The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Jump rope rhyme

Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop tell me the initials

of my sweetheart - A, B, C, etc.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same.
 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Dearborn Hgts

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Jump-rope verse

Ice-cream, soda, ginger ale, pop

Tell me the initials of your sweetheart.

A,B,C,D...

(When the jumper misses the first time, this is the first initial... the second miss is the second initial.)

Submitter comment:

The informent observed her second grade class singing this at Our Lady of Grace School, Dearborn Heights, Mich.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Alla (Jump Rope Verse)

Alla, Alla,

Dressed in yella

Went downtown to see her fella

How many kisses did she recieve?

One, two, etc. (until one misses)

(This is a common jingle that  Debbie and her friens used  when skipping rope)

Where learned: Dearborn, Michigan

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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