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Jump-Rope Rhymes
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT MARY(OR ANY OTHER GIRL'S NAME) SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME BILL (OR ANY OTHER BOY'S NAME) AND
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
Jump Rope Jingle: Down in the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT (INSERT NAME OF PERSON JUMPING) AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE;
SHE SANG -- SHE SANG,
SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME (INSERT NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK;
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER IN A WEEK?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR (UNTIL JUMPER MISSES).
Submitter comment:
First learned between 1955 and 1957.
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 |
Jump Rope Song
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (GIRL'S NAME), SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET;
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, . . . (UNTIL SHE MISSES)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: FALL 00001967
Rope-Jumping Rhyme
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.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
BEGIN COUNTING UNTIL YOU MISS (EX. 1-2-3-4 . . .)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
Sweet Sally
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT SALLY AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME JIMMY AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, (UNTIL ONE MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS/ THERE SAT SALLY AS
SWEET AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG CAME
JACK AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER? 1, 2, 3, ...
Where learned: RESTAURANT ; GOLDEN LION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 07-22-1964
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS./ THERE SAT SALLY AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE./ ALONG CAME JOHN AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE./
HOW MANY TIMES DID HE KISS HER? (COUNT)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-31-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT MARY AS
SWEET AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG CAME MM---- AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./ HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(COUNT)
Submitter comment:
MARY ANN AND PAT AGREE ON THE LAST LINE, BUT MARY HAS INSTEAD
5, 10, 15, OR 100, 200, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SITS --- AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE/ SHE SANG AND SHE SANG AND SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG
CAME---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (COUNT GOES UNTIL CHILD TRIPS)
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOL IN N.W.DETROIT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT --- PRETTY
AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, AND SHE SANG, AND SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECIEVE? TEN
TWENTY, THIRTY, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT --- AS
SWEET AS A ROSE,/ I SANG, I SANG, I SANG SO SWEET,/ ALONG CAME---AND
KISSED ME ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID I RECEIVE? (COUNT)
Where learned: COLLECTED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT---AS SWEET
AS A ROSE,/ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,/ ALONG CAME ---AND
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK,/ HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER IN A WEEK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
DOWN IN THE VALLEY, 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, 4, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS/ THERE SAT --- SWEET
AS A ROSE/ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG CAME --- AND
KISSED HER CHEEK/ HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE? (COUNT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS/
THERE SITS---AS SWEET
AS A ROSE./ ALONG CAME---KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./
HOW MANY KISSES DID
SHE RECEIVE? (COUNT)
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.
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT MARSHA AS
SWEET AS A ROSE./ ALONG CAME GREEG AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./ HOW
MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750 .560 |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SITS---AS SWEET
AS A ROSE,/ ALONG COMES ---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK,/ THAT'S WHAT
YOU GET FOR KISSING FOR A WEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET THAT WEEK?
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
Entry filtered.
Entertainment: Song
Jump-Rope Game:
'Double Dutch'
As two people throw two ropes simultaneously in opposite directions, a third person tries to jump both ropes. There is no rhyme to accompany the skipping. It's hard enough to concentrate on the jumping.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Double ; DUTCH ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Rope ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Entertainment: Game
Engine, engine, number 9
Going down Chicago's line,
If the train should jump the track,
Would you want your money back?
yes, no, maybe.....(repeat until a miss)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHICAGO ; Engine ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Line ; MONEY ; Nine ; NUMBER ; RHYME ; Track
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |