread was thin; she gave me a pin;
The pin was sharp; She gave me a harp;
And the harp played salt, mustard, and pepper.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN ; While working on a playground
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump rope rhyme
Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop tell me the initials
of my sweetheart - A, B, C, etc.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Dearborn Hgts
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I one the snake, I two the snake, I three the snake,
I four the snake, I five the snake, I six the snake, I
seven the snake, I ate the snake.
(child jumps at the chanting of each number until
the last when he bows out of the game in favour of another)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned from his childhood.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; TORONTO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme:
Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop, This is the
initial of my sweetheart.
Then you jump out the alphabet, shouting out loud
Those initials which are your sweetheart's.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Downtown
I'm going downtown to smoke my pipe.
I won't be back till Saturday night.
I'll whip you blue, I'll whip you black.
Especialy you my daughter Sue.
(school jump rope rhyme)
Where learned: INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I ate my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
Submitter comment:
My niece says this is one of her
favorite rhymes at school.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump rope rhyme
I told Ma, Ma told Pa Jonny broke the sugar bowl
and blamed it on me.
Hom many spankings did he get: 1,2, etc. until who
ever is jumping misses.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Kissed in the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT ( )* AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
ALONG CAME ( )** AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(JUMPS IN "RED HOT PEPPER" FASHION UNTIL A MISS.)
* ONE'S OWN NAME
** NAME OF A BOY
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
Jump rope jingle:Down in the valley
Down in the valley where the green grass grows,
There sat (name) as sweet as a rose;
She sang - she sang,
Shen sang so sweet
Alon came (name) and kissed her on the cheek;
How many kisses did he five her in a week?
One, two, three, four etc. (until jumper misses).
Data entry tech comment:
Informent and collector are the same.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): Endurance Jump E. J.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-rope rhyme
I asked my mother for 50 cents
to see the elephant jump the fence.
He jumped so high
he touched the sky
And didn't come down
til the fourth of July.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rime
Jean, Jean, Jelly bean
Stuck her head in the washing machine
Her mother cried because she died
And that's the end of Jean, Jean, Jelly Bean
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this on the playground in Pittsburg, Penn.
Where learned: Foley Hall Univesity of Detroit
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse C760.560 |