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GRACE, GRACE, DRESSED IN LACE,/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE./ HO
MANY BOXES DID SHE USE? (COUNT)

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GRACE, GRACE, DRESSED IN LACE,/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE./ HO
MANY BOXES DID SHE USE?/ (COUNT)

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GRACE, GRACE, DRESSED IN LACE/ WENT UPSTAIRS TO POWDER HER FACE/ HOW
MANY BOXES DID SHE USE? ONE, TWO, THREE ETC.

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GYPSY, GYPSY, PLEASE TELL ME/ WHAT KIND OF A HUSBAND WILL HE BE? RICH
MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF?/ GYPSY, PGPSY , PLEASE TELL ME/ WHA
KIND OF RING WILL IT BE?/ DIAMOND, RUBY, SAPPHIRE?/ GYPSY, GYPSY,
PLEASE TELL ME./ WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL IT BE? MANSION, CASTLE,
COTTAGE? GYPSY, GYPSY, PLEASE TELL ME./ HOW MANY CHILDREN WILL THERE
BE? 1,2,3, ETC TIL YOU MISS. / GYPSY , GYPSY, PLEASE TELL ME./ WHAT
COLOR WILL MY CHILDREN BE? RED , YELLOW, BLACK, WHITE.

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HEY GIRL HOW ABOUT A FIGHT? HERE COMES JODY WITH HER BRITCHES ON TIGH
SHE CAN WIGGLE, SHE CAN WAGGLE, SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS, BUT I BETCHA
TEN BUCK, LADY CAN'T DO THIS: LADY ON ONE FOOT, LADY ON TWO FEET, LAD
ON THREE FEET, LADY ON FOUR FEET ETC. UP TO TEN. AND YOUR UNDER THE
MOON.

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"HIGH WATER - LOW WATER." (THIS IS ANOTHER SAYING FOR PLAYING JUMP
ROPE. ONW SWINGS THE ROPE AND OTHER CHILDREN JUMP OVER AS HIGH AS THE
CAN. WHEN ONE MISSES HE'S OUT OF THE GAME.)

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I'M A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE, THESE ARE THE THINGS I LIKE
TO DO: BOW TO THE CAPTAIN, COURTSY TO THE QUEEN, TELL YOU THE INITIAL
OF MY SWEET DREAM. A,B,C, ECT.

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I HAD A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR. HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM/ I PUT HIM IN THE
BATHTUB, TO TEACH HIM HOW TO SWIM./ HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER AND HE
UP ALL THE SOAP./ LAST NIGHT HE WAS SICK WITH A BUBBLE IN HIS THROAT.
IN CAME THE DOCTOR, IN CAME THE NURSE IN CAME THE LADY WITH THE BIG F
PURSE. I DON'T WANT THE DOCTOR. I DON'T WANT THE NURSE. I WANT THE LA
WITH THE BIG FAT PURSE) (COUNT FROM 1-100)

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I LIKE COFFEE, I LIKE TEA. HOW MANY BOYS ARE CRAZY FOR ME? 1,2,3 ETC.

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I LOVE COFFEE, I LOVE TEA, HOW MANY BOYS ARE STUCK ON ME ? (COUNT)

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I LIKE COFFEE, I LIKE TEA, I LIKE THE BOYS, AND THE BOYS LIKE ME. YES
NO, MAYBE SO, YES NO, MAYBE SO, ETC.

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I TOLD MA, MA TOLD PA, JOHNNY BROKE THE SUGAR BOWL AND BLAMED IT ON

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I WAS BORN IN A FRYING PAN AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW OLD I AM. 1,2,3,ETC

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I WAS BORN IN A FRYING PAN, JUST TO SEE HOW OLD I AM 1,2,ETC. (YOU
MISS AT YOUR AGE)

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ICE CREAM SODA, GINGER-ELE POP,/ SEE HOW MANY TURNS YOU MAKE BEFORE W
MUST STOP.

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ICE CREAM SODA, GINGER ALE POP./ TELL ME THE INITALS OF MY OWN SWEET
HEART. (A,B,C, ETC.

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ICE CREAM SODA GINGERALE POP. TELL ME THE NAME OF YOUR SWEET HEART.
A,B,C, ETC. ((GIVE A NAME OF A BOY YOU LIKE ON THE LETTER YOU MISS.

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ICE CREAM SODA, GINGER ALE POP. TELL ME THE INITALS OF YOU SWEETHEAR.
A, B, C, ETC.

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ICE-CREAM, SODA, GINGER-ALE , POP. TELL ME THE INITIALS OF YOUR
SWEETHEART. A, B, C, ETC.

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ICE CREAM, SODA, GINGER ALE POP. TELL ME THE NAME OF YOUR SWEETHEART.
A, B , C, ETC.

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