The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

ROPE SKIPPING RHYME

NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
TWENTY-EIGHT ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
I RAN OUT, THEY CAME IN,
JIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.

SPANISH GIRLS CAN DO THE SPLITS,
GIVE A LITTLE KICK, KICK, KICK,
TURN A-ROUND, ROUND, ROUND,
TOUCH THE GROUND, GROUND, GROUND,
THEN GET OUT OF TOWN, TOWN, TOWN.

Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME

Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER