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Ice cream, soda
Ice cream, soda, ginger ale pop,
How many boy friends have you got?
1-2-3- (until you missed)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme
Ice cream Sundae
Ginger ale pop
Tell me the name of your sweetheart: A B etc. down the
alphabet.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme: Johnny
Johnny over the ocean
Johnny ov the sea
Johnny broke a window
And blamed it all on me.
I told ma.
Ma told pa.
Johnny got a lickin', ha-ha-ha!
(jump the number of lickin's Johnny got.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informent and collector share the same surname and resident
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Ice cream soda ginger ale pop
What is the initial of my sweetheart?
A, B, C, D, and the one you miss on is it and then go on to second letter and so on.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope-Jump Rhyme
Ice cream, soda, ginger ale pop,
Tell me the initial of my sweetheart A, B, C, . . .
A is for A_____ (Albert) he (she) lives in A_____ (Alabama)
B is for B_____ (Barney) he (she) lives in B_____ (Burma)
C is for C_____ (Carl) he (she) lives in C_____ (California)
D is for D_____ (David) he (she) lives in D_____ (Detroit)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rime
I was born in a frying pan
Just to see how old I am
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, . . .
(you miss at your particular age)
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this from the neighborhood children in Alaska.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Speed Jump
I went downtown to meet Miss Brown
She gave me a nickel, I bought a pickle
The pickle was sour, I bought a flower
The flower was dead, I bought a bed
The bed was broke, I bought a rope
The rope was thin, I bought a pin
The pin was sharp, I bought a harp
and the harp began to sing.
High, low, medium,
Walky, talky, turn around pepper
Submitter comment:
Speed Jump
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Speed Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope
I like coffee
I like tea
I like the boys
And the boys like me
Yes no maybe so
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I like coffee
I like tea and
I like the boys
and they like me.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| 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 (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG COMES (NAME), KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK
NOW SHE'S PUSHING BABY BUGGIES DOWN THE STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-05-1969
Jump Rope Rhyme
I am a pretty little Dutch girl
As pretty as pretty can be.
And all the boys in the neighborhood
Are crazy over me.
My boyfriend's name is Tommy.
He comes from the land of salami.
With pickles on his nose and 5 black toes.
That's the way my story goes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE CHANT
A, B, C, ETC. DOES HE LOVE YOU? WITH EACH JUMP THE GROUP
WOULD CHANT A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET UNTIL THE JUMPER STOPPED ON ONE
OF THE LETTERS. THEN THE JUMPER WOULD HAVE TO NAME A BOY WHOSE NAME
BEGAN WITH THAT LETTER. THE JUMPER WOULD THEN BEGIN TO JUMP AGAIN
AS THE GROUP CHANTS, DOES HE LOVE YOU? ETC.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
CUPS AND SAUCERS, DISHES AND PLATES, HOW MANY DISHES DID YOU BREAK?
1, 2, 3, ETC. THE JUMPER KEEPS JUMPING UNTIL HE MISSES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
ALLA, ALLA, DRESSED IN YELLA, WENT DOWN TOWN TO SEE HER FELLA. HOW
MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE? ONE TWO, ETC. ( UNTIL ONE MISSES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-02-1964
APPLES, PEACHES, CREAMERY BETTER. HERE'S THE NAME OF MY TRUE LOVER.
CALL LETTERS OF ALPHABET UNTIL MISS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE. HOW MANY YEARS BEFORE I DIE?
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE. HOW MANY YEARS BEFORE I DIE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-15-1968
APPLESAUCE, MUSTARD, RIDER. HOW MANY LEGS HAS A SPIDER? ONE, TWO ETC.
(UNTIL THE JUMPER MISSES.)
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS APATHETIC TOWARDS THIS ITEM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1971
BETTY, BETTY BETTY JO. WHAT ARE THE INITIALS OF MY BEST BEAU?
CALL THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD GOING DOWN TOWN/ BLONDIE BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES/
DOGWOOD BOUGHT THE MORNING NEWS/ AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAID:
ONE, TWO,...
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: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECOTR.