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POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES----AMERICA'S BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA;
SHE CAN DO THE TWIST;
SHE CAN JUMP ROPE LIKE THIS:
AGAIN, THE JUMPER USES THE NAME SHE PREFERS AND JUMPS UNTIL
SHE MISSES.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES (NAME), THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA,
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS,
HOW MANY DANCES DO YOU WISH?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
RED, WHITE, AND YELLOW,
WENT DOWNTOWN TO MEET MY FELLOW,
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?
Submitter comment: (COUNT UNTIL A MISS)
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
ROPE-JUMPING RHYME
REGISTRATION, MY NAME IS-------
KINDERGARTEN, GRADE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
THEN YOU GO BACKWARDS 8,...,K.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM SOME OF THE GIRLS ON THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
RASPBERRY, RASPBERRY, RASPBERRY JAM;
WHAT ARE THE INITIALS OF MY YOUNG MAN?
Submitter comment:
(CALL LETTERS OF ALPHABET)
AT HOME THIS WAS LEARNED
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
RIN-TIN-TIN SAT ON A PIN.
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN?
1, 2, 3, 4...TILL JUMPER MISSES
Submitter comment: NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I LIVE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
RIN TIN TIN SAT ON A PIN.
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN?
1, 2, 3, ETC.
(UNTIL PERSON JUMPING MISSES.)
Where learned: LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.56 |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
CINDEREEL DRESSED IN YELLOW/ WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO MEET HER FELLOW./
WHEN SHE GOT THERE HER GIRDLE BUSTED/ HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Song
DICK AND JANE SITTIN' IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES JANE WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
HOW MANY CHILDREN DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE . . .
PLAYERS SUBSTITUTE THEIR OWN NAMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
Rope Skipping Rhyme
DOWN IN THE MEADOW WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SITS (GIRL'S NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) WHO KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(COUNT UNTIL PERSON MISSES.)
Submitter comment:
FROM THE CHILDREN OF INFORMANT'S NEIGHBORHOOD. SUMMER OF 1964.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: SUMMER 00001964
DOWN IN THE MEADOW
DOWN IN THE MEADOW
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT PATSY
AS PRETTY AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME TOMMY
AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY TIMES DID HE KISS HER?
ONE, TWO, THREE.
(NEIGHBORHOOD ROPE JUMPING RHYME)
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-05-1964
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE MEADOW WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS. THERE SAT ________ PRETTY AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME ________ AND KISSED HIM ON THE NOSE.
HOW MANY TIMES DID HE KISS HER?
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 |
Date learned: 09-15-1967
Rope-Jumping Rhyme
DOWN IN THE MEADOW WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT ANNE AS SWEET AS A ROSE;
ALONG CAME DAVE AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)
Where learned: INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-05-1968
DOWN IN THE MEADOW WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS THERE SAT (INSERT NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE. ALONG CAME (INSERT NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET THAT DAY?
(PERSON JUMPS UNTIL MISSES.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Jumping Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE MEADOW WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT ________ AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME ________ AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3 . . . (JUMP TILL MISS.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL #319
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOWN BY THE RIVER WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS THERE SAT ________ SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME ________ AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, . . . . . .
(WHEN THE GIRL JUMPING STARTS THE KISSES SHE JUMPS AS MANY TIMES UNTIL SHE MISSES. THAT IS HOW MANY KISSES THE GIRL RECEIVED.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
Rope Jumping Rime
DOWN BY THE RIVER WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS THERE SAT ________ AS CUTE AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME ________ AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this from her playmates in Alaska as a little girl.
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 |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOWN BY THE RIVER WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SITS ___(NAME)___ AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME ___(BOY'S NAME)___ AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1...2...3... (COUNT UNTIL MISS)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM CHILDREN IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF VAN DYKE AND MCNICHOLS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME ; 8096 TUMEY
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rhymes
DOWN BY THE RIVER WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (NAME OF ROPE JUMPER) SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG,
SHE SANG,
SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME (NAME OF BOY) AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE . . . (UNTIL JUMPER MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
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 NOSE.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
(COUNT OUT)
Submitter comment:
From informant's childhood.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-00-1967