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DUMB, DUMB, THE DUMB ONE IS ----(NAME)
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI WHERE THE STEAM GOES "PUSH'EM"
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION-JUMP ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
CHARLEY CHAPLIN WENT TO FRANCE
TO TEACH THE GIRLS THE HOOCHIE COOCHIE
DANCE./ HEEL, TOE, AROUND WE GO/ HEEL, TOE, AROUND WE GO/ SALUTE TO
THE CAPTAIN, CURTSY TO THE QUEEN/ AND TOUCH THE BOTTOM OF THE
SUBMARINE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT TOWNTOWN/ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN/
DAGWOOD BOUGHT THE SUNDAY NEWS/ AND HERE IS HOW IT READ: JUMP HOT
PEPPER, OR YOU ARE DEAD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-30-1967
BLUEBELLS, COCKLE SHELLS/ EEVY IVY OVER/ I WENT DOWNTOWN TO SEE MR.
BROWN./ HE GAVE ME A NICKLE, I BOUGHT A FLOWER.
THE FLOWER WAS YELLOW.
I GAVE IT TO MY FELLOW./ MY FELLOW WAS SICK, I GAVE HIM A KICK/ AND
THAT'S THE END OF THE DIRTY OLD TRICK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THE PARMA, OHIO
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
Rope Jumping Rime
DOCTOR, DOCTOR, DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES _______, AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE WIGGLES WHEN SHE WALKS AND
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS
AND SHE LIFTS UP HER SKIRT WHEN SHE DOES THE KICKS. HOW MANY KICKS CAN SHE DO?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-30-1967
Rope Jumping Rime
I was born in a frying pan
Just to see how old I am
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, . . .
(you miss at your particular age)
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this from the neighborhood children in Alaska.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rime
Jean, Jean, Jelly bean
Stuck her head in the washing machine
Her mother cried because she died
And that's the end of Jean, Jean, Jelly Bean
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this on the playground in Pittsburg, Penn.
Where learned: Foley Hall Univesity of Detroit
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse C760.560 |
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 |