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FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE/ MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY./ IT AIN'T
A BOY, IT AIN'T A GIRL,/ JUST AN ORDINARY BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE
PAPER./ SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR. FIRST FLOOR: STOP, SECOND FLOOR:
MISS. (SPREADS LEGS APART). THIRD FLOOR: RED HOT PEPPERS. (JUMPS TEN
TIMES AT DOUBLE PACE) . FOURTH FLOOR: TURN AROUND, (IN FOUR JUMPS)
FIFTH FLOOR: TOUCH THE GROUND, SIXTH FLOOR: GET OUT OF TOWN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
SUNG VERSE
GREAT, BIG GLABS OF
GREASY, GRIMY GAPHER GUTS,
MUTILATED MONKEY MEAT,
ROASTY, TOASTY BIRDIE FEET.
GREAT, BIG GLABS OF GREASY
GRIMY GAPAER GUTS,
AN' ME WITHOUT A SPOON.
Submitter comment: NONSENSE RHYME: SUNG TO MAKE ANOTHER PERSON SICK TO THEIR STOMACH.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
WELL BELIEF
IN NORTH CAROLINA THERE IS A CERTAIN WELL WHERE AFTER THROWING
A ROCK DOWN INTO IT, IT WILL FLOAT BACK UP.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): Float ; GRAVITY ; Legend ; North Carolina ; Well
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Man made container. |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
FATE OF KINDERGARTENERS
KINDERGARTEN BABIES
WASH THEIR FACE IN GRAVY,
WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE PAPER'N SEND IT TO THE NAVY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informants and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
KINDERGARTEN BABY,
WASH YOUR FACE IN GRAVY.
FIRST GRADE TOT,
SECOND GRADE ANGELS
THIRD GRADE SNOT.
FOURTH GRADE PEACHES,
FIFTH GRADE PLUMS,
ALL THE REST ARE DIRTY BUMS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INFORMANT'S HOME ; Berkley
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-21-1967
SAILOR AND THE SEA
A SAILOR WENT TO SEA SEA SEA
TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEE SEE SEE.
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD SEE SEE SEE
WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA SEA SEA.
Submitter comment:
(NEIGHBORHOOD ROPE SKIPPING RHYME)
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-05-1964
LONG LEGS
HAVE YOU EVER EVER IN YOUR LONG-LEGGED LIFE,
SEEN A LONG-LEGGED SAILOR, WITH A LONG-LEGGED WIFE?
NO, I'VE NEVER NEVER IN MY LONG-LEGGED LIFE
SEEN A SAILOR WITH A LONG-LEGGED WIFE.
Submitter comment:
(SCHOOL JUMPING ROPE SONG)
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-05-1964
LIAR, LIAR
LIAR, LIAR, YOUR PANTS ARE ON FIRE.
YOUR NOSE IS LONGER THAN A TELEPHONE WIRE.
Submitter comment:
This is a chanted jump rope rhyme.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
LUCY HAD AN ENGINE
THE ENGINE HAD A BELL
LUCY WENT TO HEAVEN
THE ENGINE WENT TO
HELLO OPERATOR, GIVE ME NUMBER NINE
IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ME I'LL HIT YOU RIGHT
BEHIND THE FRIGERATOR
THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS
LUCY FELL DOWN ON IT AND BROKE HER LITTLE
ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS
I'LL TELL YOU NO MORE LIES
LUCY TOLD ME ALL OF THIS
BEFORE SHE UPED AND DIED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: collector's home
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
MABEL
MABEL, MABEL
SET THE TABLE
AND DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPERS.
(SPEED THE ROPE)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
MABEL, MABEL
MABEL, MABEL, SET THE TABLE.
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT
PEPPER (...SWING ROPE REAL FAST)
Submitter comment:
SCHOOL JUMP ROPE RHYME
Where learned: INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-05-1964
JUMP ROPE SONG
MABEL, MABEL SET THE TABLE
BUT DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPERS.
Submitter comment:
THE CHILDREN THEN TURN THE ROPE AS FAST AS THEY CAN UNTIL THE PERSON WHO IS JUMPING MAKES A MISTAKE.
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
ADVANCING THROUGH THE GRADES
"SC-H-O-O-L, SPELLS--SCHOOL."
THE JUMPER RUNS AROUND A TWIRLER, SAYS "KINDERGARTEN,"
THEN TRIES TO RUN THROUGH THE ROPE WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED BY IT.
TWIRLER. THEN "SECOND GRADE," JUMPS TWICE, AND SO ON ALL THE
WAY UP TO TWELFTH GRADE. IF HE EVER FAILS A JUMP, WHICH USUALLY
HAPPENS, THE PLAY PASSES TO THE NEXT PERSON.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
MOTHERS
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER
WERE HANGING UP CLOTHES,
MY MOTHER SOCKED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE
WHAT COLOR BLOOD CAME OUT.
Submitter comment:
NOTE: PERSON ANSWERS A COLOR, FOR EXAMPLE GREEN. CALLER
SPELLS G-R-E-E-N. PERSON WHO IS TAPPED AT LAST LETTER IS NOT IT)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-03-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
MISS LUCY HAD A BABY
HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM
SHE PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB
TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM
HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER
AND ATE UP ALL THE SOAP
HE TRIED TO EAT THE BATHTUB
BUT IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN HIS THROAT
MISS LUCY CALLED THE DOCTOR
THE DOCTOR CALLED THE NURSE
THE NURSE CALLED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
OUT CAME THE DOCTOR, OUT CAME THE NURSE
IN STAYED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-19-1971
24 ROBBERS
NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
24 ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
AS I RAN OUT, THEY RAN IN
AND THIS IS THE SONG THEY BEGAN TO SING:
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TURN AROUND
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TOUCH THE GROUND
OLD LADY, OLD LADY TIE YOUR SHOE
OLD LADY, OLD LADY, SKIT, SCAT, SCADOO.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
GIN-THIEVES
NOT LAST NIGHT
BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
24 ROBBERS
CAME KNOCKIN' AT MY DOOR,
WHEN I CAME OUT
THEY CAME IN,
ALL THEY WANTED
WAS A BOTTLE OF GIN.
LITTLE RED DANCER
TURN AROUND (TURN IN FIVE JUMPS)
LITTLE RED DANCER
TOUCH THE GROUND
ONE--TWO--(TOUCH)
LITTLE RED DANCER
GET OUT O' TOWN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
COUNTING-OUT RHYMES
ONE, TWO BUCKLE YOUR SHOE;
THREE, FOUR SHUT THE DOOR;
FIVE, SIX PICK UP STICKS.
Submitter comment: FROM EARLY PLAYMATES.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1967
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.
Keyword(s): PLAIN -JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
NAUGHTY JUMP-ROPE RHYME
RASPBERRY, CHERRY, SODA POP,
GIRLS ON THE BOTTOM, BOYS ON THE TOP.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-27-1967