The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Fifty Cents

I asked my mother for fifty cents

To see the elephant jump the fence.

He jumped so high, he touched the sky.

And didn't come back til the fourth of July.

Where learned: At her home.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

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Johnny

Johnny over the ocean.

Johnny over the sea.

Johnny broke the milk bottle .

And blamed it onto me.

I told ma,  ma told pa.

Johnny got a lickin.

Ha,ha, ha!

Where learned: At her home.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

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Fudge, Fudge

Fudge, fudge, tell the judge,

Mommy's havin' a new-born baby;

Is it a gril, is it a boy?

No, it's just a plain old baby.

Wrap it up intissue paper,

Send it up the elevator,

First floor- stop.

Second floor-stop.

Third floor-stop.

etc.

Submitter comment:

Ann's version has only hte first four line.

Where learned: Learned at University of Detroit

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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Rope-Jumping Rhymes

I like coffee,

I like tea,

I like the boys,

And the boys lime me.

(Yes, no, maybe so; yes, no, maybe so; etc.)

Where learned: Her front yard.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Ice cream soda

Ice cream soda, gingerale pop

Thers are the intals of my sweetheart;

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P etc.

Submitter comment:

This jumping-rope rhyme may use all of the slphabet or the jumper may stop after the desired initials.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not list a place where it was learned nor does the collect state the city or state where the informant resides.
 

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Inky binky bottle of ink,

Cork's out, you stink.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informat share the same surname and address.
 

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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Jump rope rhymes

Ice cream soda, lemonade pop;

Tell me the initials of your sweetheart

(letters of the alphabet are called until a miss)

Data entry tech comment:

The collector did not state which state or city that the informant resides.
 

Where learned: Probably learnded from neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Rope Jump Rhymes

I love coffee

I love tea

 How many boys

Are stuck on me?

(count until there is a miss)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and Informant share the same surname.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Jump- Roie Rhyme

Ice cream soda,

Ginger-ale pop.

Tell me the initials

Of your sweetheart.

A, B, C, ... till miss-1st initial

A, B, C, ... till miss-2nd initial

Where learned: COLLECTED AT INFORMANTS HOME

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Game Verse

Johnny over the ocean, Johnny over the sea,

Johnny broke a bottle and blamed it on me.

I told ma, ma told pa, and Johnny got a lickin.

Ha, ha, ha

Where learned: LEXINGTON

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

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Ice cream soda

Ice-cream soda, ginger-ale pop,

Tell me the initials of your sweet love.

A-B-C-D-E-F-etc.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Rope-Jump Rhyme

I like coffee.

I like tea.

I like _____ to jumpe in with me.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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I see

I see London, I see France, I see name's underpants.

A jump rope rhyme that is sung in derision of someone

Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop

Tell me the initials of your sweetheart.

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-

(Say the child trips on G, the childre then think of the name of a boy begining with G.)

Gary,Gary, do you love (name of child in the rope)?

Yes, no, maybe, so; yes, no, maybeso;--------(until child trips again)

Where learned: Francine learned this in grade school on Detroit east side.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Jump Rope Rhyme

I went downtown

To meet Miss Brown

She gabe me a nickle

I bouught a pickle was sour

I bought a flower

The flower was yellow

I gave tit to my fellow

Where learned: told at informants house.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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Rhyme

I hate Bosco, Bosco, hates me,

Mommy puts it in my milk to try toposin me.

I fooled mummy adnput it in her tea.

Now I have no momy to try to posin me.

Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Michigan

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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Loves of life

I love coffee,

I love tea,

I love the boys and the boys love me.

Submitter comment:

Informant could also remember hearing this entry on her old school payground.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.

Where learned: Told at informants home.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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I was born

I was born in a frying pan and

I want to know how old I am.

One, two, three...( count until jumper misses)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant are the same person.

Where learned: Informant learned from childhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Down in the falley where the green grass grows

There sat ( name girl ) sweet as the a rose

She sang, she sang, sgesabg so sweet.

Along came (name boy) and kissed her check

How many kisses did she receive.

(counts# or time skips rope till she misses)

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Jump Roe Rhyme

Johnny over the ocean

Johnny over the sea

Johnny broke a tea cup

And blamed it on me

I told ma

Ma told pa

Johnny got a lickin

Ha ha ah

Salt, vingar, mustard, pepper

(faster with each of the last line)
 

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; SPEED

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