The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

JUMP ROPE RYMES:

NOT LAST NITE BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE TWENTY FOUR
ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR. I WENT
TO LET THEM IN AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID;
SPANISH DANCERS DO THE SPLITS.
SPANISH DANCERS DO THE TWIST.
SPANISH DANCERS TOUCH THE GROUND.
SPANISH DANCERS TURN AROUND.
ETC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME

Date learned: 09-22-1969