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Jumprope Rhyme
Blo9ndie and Dagwood going downtown
Blondie bought a pair of shoes
Dagwood bought the mourning news and this is what it said :
One, two, three ...
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant are the same person.
Where learned: Informant does not state where it was learned.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Title unknown
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown,
Blondie bought an evening gown,
Dagwood bouth a pair of shoes,
And Cookie bouth the daily news.
And this is what it said:
"Close your eyes and cout till ten,
if you miss, you take the end.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where the informants lives.
Where learned: Informants learned in neighborhood.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope - Jump Rhyme
blondie and Dagewood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown
Dagewood bought a pair of shoes.
Cookie bought the evening news.
(repeat or continue with ifferent names and articles.)
Where learned: Learned in Detroit, Michigan
Keyword(s): Charactor ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Skipping Rhyme
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.
Blondie bourght an eveing gown,
Dagwood bought a pair of shoes,
Cooke bought the daily news,
Close your eyes and count to ten,
If you miss, take the end.
Where learned: Informant learned from childhood neighborhood.
Keyword(s): Charactor ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump rope jingle
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Dagwood bought an eveining paper.
This is what it said -
Close your eyes and coutn to 10.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): Charactor ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rime
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown
Dagwood bought the Sunday news
And here is how it read:
Jump hop pepper, or you are dead!
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives.
Where learned: Informant learned this a Grand Rapids, Michigan grade school.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Suzie bought a pair of shoes.
Dagwood bought the eveing news.
And this is what it said,
"Shut your eyes and count to ten, unless you wan to to be a big fat hen."
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Blondie and Dagwood
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Cooke bout a pair of shoes.
Dagwood bough the evening news and this is what it sadi to do.
"Close your eyes and count to ten and if you miss, take an end.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives.
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: Learned in informants house.
Keyword(s): Charactor ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Blondie and Dagwood went to town,
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Dagwood bought a pair of shoes,
Alexander bought the news,
And in ther news it said,
"Close your eyes and count to ten."
"If you miss you take an end."
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname and address.
Where learned: Told at informant's home.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Blondie and Dagwood
Blondie and Dagwood went to town
Blondie bougth an eveing gown
Dagwood bought a pair of shoes
Cookie bought an evening news
And in the news it said
Close your eyes and count to ten
And if you miss you take the end
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and Informant are the same person.
Where learned: Told in Grosse Pte. Woods Michigan
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jumprope Rhyme
Blondie and Dagwood went to town,
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Dagwood bought a new pair of shoes.
Cookie stayed home to read the news,
And this is what she saw:
(count until you miss- one , two, etc. )
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant are the same person.
Where learned: Informant told in Detroit, Michigan
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Roper Rhyme
Blondie and Dagwood went to town.
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Dogwood bought a newspatger that sadid
"Count to ten 1,2,3,4....10"
Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): Character/Endurance/Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jumprope Verses
Blondie and Dagwood went to town.
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Dagwood bought a pair of shoes.
Sonny bought the evenign news.
And in it they read;
Close your eyes and count to ten
If you miss you mustg take the end.
Submitter comment:
The Informantis a 10 year old girl, my daught , who tother with her five sisters, related the following patter whic is recited yb individula who are twirling the rope.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: Rosville, Michigan
Keyword(s): Charater ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme Blondie & Dagwood
Blondie and Dagwood went to town
Blondie bought an evening gown
Dagwood bought the evening news
Thsi is what it said:
Close your eys and count to ten
If you miss take and end.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the sam surname.
Where learned: Berkley, Michigan
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope - Jumping Rhyme
Bluebells, Cockershells
Evy - ivy over
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives.
Where learned: Learned it from her neighborhood on the west side of Detroit
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Unknown
Blue bells cockel shells enie inie over.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname. Collector does not indicate where it was learned or where the informant lives.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Blue Bells
Blue bells,
Cocker shells
Evy, ivy,
Over
Where learned: New Lothrop, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Blue Bells
Blue bells, cockele shells
Evy, ivy over.
(After swaying rope black and forth, as child jumps over it , Children begin a game3 of tag thru, the jump rope. )
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant are the same person. Collector does not state where it was learned or where the informant lives.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Verse
Blue bells, cockle shells
Evy, Ivy , over.
(Informant is a friend's youngeist sister and she is about eight years old.
Where learned: Told in Informant's home.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Blue Bells
Blue bells,cockle shells,
Ienie, meenie , over.
(Jumping rope, swing rope, back & forth on ground and over an over)
Where learned: Detroit,Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |