The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

JUMP ROPE PATTER

POSTMAN} POSTMAN} DO YOUR DUTY.
HERE COMES MISS AMERICA, THE BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA.
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS.
SHE WEARS DRESSES UP TO HER HIPS.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT, MY TEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LEARNED THESE PATTERS
FROM HER OLDER SISTERS AND FROM FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE

Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP

Date learned: 02-27-1967