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CHING, CHANG CHINAMAN,/ SITTING ON A FENCE,/ TRIED TO MAKE A DOLLAR,/
OUT OF EIGHTY CENTS./ HE MISSED./ HE MISSED., HE MISSED LIKE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
CHING, CHANG CHINA MAN,/SITTING ON A FENCE,
TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR
OUT OF FIFTY-FIVE CENTS./ YOU MISSED,/ YOU MISSED, YOU MISSED LIKE
THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-26-1968
Jump Rope Song
Ice cream soda with a cherry on top,
Tell me the initials of my sweetheart.
(Player jumps out on initials of her sweetheart.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhymes
CHRIS COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE
HE SAILED SO FAST HE LOST HIS PANTS
AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
HOW MANY MILES PER HOUR DID HE TRAVEL?
(ROPE SWINGS FASTER AS COUNT GOES UP.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
Jump Rope Rhyme
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE
IN FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO.
THE WAVES WENT HIGHER AND HIGHER
AND OVER THE OCEAN BLUE.
(CHANTED BY THE CHILDREN AS THE ROPE IS SWUNG FROM SIDE TO SIDE. PARTIAL UNDERLINING INDICATES AT WHAT POINTS THE ROPE IS SWUNG.)
(ON THE WORDS "HIGHER" AND HIGHER" THE ROPE IS SWUNG HIGHER FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
ON THE WORDS "OVER" AND "BLUE" THE ROPE IS SWUNG AROUND IN THE CONVENTIONAL MANNER.)
THIS CHILD JUMPS OUT OF THE ROPE AND IT IS REPEATED FOR THE NEXT CHILD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL IN NORTHWEST DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
Jump Rope Rime
CHRIS COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE IN 14 HUNDRED AND 92. THE WAVES WENT HIGHER AND HIGHER AND OVER THEY WENT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
Cincinnati--A Jump Rope Verse
CIN, CIN, CIN
A NICKEL AND A PIN.
A DUTCHY AND A FATTY--
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL -- CINCINNATI.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
Jump Rope Rhyme
I like coffee
I like tea
I like boys and boys like me
Yes, No, Maybe so.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope-Jumping Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN GREEN
WENT UPSTAIRS TO EAT ICE-CREAM.
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN LACE.
WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
Jump Counting
1-2-3-4-5
I caught a hare alive.
6-7-8-9-10
I let him go again.
Submitter comment:
Informant said that it was an old jumping rhyme that she used to jump to.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; University of Detroit Chorus office
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT DOWN THE STAIRS AND MET A FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1,2,3,4, . . . . (CONTINUE COUNT UNTIL PERSON MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
Jump-Rope Rhymes
Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop,
tell me the initial of your sweet heart.
(Start to count.)
Submitter comment:
This is said when children are playing jump rope. Children count until they miss.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; East 204
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme
I scream
You scream
We all scream
For ice cream.
Submitter comment:
From childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rhyme
Joe, Joe broke his toe,
Riding on a buffalo,
When he came back,
He broke his back,
Sliding on a railroad track.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 13027 Klinger
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Cinderella Dressed in Yella
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE? 1,2,3, ETC.
RED HOT PEPPERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INFORMANT'S HOME ; Berkley
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP ; Speed Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI WHERE THE STEAM GOES "PUSH'EM"
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION-JUMP ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,/ GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE./ IF THE TRAIN
FELL OFF THE TRACK,/ DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,/ RUNNING ALONG THE CHICAGO LINE/ ENGINE
ENGINE NUMBER NINE WHEN SHE'S POLISHED SHE WILL SHINE.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE / RUNNING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,/ IF THE TRAIN
SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK/ DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK? YES, Y-E-S SPELLS
YES. (NO, N-O SPELLS NO) AND YOU ARE NOW OUT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ON A PLAYGROUND ; JOHNSTOWN ; WORKING
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
FAR UPON A HILL ON A MOUNTAIN TOP/ LIVED A LITTLE GIRL CALLED HER
RAGMOP/ LET HER SCRUB THE FLOOR LET HER BAKE BREAD/ WOULDN'T BE HER
RATHER'D BE DEAD)
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYMATES IN PARMA, OHIO
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-30-1967