The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Rope Skipping Rhyme

I had a little teddy bear, his name was Tiny Tim

I put him the the bathtub to teach him how to swim

He drank up all the water, he ate up the soap

Hed died last night with a bubble in his throat

I called the doctor, I called the nurse,

I called the up the laday with the alligator purse.

Pencillin called the doctor, penicillin said the nurse,

Pencillin said the lady with the alligator purse.

Out went the doctor, out went the nurse,

Out went the lady with the alligator purse.

Where learned: From the children of her neighborhood.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain

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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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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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