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S-C-H-O-O-L
S-C-H-O-O-L SPELLS SCHOOL.
1ST GRADE--JUMP ONCE
2ND GRADE--JUMP TWICE
3RD GRADE--JUMP THREE TIMES
4TH GRADE-- JUMP FOUR TIMES
5TH GRADE--5 JUMPS ONE FOOT
6TH GRADE--6 JUMPS ROTATING
7TH GRADE-- 7 JUMPS ROATAING AND TOUCHING GROUND WITH 1 HAND.
8TH GRADE--I'M A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL
DRESSED IN BLUE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS I LIKE TO DO.
SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN
BOE TO THE QUEEN.
AND TURN MY BACK ON THE MEAN OLD KING.
9TH GRADE--CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE IN 1492.
THE WAVES GOT HIGHER AND HIGHER AND OVER
THE BOUNDRY MAIN.
THESE ARE THE SHIPS THAT D- REMAIN
1-2-3...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
ADVANCING THROUGH THE GRADES
"SC-H-O-O-L, SPELLS--SCHOOL."
THE JUMPER RUNS AROUND A TWIRLER, SAYS "KINDERGARTEN,"
THEN TRIES TO RUN THROUGH THE ROPE WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED BY IT.
TWIRLER. THEN "SECOND GRADE," JUMPS TWICE, AND SO ON ALL THE
WAY UP TO TWELFTH GRADE. IF HE EVER FAILS A JUMP, WHICH USUALLY
HAPPENS, THE PLAY PASSES TO THE NEXT PERSON.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
(T) SCHOOL
FIRST GRADE: JUMP ONCE/ SECOND GRADE: JUMP TWICE/ THIRD GRADE JUMP
THREE TIMES/ FOURTH GRADE: JUMP FOUR TIMES/ FIFTH GRADE: JUMP FIVE
TIMES ON ONE FOOT, SIXTH GRADE: JUMP SIX TIMES ON OTHER FOOT, SEVENTH
GRADE: JUMP SEVEN TIMES WITH ONE EYE CLOSED, EIGHT GRADE: JUMP EIGHT
TIMES WITH OTHER EYE CLOSED. NINTH GRADE: JUMP NINE TIMES TOUCHING
THE GROUND WITH ONE HADN. TENTH GRADE: JUMP TEN TIMES TOUCHING THE
GROUND WITH OTHER HAND. ELEVENTH GRADE: JUMP ELEVEN TIMES WITH BOTH
EYES CLOSED. TWELFTH GRADE: JUMP TWELVE TIMES TOUCHING THE GROUND
AND WITH BOTH EYES CLOSED
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; ENDURANCE ; ENDURANCE-MUMP ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SCHOOL, S-C-H-O-O-L SPELLS SCHOOL, PERIOD, COMA, QUESTION MARK OUT.
KINDERGARDEN, FIRST GRADE, ,KINDERGARDEN FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE,
KINDERGARDEN, FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE ETC. UP TO 12TH
GRADE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SCHOOL, S-C-H-O-O-L SPELLS SCHOOL, PERIOD, COMA , OUT. KINGDERGARDEN,
KINDERGARDEN, FRIST GRADE. KINDERGARDEN, FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE.
KINDERGARDEN, FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE ETC UP TO12TH.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SCHOOL. KINDERGARDEN: RUN THROUGH THE TWRILING ROPE. FIRST GRADE: JUM
ONCE. SECOND GRADE: JUMP TWICE. THIRD GRADE: JUMP THREE TIMES ETC. TO
12TH GRADE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SEA SHELLS, COCKLE BELLS, EEVY, IVY, OVER. ONE AND TWO MAKE FOUR, THR
AND THREE MAKE SIX. ETC.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SILVER BELLS, COCKLE SHELLS,/ EEVY, IVY, OVER./ I LOVE COFFEE, I LOVE
TEA. I LOVE THE BOYS AND THEY LOVE ME. HOW MANY KISSES DID I RECEIVE?
