The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

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