Hey everyone.....last night for some odd reason I was lying in bed trying to come up with the words to an old jump rope song....finally I was able to remember all the words:

"Cinderella, dressed in yellow, went upstairs ro kiss a fellow. By mistake, she kissed a snake, how many doctors does it take? 1,2,3, etc....."

Anyone else remember any jump rope songs?

Ice cream soda cherry on top whos your boyfriend/girlfriend? I forgot. A B C D E F G H I J etc and when the person stops on one letter they come up with someone at school. We used to do that at least.

I wasn't the type of girl who was ever really that into skipping and stuff - I was too busy playing with toy cars and running around in the mud.
I do kinda remember one rhyme about a helicopter though. One girl would stand in the middle with the rope and everyone else would stand round her in a circle. The girl in the middle would spin the rope round her head (like a helicopter blade, I suppose) and everyone would chant "helicopter, helicopter please come down. Mummy, Daddy, who shall I marry?" and then at that point the girl would bring the rope down to ground level and everyone had to jump over it as it went round. The chant then went through a list of traditional male occupations "tinker, taylor, fireman.............rich man, poor man, begger man, thief......" and whoever tripped over the rope was supposed to marry someone with the occupation most recently mentioned.

We used to have handstand rhymes too but those were pointless. Someone would be "up" and they'd say a stupid little rhyme (the 'beach buggy' one was the most common) and then everyone would do a handstand and the person who was "up" would decide who did the best handstand and then the person chosen would become "up".

It was stupid really cos it was only the popular girls who would be "up" cos they always chose each other even if their handstands were crap!

i dont remember many jumprope rhymes,...
the Cinderella one..i think tehre were other ones...
cinderella dressed in yellow went downstairs to kiss her fellow..
cinderella dressed in lace went upstairs to powder her face...
etc....

we had a lot of those clapping game ones in elementry school tho...anyone remember these...

(my spelling on these may be less than great....)

ittie bitty bopshaditty do wop bopshaditty operator operator i love you, down down baby down by the roller coaster sweet sweet baby ill never let you go
caught you with my boyfriend- naught, naughty
stole a piece of candy- greedy, greedy
wont wash the dishes- lazy, lazy
jumping out of windows- crazy, crazy
ittie bitty bopshaditty do wop bopshaditty operator operator i love you.

bo bo skinni rotten tottin a a, a a, boom boom boom, bo bo skinni rotten tottin a a, a a, boom boom boom, bo bo skinni rotten tottin, itty bitty, ottin tottin, freeze.
i hate coffee i like tea, i hate the boys but the boys like me, yes no maybe so now close your eyes and count to ten and if you mess up start over again- 1, 2, 3........etc...

licoln lincoln ive been thinkin what on earth have you been drinkin, looks like whiskey, tastes like wine, o my gosh its turpentine. now close your eyes and count to ten and if you mess up start over again...1..2..3...etc...

and there was that mailman mailman thing.....i forget how it went

Oh my Gawd... I used to be able to jump rope so well. I can't really do shít anymore though... but we used to use these... we did Double Dutch with 'em. It was so fun!

Fudge, fudge, call the judge! Mama's gonna have a baby, Daddy's going crazy, how many babies will she have? 1, 2, 3, 4,....

Down by the river, down by the sea, Johnny broke a bottle and blamed it on me. So I told Ma, Ma told Pa, and Johnny got a spanking so ha ha ha! How many spankings did Johnny get? 1, 2, 3, 4...

Then, my FAVORITE....

Miss Susie had a steamboat
the steamboat had a bell
Miss Susie went to Heaven
the steamboat went to
hellllllo operator
please give me number nine
and if you disconnect me,
I'll kick your big
Beeehind the refrigerator
there was a piece of glass
Miss Susie sat upon it and broke her big fat
asssssk me no more questions
tell me no more lies
the boys are in the girls' room
pulling down their flies
Miss Susie and her boyfriend
are kissing in the
D-A-R-K
D-A-R-K
D-A-R-K
DARK, DARK, DARK
dark is like a movie
a movie's like a show
a show is like a TV screen
and that is all I know
I know I know my mother
I know I know my pa
I know I know my sister
with the alligator bra!

Originally posted by Kay Scarpetta

Miss Susie had a steamboat
the steamboat had a bell
Miss Susie went to Heaven
the steamboat went to
hellllllo operator
please give me number nine
and if you disconnect me,
I'll kick your big
Beeehind the refrigerator
there was a piece of glass
Miss Susie sat upon it and broke her big fat
asssssk me no more questions
tell me no more lies
the boys are in the girls' room
pulling down their flies
Miss Susie and her boyfriend
are kissing in the
D-A-R-K
D-A-R-K
D-A-R-K
DARK, DARK, DARK
dark is like a movie
a movie's like a show
a show is like a TV screen
and that is all I know
I know I know my mother
I know I know my pa
I know I know my sister
with the alligator bra!

ahhh! i remember that! only the version i learned was a little different...

Miss Susie had a steamboat
the steamboat had a bell
Miss Susie went to Heaven
the steamboat went to
hellllllo operator
please give me number nine
and if you disconnect me,
I'll kick your big
Beeehind the refrigerator
there was a piece of glass
Miss Susie sat upon it and broke her little
asssssk me no more questions
tell me no more lies
the boys are in the bathroom
pulling down their flies
are in the meadow
the bees are in the park
Miss Susie and her boyfriend
are kissing in the
D-A-R-K
D-A-R-K
D-A-R-K
DARK, DARK, DARK
dark is like a movie
a movie's like a show
a show is like a TV screen
and that is all I know
I know I know my mother
I know I know my father
I know I know my brother
who wrote this stupid song!

haha I remember the Miss Suzy one... We had that one and this one...

Miss Suzy had a baby she names him *something*
She put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim
he drank up all teh water
he ate up all the soap
he tried to eat the bathtub but it wouldnt fit down his throat...
and it went onm the describe his life.................

LOL, I never heard that one, Tootiefan, but I like it.

My favorite is,

1, 2, Freddy's comin' for you,
3, 4, better lock you door,
5, 6, grab your crucifix,
7, 8, better stay up late,
9, 10, FREDDY'S BACK AGAIN!!!

:lol:

I'm having fun. Can ya tell?

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, show your shoe
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, that will do!
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, go upstairs-
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say your prayers-
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn out the lights-
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say good-night!


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My, I enjoyed reading those jump rope rhymes. I like the Miss Suzy one!