The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Jump rope rhymes

Apples, peaches, creamery butter.

Here's the name of my true lover.

(call  letter of alphabet until miss)

Data entry tech comment:

Colletor does not state where informant lives.

Where learned: Learned at her home in her neghborhood.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Birdie, Birdie

Birdie, Birdie in the sky

Dropped some white wash in my eye,

Me no baby, me no cry

Me just glad that cows don't fly.

Where learned: Learned at her home in Detroit, Mi

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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