10,20,30, ETC RED HOT PEPPER.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
STANDING ON THE CORNER CHEWIN' A PIECE OF GUM. ALONG CAME ---AND ASKE
FOR SOME. NO, YOU LITTLE BEGGAR, NO, YOU LITTLE BUM I'D RATHER GET A
LICKEN THAN GIVE YOU SOME. HOW MANY LICKENS DID SHE RECEIVE?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SUGAR AND CREAM/ BREAD AND BUTTER/ WHAT IS THE NAME OF MY TRUE LOVER?
A,B,C,D, ETC.(THE LETTER YOU MISS ON IS HIS INITIAL)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
GAMES
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING OUT CLOTHES
MY MOTHER GAVE YOUR MOTHER A PUNCH IN THE NOSE
WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD?
RED---SPELLS RED AND OUT SHE GOES WITH THE DIRTY DISH
RAG ON HER KNEE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
MOTHERS
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER
WERE HANGING UP CLOTHES,
MY MOTHER SOCKED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE
WHAT COLOR BLOOD CAME OUT.
Submitter comment:
NOTE: PERSON ANSWERS A COLOR, FOR EXAMPLE GREEN. CALLER
SPELLS G-R-E-E-N. PERSON WHO IS TAPPED AT LAST LETTER IS NOT IT)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-03-1970
"MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER"
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, LIVED ACROSS THE WAY,
1617 EAST BROADWAY.
EVERYNIGHT THEY HAD A FIGHT,
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'D SAY:
BOYS ARE ROTTEN, MADE OF DIRTY COTTEN, (COTTON)
GIRLS ARE DANDY, MADE OF SUGAR CANDY.
ACK-A-BACK-A, SODA CRACKER,
DOES YOUR MOTHER CHEW TOBBACCO?
YES? NO? MAYBE SO?
OUT YOU GO}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER HANGING UP CLOTHES.
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR BLOOD CAME OUT?
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: 03-00-1971
06151958
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIV%S ACROSS THE STREET,
1819 BROADWAY STREET,
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER
RIGHT IN THE NOSE,
HOW MANY PUNCHES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3,...
Submitter comment:
MY COUSIN TOLD ME THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I WAS VISITING HER.
THE GIRLS WOULD USE THIS RHYME WHILE JUMPING ROPE IN 1958.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; HAZELTON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING OUT CLOTHES
MY MOTHER GAVE YOUR MOTHER A PUNCH IN THE NOSE
WHAT COLOR DID IT TURN--
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A JUMP ROPE RHYME AND AFTER THE PLAYER SAYS, "WHAT COLOR
DID IT TURN, HE OR SHE THEN NAMES AS MANY COLORS AS SHE CAN
UNTIL SHE MISSES OR RUNS OUT OF COLORS, THEN IT IS SOMEONE-ELSE'S
TURN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
ROPE-JUMPING RHYME
-------, ------ (YOUR OWN NAME USED)
DRESSED IN LACE
WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE.
HOW MANY PUFFS DID SHE USE?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM THE OLDER GIRLS ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-27-1967
SITTING IN A TREE
(BOY'S NAME) AND (GIRL'S NAME) SITTING IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
THEN COME'S (SIC) (GIRL'S NAME) WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
HOW MANY ARE THERE IN THAT CARRIAGE?
ONE, TWO, THREE...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS
NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS CAME A-KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
I WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO LET THEM IN.
THEY HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
I WENT UPSTAIRS TO GET MY GUN.
YOU SHOILD HAVE SEEN THESE ROBBERS RUN.
SOME WENT EAST, SOME WENT WEST,
SOME WENT IN THE CUCKOO'S NEST.
HOW MANY WENT IN THE CUCKOO'S NEST?
ONE, TWO, THREE,....
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
ROPE-JUMP RHYME
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR ROSES.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT BALL.
NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE DOZEN.
THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, SWEET SIXTEEN.
(ETC., ETC.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-28-1967