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DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SITS --- AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE/ SHE SANG AND SHE SANG AND SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG
CAME---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (COUNT GOES UNTIL CHILD TRIPS)
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOL IN N.W.DETROIT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT --- PRETTY
AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, AND SHE SANG, AND SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECIEVE? TEN
TWENTY, THIRTY, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT --- AS
SWEET AS A ROSE,/ I SANG, I SANG, I SANG SO SWEET,/ ALONG CAME---AND
KISSED ME ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID I RECEIVE? (COUNT)
Where learned: COLLECTED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT---AS SWEET
AS A ROSE,/ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,/ ALONG CAME ---AND
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK,/ HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER IN A WEEK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
DOWN IN THE VALLEY, 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, 4, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS/ THERE SAT --- SWEET
AS A ROSE/ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG CAME --- AND
KISSED HER CHEEK/ HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE? (COUNT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS/
THERE SITS---AS SWEET
AS A ROSE./ ALONG CAME---KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./
HOW MANY KISSES DID
SHE RECEIVE? (COUNT)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT MARSHA AS
SWEET AS A ROSE./ ALONG CAME GREEG AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./ HOW
MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750 .560 |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SITS---AS SWEET
AS A ROSE,/ ALONG COMES ---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK,/ THAT'S WHAT
YOU GET FOR KISSING FOR A WEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET THAT WEEK?
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
Language
American Nicknames:
Mexicans call Americans "gringoes" because when the Texans went into the Battle of San Jacinto, they were singing "Green Grow the Lilacs." The Mexicans thought they were saying "gringo."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AMERICAN ; Battle ; Culture ; ETYMOLOGY ; Green ; Gringo ; Grow ; Language ; Lilacs ; Mexican ; NATIONALITY ; Nickname ; San Jacinto ; SLANG ; SONG ; Term
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Expression
To beat the tar out of someone means to beat them up
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): Beat ; EUPHEMISM ; Expression ; Injure ; Language ; Saying ; Tar ; VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Entry filtered.
Entertainment: Song
Jump-Rope Game:
'Double Dutch'
As two people throw two ropes simultaneously in opposite directions, a third person tries to jump both ropes. There is no rhyme to accompany the skipping. It's hard enough to concentrate on the jumping.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Double ; DUTCH ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Rope ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Entertainment: Game
Engine, engine, number 9
Going down Chicago's line,
If the train should jump the track,
Would you want your money back?
yes, no, maybe.....(repeat until a miss)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHICAGO ; Engine ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Line ; MONEY ; Nine ; NUMBER ; RHYME ; Track
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I'm a little Dutch girl, dressed in blue
Here are some motions I can do -
Salute to the captain
Curtsy to the Queen,
Turn my back on the mean old King.
(Do the motions while jumping.)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Captain ; Curtsy ; DUTCH ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Girl ; Jump Rope ; King ; Motions ; Queen ; RHYME ; Salute ; Turn
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Susie and Johnnie sitting in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love, then comes marriage, Then comes Johnnie with a baby carriage.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; Carriage ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; KISSING ; Language ; MARRIAGE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Blue Bells, Cockle shells,
Evy, Ivy Over
First comes love
Then comes marriage,
Here comes (name of jumper) with a baby carriage.
(For blue bells to ive - the rope swings back and forth, the jumper jumping over it. On over, the regular turning begins.)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; Blue Bells ; Carriage ; Cockle Shells ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Ivy ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Language ; MARRIAGE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
First grade babies
Second grade tots
Third grade angles
Fourth grade snots
Fifth grade peaches
Sixth grade plums
All the rest are dirty bums.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANGELS ; Babies ; Bums ; COUNTING ; Entertainment ; Fifth ; First ; Fourth ; FRUIT ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; Language ; Peaches ; Plums ; RHYME ; Second ; Sixth ; Snots ; Third ; Tots
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Down in the valley where the green grass grows,
There sat (name of jumper) as sweet as a rose.
Along came (boyfriend's name) and kissed her on the cheek,
How many kisses did she get?
1,2,3,4.... (Continue until a miss)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COUNTING ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; KISS ; Language ; RHYME ; Valley
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Jump Rope Jingle
Running Through School:
I want to register
For First Grade
This is how you
Spell my name
N-A-M-E (Spell name of jumper)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; Language ; NAME ; Register ; RHYME ; SCHOOL ; Spell ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |