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Ice cream soda

Ice cream soda, gingerale pop

Thers are the intals of my sweetheart;

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P etc.

Submitter comment:

This jumping-rope rhyme may use all of the slphabet or the jumper may stop after the desired initials.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not list a place where it was learned nor does the collect state the city or state where the informant resides.
 

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Rope Jump Rhymes

I love coffee

I love tea

 How many boys

Are stuck on me?

(count until there is a miss)

 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and Informant share the same surname.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Ice cream soda

Ice-cream soda, ginger-ale pop,

Tell me the initials of your sweet love.

A-B-C-D-E-F-etc.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Jingle

I lke coffee, I like tea

How many boys are crazy for me?

One, Two, Three, etc.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are one and the same.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Jingle

Ice cream,soda, ginger ale pop,

Tell me the name of your sweetheart

A,B,C, etc.

(Jump until you come to your sweetheat's first initial- then next person's turn)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and infomant are the same person.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Jump Rope Rhyme Dutch Girl

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue

Theses are the things I  used to do:

Salute to the captain

Bow to the queen

Turn my back on the mean ole king

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Ice cream soda ginger ale pop tell me the initials

of your sweetheart 

This is a jump rope tune sung while jumping rope and the alphave is sung until the correct initials are called out. Then the jumper stops jumping.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Food

Apples, Peach, Pumpkin pie

Whose not ready holler I

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and Informant are the same person. Collector does not state where she lives.

Where learned: The collector does not state where it was learned.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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