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24 ROBBERS
NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
24 ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
AS I RAN OUT, THEY RAN IN
AND THIS IS THE SONG THEY BEGAN TO SING:
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TURN AROUND
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TOUCH THE GROUND
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TIE YOUR SHOE
OLD LADY, OLD LADY, SKIT, SCAT, SCADOO.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
GIN-THIEVES
NOT LAST NIGHT
BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
24 ROBBERS
CAME KNOCKIN' AT MY DOOR,
WHEN I CAME OUT
THEY CAME IN,
ALL THEY WANTED
WAS A BOTTLE OF GIN.
LITTLE RED DANCER
TURN AROUND (TURN IN FIVE JUMPS)
LITTLE RED DANCER
TOUCH THE GROUND
ONE--TWO--(TOUCH)
LITTLE RED DANCER
GET OUT O' TOWN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
JUMP ROPE RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE, 48 ROBBERS CAME
KNOCKING AT MY DOOR. AS I WENT OUT TO LET THEM IN, THEY HIT
ME IN THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
SPANISH DANCERS TURN AROUND, TURN AROUND
SPANISH DANCERS TOUCH THE GROUND, TOUCH THE GROUND.
SPANISH DANCERS GET OUT OF TOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-27-1970
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
TWENTY-EIGHT ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
AS I WENT OUT TO LET THEM IN,
KNOCKED THEM OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WANTED
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
SPANISH DANCER TURN AROUND,
SPANISH DANCER TOUCH THE GROUND,
SPANISH DANCER DO THE TWIST
SPANISH DANCER GET OUT BEFORE YOU MISS.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
JUMP ROPE RIME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WANTED
THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
SPANISH DANCER DO THE TWIST
SPANISH DANCER TWIRL LIKE THIS
AS I RAN OUT--THEY RAN IN.
HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN IN ALASKA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
TWENTY-EIGHT ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
I RAN OUT, THEY CAME IN,
JIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
SPANISH GIRLS CAN DO THE SPLITS,
GIVE A LITTLE KICK, KICK, KICK,
TURN A-ROUND, ROUND, ROUND,
TOUCH THE GROUND, GROUND, GROUND,
THEN GET OUT OF TOWN, TOWN, TOWN.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
JUMP ROPE RYMES:
NOT LAST NITE BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE TWENTY FOUR
ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR. I WENT
TO LET THEM IN AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID;
SPANISH DANCERS DO THE SPLITS.
SPANISH DANCERS DO THE TWIST.
SPANISH DANCERS TOUCH THE GROUND.
SPANISH DANCERS TURN AROUND.
ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
ON A MOUNTAIN STANDS A LADY. WHO SHE IS I DO NOT KNOW.
ALL SHE WANTS IS GOLD AND SILVER; ALL SHE WANTS IS A NICE YOUNG MAN.
COME IN (A CERTAIN PERSON) GO OUT (A CERTAIN PERSON)
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ON A MOUNTAIN
ON A MOUNTAIN STANDS A LADY; WHO SHE IS I DO NOT KNOW.
ALL SHE WANTS IS GOLD AND SILVER; ALL SHE WANTS IS A NICE YOUNG MAN.
COME IN MY DEAR...(NAME OF WHOEVER IS TO JUMP NEXT),
GO OUT MY DEAR...(NAME OF WHOEVER HAS BEEN JUMPING).
RHYME STARTS OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
ON A MOUNTAIN STANDS A LADY.
WHO SHE IS I DON NOT KNOW.
ALL SHE WANTS IS GOLD AND SILVER,
ALL SHE WANTS IS GOLD AND SILVER.
SO JUMP IN, (NAME NEXT JUMPER),
AND JUMP OUT, (NAME PERSON JUMPING).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
RHYME
POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON
WE'LL ALL HAVE TEA
IN COMES (NAME)
OUT GOES (NAME)
Submitter comment: (JUMP ROPE RHYME)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
ROOM FOR RENT.
ROOM FOR RENT,
INQUIRE WITHIN,
THE LADY UPSTAIRS
IS DRINKING GIN,
NOW DRINKING GIN
IS A VERY BAD THING,
SO WHEN I MOVE OUT,
( ) WILL MOVE IN.
Submitter comment:
(IN THE LAST PHRASE THE JUMPER CALLS OUT THE NAME OF THE NEXT
PERSON IN LINE.)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
Rope Jumping Rime
Dum dum deee oto
I choose (name)
Submitter comment:
Informant does not remeber wher she heard this.
Where learned: Foley Hall Univesity of Detroit
Keyword(s): CALL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse C760.560 |
Jump- Rope Song
I'm a dutch girl dressed in blue, these
are the things I used to do, salute to
the captin curtsie to the king, turn my back
to the dirty submarine
Submitter comment:
From early friends.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Language: Rhyme
Jump Rope Rhyme:
Down in the meadow where the green grass grows, there sat ____ sweet as a rose.
Along came ____ and kissed her on the cheek: How many kisses did she get?
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Language ; Play ; RHYME ; Rope
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Language
Grace Parody:
Our Heavenly Fahter
Holy Ghost
Whoever eats the fastest
Gets the most!
Submitter comment:
Found in autograph book from the 1880's
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Eat ; GRACE ; JOKE ; Language ; PARODY ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PRAYER ; PUN ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Rope-Jumping Rhymes
CLUMP, CLUMP, CLUMP THE GIRLS ARE MARCHING
HERE COMES JANET AT THE DOOR,
SHE'S A LADY AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO DANCE
SO WE DON'T NEED ANNIE ANYMORE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CALL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
Jump Rope Rhyme
DIRTY LIL, DIRTY LIL
LIVED ATOP OF GARBAGE HILL
NEVER WASHED AND NEVER WILL
(THEN YOU SPIT ON THE GROUND)
DIRTY LIL.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-09-1968
O DOCTOR!
DOCTOR, DOCTOR, CAN YOU TELL,
WHAT WILL MAKE MY MOTHER WELL?
SHE IS SICK AND ABOUT TO DIE,
AND THAT WILL MAKE MY DADDY CRY!
Submitter comment:
NEIGHBORHOOD ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-05-1964
Jump-Rope Rhymes
DONALD DUCK HOPPED ON ONE FOOT, ONE FOOT, ONE FOOT.
DONALD DUCK HOPPED ON TWO FEET, TWO FEET, TWO FEET.
DONALD DUCK HOPPED ON THREE FEET, THREE FEET, THREE FEET.
DONALD DUCK HOPPED ON FOUR FEET, FOUR FEET, FOUR FEET.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: AT HOME ; playmates
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-03-1967