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Jump Rope Rhyme
Ice cream soda ginger ale pop
What is the initial of my sweetheart?
A, B, C, D, and the one you miss on is it and then go on to second letter and so on.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope-Jump Rhyme
Ice cream, soda, ginger ale pop,
Tell me the initial of my sweetheart A, B, C, . . .
A is for A_____ (Albert) he (she) lives in A_____ (Alabama)
B is for B_____ (Barney) he (she) lives in B_____ (Burma)
C is for C_____ (Carl) he (she) lives in C_____ (California)
D is for D_____ (David) he (she) lives in D_____ (Detroit)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rime
I was born in a frying pan
Just to see how old I am
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, . . .
(you miss at your particular age)
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this from the neighborhood children in Alaska.
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 |
Jump Rope
I like coffee
I like tea
I like the boys
And the boys like me
Yes no maybe so
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE VERSE
LITTLE MISS PINKY, DRESSED IN BLUE
DIED LAST NIGHT AT A QUARTER PAST TWO.
SHE TOLD ME TO JUMP THIS ROPE
THAT MADE ME MISS. 1-2-3-ETC.
(CONTINUE COUNTING UNTIL JUMPER MISSES.)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD ITEM AT PLAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
MILK MAN, MILK MAN
MILK MAN, MILK MAN, DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES NAME , THE AMERICAN BEAUTY
SHE SWAYS AND SHE WIGGLES
AND SHE WIGGLES AND SHE WEEVES,
SHE WEARS HER DRESSES ABOVE HER KNEES,
HOW MANY CHILDREN WILL SHE HAVE.
Submitter comment:
JUMP ROPE JINGLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
MISS, MISS, LITTLE MISS, MISS;
WHEN SHE MISSES SHE MISSES LIKE THIS
Submitter comment:
IN NEIGHBORHOOD
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
ROPE JUMPING RIME
MISS, MISS, LITTLE MISS MISS,
WHEN SHE MISSES
SHE MISSES LIKE THIS (STOP THE ROPE)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYMES
MISS, MISS, LITTLE MISS MISS,
WHEN SHE MISSES SHE MISSES LIKE THIS
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 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