The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Jump rope rhymes

Ice cream soda, lemonade pop;

Tell me the initials of your sweetheart

(letters of the alphabet are called until a miss)

Data entry tech comment:

The collector did not state which state or city that the informant resides.
 

Where learned: Probably learnded from neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Rope-Jumping Rhyme

Ice cream soda, gigner ale pop

Tell me the initials of your sweetheart.

A,L

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.

Where learned: Informant learned it from her playmates on the northwest side of Detroit in a predominately Italian Neighborhood.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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Jump rope rhymes

Teddy bear, teddy bear, point to the sky.

Teddy bear, teddy bear show your glass eye

Teddy bear, teddy bear pull your wig

Teddy bear, teddy bear dance a jig.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state what city it was learned.

Where learned: Informant learned in neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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Jump Rope Rime

Hands up Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.

Hands down Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.

Trun around Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.

Touch the groud Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informant lives.

Where learned: Informant learded this in her Parma, Ohio neighborhood.

Keyword(s): Acttion ; RHYME

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Rope jumping Rime

House for sale, room for rent.

Whene I move out, let _______    move in.

Here's the key to lock the door,

Shut your mouth and say no more.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant livess.

Where learned: Learned as child in Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; Call ; RHYME ; RHYME

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Rope Skipping Rhyme

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue,

These are the things I liked to do:

Salute to the captain,

Curtsy to the queen.

Turn my heels on the mean old king.

Where learned: Learned from the children of her neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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For jump rope

I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue.

These are the things I used to do.

Salute to the captain, curtsy to the queen,

Turn my backon the dirty old king.

King gor mad, chpped off my head,

And this is where I went--

Heaven, hell, purgatory limbo,

Heave, (repeat until the jumper misses.)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informants live.

Where learned: My neighborhood

Keyword(s): ACTION ; Charcter ; RHYME

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Jump Rope Rhyme

House for sale, house for rent,

____(name)        move out and ___(name)__  moves in.

(corresponding children jump in and out of swinging rope)

Submitter comment:

Collector states it was told at informants home.
 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname.
 

Where learned: Learned for children in neighborhood of Van Dyke and McNichols.

Keyword(s): Call ; RHYME

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Rope- Jumping Rime

A-- my name is Alive, my husband's name is Alfred, we live in Albany and we sell apples.

B-- my name is Barbara, my husband's name is Bobby, we live in Buffalo, and we sell bread.

C -- my name is Chrissy, my husbands's name is Charles, we live in Chicago, and we sell carrots.

(etc all the way throug the alphabet)

Where learned: Informant learned this from her neighborhood playmates in Euclid, Ohio.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump ; Plain

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Rope Skipping Rhyme

Alabama, Buska, King of the Jews

Bought his wife a new pair of shoes.

When th eshoes began to wear,

Alabama Buska began to swear:

Wife,wife turn around,

Wife wife touch the ground

Wife,wife leave town

Where learned: From the children of her neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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Rope Jumping Rime

All in together girls, never mind the wearther, boys 

January, February, March, April, ...

( You jump out of the rope when the month of your birthday is called)

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the Informant lives.

Where learned: Informant learned this a child fromthe neighborhood playmates in Parma, Ohio.

Keyword(s): Call ; RHYME

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Blondie and Dagwood went downtown,

Blondie bought an evening gown,

Dagwood bouth a pair of shoes,

And Cookie bouth the daily news.

And this is what it said:

"Close your eyes and cout till ten,

if you miss, you take the end.

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where the informants lives.

Where learned: Informants learned in neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Rope Skipping Rhyme

Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.

Blondie bourght an eveing gown,

Dagwood bought a pair of shoes,

Cooke bought the daily news,

Close your eyes and count to ten,

If you miss, take the end.

Where learned: Informant learned from childhood neighborhood.

Keyword(s): Charactor ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Rope Skipping Rhyme

Blondie and dagwood went downtown

Blondie bought a eveing gown

Dagwood bought a pair of shoes

Cookie bought the evening news

Lady on one foot, one foot, one foot,

Lady on two feet, two feet,two feet,

Lady on three feet, three feet, three feet , ( and hand)

Lady on four feet, four feet, four feet, ( two hands)

Lady on five feet, five feet, five feet, (and head)

Lady pigeon-toed, pigeon-toed, pigeon-toed,

Lady bow-legged,bow-legged, bow-legged,

Lady stupid looking , stupid looking, studpid looking,

And that's why I'm  getting out of here.

(Person does as the rhyme says)

Where learned: Informant learned from children in her neighborhood.

Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME

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Rope - Jumping Rhyme

Bluebells, Cockershells

Evy - ivy over

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state where informant lives.

Where learned: Learned it from her neighborhood on the west side of Detroit

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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