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POLICEMAN POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY.
THERE'S A GIRL ON THE CORNER SHE'S AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN WIGGLE SHE CAN WOBBLE SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS BUT SHE CAN'T
PULL HER DRESS AS HIGH AS HER HIPS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES----AMERICA'S BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA;
SHE CAN DO THE TWIST;
SHE CAN JUMP ROPE LIKE THIS:
AGAIN, THE JUMPER USES THE NAME SHE PREFERS AND JUMPS UNTIL
SHE MISSES.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
RED, WHITE, AND YELLOW,
WENT DOWNTOWN TO MEET MY FELLOW,
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?
Submitter comment: (COUNT UNTIL A MISS)
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
RING, RING, RINGING AT MY DOORBELL
CALLING SUZANNA AT MY DOORBELL
'CAUSE SHE'S THE ONE
WHO'S HAVING ALL THE FUN
SO WE DON'T LIKE SUZANNA ANY MORE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1969
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
RASPBERRY, RASPBERRY, RASPBERRY JAM;
WHAT ARE THE INITIALS OF MY YOUNG MAN?
Submitter comment:
(CALL LETTERS OF ALPHABET)
AT HOME THIS WAS LEARNED
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
RIN TIN TIN
SWALLOWED A PIN.
HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR
THE DOCTOR WASN'T IN.
HE WENT TO THE NURSE
SHE GAVE HIM A CURSE
AND THAT WAS THE END
OF RIN TIN TIN.
Submitter comment: FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
GUY WHO HATES HIS JOB
I HATE THIS WORSE THAN A RACOON HATES AN AXE HANDLE.
Submitter comment: ARKANSAS ORIGIN?
Where learned: HOME ; NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): DISSATISFACTION WITH AN UNPLEASANT JOB
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-01-1968