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Jump-Rope Rhyme
Johnny broke the sugar bowl
and blaned it on me
I told ma
ma told pa
johnny got a licking ha, ha, ha.
Submitter comment:
From her childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Language: Rhyme
Jump Rope Rhyme:
Down in the meadow where the green grass grows, there sat ____ sweet as a rose.
Along came ____ and kissed her on the cheek: How many kisses did she get?
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Language ; Play ; RHYME ; Rope
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I went downtown to see Mrs. Brown
She gave me a nickel to buy a pickel
the pickel was sour; she gave me a flower
The flower ws red; she gave me a pin
The thread was thin: She gave me a pin
The pin was sharp; she gave me a harop
And the harp played salt, mustard, and pepper.
Submitter comment:
(Learned from grade school friends in Pittsburgh, PA.)
Where learned: Uinversity of Detroit
| Subject headings: | 100 100.60 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhymes
DAGWOOD AND BLONDIE WENT DOWNTOWN.
BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN.
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES.
AND SISSY READ THE EVENING NEWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
O DOCTOR!
DOCTOR, DOCTOR, CAN YOU TELL,
WHAT WILL MAKE MY MOTHER WELL?
SHE IS SICK AND ABOUT TO DIE,
AND THAT WILL MAKE MY DADDY CRY!
Submitter comment:
NEIGHBORHOOD ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-05-1964
Language
Grace Parody:
Our Heavenly Fahter
Holy Ghost
Whoever eats the fastest
Gets the most!
Submitter comment:
Found in autograph book from the 1880's
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Eat ; GRACE ; JOKE ; Language ; PARODY ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PRAYER ; PUN ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOCTOR, DOCTOR, DO YOUR DUTY.
HERE COMES _____ THE BATHING BEAUTY.
SHE WIGGLES WHEN SHE WALKS
SHE CAN DO THE SPLIT
SHE WEARS HER SKIRT ABOVE HER KNEES
HOW MANY INCHES ABOVE HER KNEES?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
DONALD DUCK
DONALD DUCK WAS A ONE LEGGED, ONE LEGGED, ONE LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A TWO LEGGED, TWO LEGGED, TWO LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A THREE LEGGED,
THREE LEGGED, THREE LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A FOUR LEGGED, FOUR LEGGED, FOUR LEGGED DUCK.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this on the school playground.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DOWN IN THE MEADOW
DOWN IN THE MEADOW WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, SAT SUSIE AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET
ALONG CAME A BOY AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; 8425 W. MCNICHOLS
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-07-1970
Inky Pinky
Inky pink, a bottle of ink
cork fell out and you stink
not because you dirty
not because you clean
but because you kissed a girl behind the magazine
Submitter comment:
Jump rope jingle
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT ANNIE AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME A BEE AND SAT ON HER NOSE.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT (NAME)
AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME (NAME)
AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK
NOW HERE COMES (NAME)
PUSHING BABY BUGGIES
DOWN THE STREET.
SAID IN RHYME, NO TUNE
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 15134 Westbrook
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
In the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME (NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16761 Miller
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
Down in the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT ROSEMARY AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG, SHE SANG,
SHE SANG, SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME STEVIE AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
(NOTE: NAMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW LOTHROP
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-02-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT---SWEET AS
A ROSE,/ SHE WAITED FOR A DAY AND SHE WAITED FOR A WEEK, AND ALONG
CAME ---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
THIS CHANT IS USED TO KEEP THE ROPE IN RHYTHM,
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED
AS A PUT-DOWN TECHNIQUE BY SUBSTITUTING A BOY WHOM THE GIRL DISLIKES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
MNEMONIC DEVICE
JOHN STEPHEN ULRICH NEEDS EVERY VITAMIN, MINERAL, PLUS MEAT
Submitter comment:
THIS SENTENCE HELPS IN REMEMBERING THE PLANETS IN THE ORDER OF
LARGEST TO SMALLEST
INFORMANT SAID HE LEARNED THE DEVICE FROM SOME OF HIS FRIENDS AT
SCHOOL. HE DIDN'T REMEMBER WHO TOLD IT TO HIM BUT SAID IT WAS USED
BY ALMOST EVERYONE IN HIS CLASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): Earth ; JUPITER ; MARS ; MERCURY ; NEPTUNE ; PLANETS ; PLUTO ; SATURN ; URANUS ; VENUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
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DOWN IN THE VALLEY
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/
THERE SAT DEBBIE AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,/ ALONG CAME PAUL AND
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-07-1970
MARRY A UGLY WOMAN AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: FROM FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NO NEED FOR JEALOUSY?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
IF A PERSON WANTS TO SEE A GHOST, HE SHOULD RUB HIS FINGER ON A
DOG'S EYE AND THEN RUB HIS FINGERS OVER HIS EYES.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONJURY
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN