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|Brief History | |

|Jumping rope has many names, including jump rope, skipping rope and rope | |

|jumping - as well as many variations of those phrases. |Let’s |

| |Jump |

|Nobody can know exactly when it started (although researchers believe it was |Rope |

|somewhere around 1600 B.C.) or exactly how it was performed in the beginning, we | |

|know that it's progressed immensely over the years. | |

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|It went through the countries of Egypt, China, all of Europe, and eventually | |

|found it's way into the North American countries as well. By now, virtually every| |

|country in the world uses jump rope as a fun pastime or a form of exercise or | |

|even a competitive sport. | |

|Bluebells, Cockle Shells |I Went Downtown |

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|Bluebells, cockle shells, |I went downtown |

|Eevie, ivy, over; |To see Ms Brown, |

|I like coffee, I like tea; |She gave me a nickel |

|I like the boys, |To buy a pickle, |

|and the boys like me. |the pickle was sour |

|Tell your mother |So I bought a flower. |

|to hold her tongue; |The flower was dead, |

|She had a fellow |she gave me a tack. |

|when she was young. |The tack was sharp, |

|Tell your father |She gave me a harp. |

|to do the same; |The harp broke, |

|He had a girl |she gave me a cloak. |

|and he changed her name. |The cloak was tight, |

| |She gave me a kite. |

| |The kite away flew, |

| |and I did too. |

|Ladybug, Ladybug |Miss Suzie |

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|Ladybug, Ladybug, |Miss Suzie had a steamboat |

|turn around, |The steamboat had a bell |

|Ladybug, Ladybug |Miss Suzie went to heaven |

|touch the ground. |The steamboat went to |

|Ladybug, Ladybug |Hello operator |

|shine your shoes, |Please give me number nine |

|Ladybug, Ladybug |If you disconnect me |

|read the news. |I'll kick you from |

|Ladybug, ladybug, |Behind the refrigerator |

|how old are you? |there was a piece of glass |

|One, two, three, four . . . . . |Miss Suzie sat upon it and cut her little |

| |Ask me no more questions |

| |Tell me no more lies |

| |The boys are in the bathroom zipping up |

| |their flies are in the meadow |

| |The bees are in the park |

| |Miss Suzie and her boyfriend are kissing in the dark is like a movie |

| |A movie's like a show |

| |A show is like a TV screen |

| |And that is all I know |

|Not Last Night… |Charlie Chaplin |

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|Not last night |Charlie Chaplin went to France, |

|but the night before |To teach the ladies |

|Forty-four robbers came |the hula dance. |

|knocking at my door! |First on the heels, |

|Call for the doctor, |Then on the toes, |

|call for the nurse, |Around and around |

|And call for the lady |and around you go. |

|With the alligator purse. |Salute to the Captain, |

|Out went the doctor |Bow to the Queen, |

|Out went the nurse |Touch the bottom of the submarine. |

|Out went the lady | |

|With the alligator purse! | |

|Brief History | |

|Jumping rope has many names, including jump rope, skipping rope and rope | |

|jumping - as well as many variations of those phrases. |Let’s |

| |Jump |

|Nobody can know exactly when it started (although researchers believe it was |Rope |

|somewhere around 1600 B.C.) or exactly how it was performed in the beginning, we | |

|know that it's progressed immensely over the years. | |

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|It went through the countries of Egypt, China, all of Europe, and eventually | |

|found it's way into the North American countries as well. By now, virtually every| |

|country in the world uses jump rope as a fun pastime or a form of exercise or | |

|even a competitive sport. | |

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|I had a little brother |Mississippi Rhymes |

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|I had a little brother |How do you spell Mississippi? |

|And his name was Johnny. |M (cross arms over chest) |

|He played in the meadow |I (point to your eye) |

|where the frogs croaked funny. |S Crooked letter (cross legs and jump) |

|He ran through the meadow |S Crooked letter (cross legs and jump) |

|With a song on his tongue, |I (point to eye) |

|And he picked a few flowers |P (Hunch back) |

|Just for fun. |P (Hunch back) |

|How many flowers did he find? |I! |

|1, 2, 3 . . . . |Mississippi lives by the shore, |

| |She has children three and four, |

| |The oldest one is twenty-four. |

| |She shall marry |

| |Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor. |

|All in together girls, |My Name is |

| |A my name is Alice |

|All in together girls, |And my husband's name is Albert |

|how do you like |And we come from Akron |

|the weather girls, |With a car load of apples |

|Tell us your birthday, | |

|please jump in: |B my name is Barbara |

|January, February, March, April, May, ... |And my husband's name is Bobby |

|( Jumpers come in on their birthday month. Then:) |And we come from Boston |

| |With a car load of bananas |

|All out together girls, | |

|how do you like |{continue through the alphabet until someone makes a mistake} |

|the weather girls, | |

|When is your birthday, | |

|please jump out, …. | |

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|Hippopotamus |Teddy Bear |

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|Spelling Hipp-o-pot-a-mus |Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, |

|You've got the hip (put hand on hip) |Turn around! |

|The "O" (put arms up in the air in the shape of an O) |Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, |

|The "Pot" (put arms in front of you -- still in the O shape) |Touch the ground! |

|The "Toe" (lift one of your legs up and touch your toe with your hand) |Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, |

|And the "Miss"! (stop the skipping rope by jumping over it, one leg on each side,|Walk upstairs, |

|when it's on the ground) |Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, |

| |Say your prayers. |

| |Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, |

| |Turn off the light, |

| |Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, |

| |Say good-night! |

|Brief History | |

|Jumping rope has many names, including jump rope, skipping rope and rope | |

|jumping - as well as many variations of those phrases. |Let’s |

| |Jump |

|Nobody can know exactly when it started (although researchers believe it was |Rope |

|somewhere around 1600 B.C.) or exactly how it was performed in the beginning, we | |

|know that it's progressed immensely over the years. | |

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|It went through the countries of Egypt, China, all of Europe, and eventually | |

|found it's way into the North American countries as well. By now, virtually every| |

|country in the world uses jump rope as a fun pastime or a form of exercise or | |

|even a competitive sport. | |

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|Bubble Gum |Miss Mary Mack |

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|Bubble gum, bubble gum |Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack |

|Penny a packet, |All dressed in black, black, black |

|First you chew it, |With silver buttons, buttons, buttons |

|Then you crack it, |All down her back, back, back |

|Then you stick it |she asked my mother, mother, mother |

|In your jacket, |for fifty cents, cents, cents, cents |

|Then your parents |To see the elephant, elephant, elephant |

|Kick up a racket. |Jump the fence, fence, fence |

|Bubble gum, bubble gum, |they jumped so high, high, high |

|Penny a packet. |the touched the sky, sky, sky |

| |And never came back, back, back |

| |Till the Fourth of July, July, July. |

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| |(try to jump higher and higher) |

|Little Annie |Cinderella |

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|Down in the valley |Cinderella, dressed in yella |

|Where the green grass grows |Went upstairs to kiss a fella |

|Sat little Annie |By mistake she kissed a snake |

|As sweet as a rose. |How many doctors did it take? |

|Along came a boy |1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …. |

|And kissed her on the cheek. | |

|Why, Annie, |(rope goes faster and faster while counting until jumper misses) |

|you ought to be ashamed! | |

|Got a little boyfriend | |

|And you don’t know his name! | |

|What is his name? | |

|A, B, C ... | |

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|Hello, Hello, Hello, Sir |Coffee and Tea |

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|Hello, hello, hello, sir. |I like coffee, |

|Meet me at |I like tea, |

|the grocery store sir. |I like _____ to jump with me |

|No, sir.  Why, sir? |1, 2, 3, 4, 5. |

|Because I have a cold, sir. | |

|Where did you get the cold, sir? |(jumper 1 is joined by jumper two for counting, jumper 1 leaves and jumper 2 says |

|At the North Pole, sir. |rhyme using the next person’s name who’s in line) |

|What were you doing there, sir? | |

|Counting polar bears, sir. | |

|How many did you count, sir? | |

|One, two, three, four, five . . . . | |

|Brief History | |

|Jumping rope has many names, including jump rope, skipping rope and rope | |

|jumping - as well as many variations of those phrases. |Let’s |

| |Jump |

|Nobody can know exactly when it started (although researchers believe it was |Rope |

|somewhere around 1600 B.C.) or exactly how it was performed in the beginning, we | |

|know that it's progressed immensely over the years. | |

| | |

|It went through the countries of Egypt, China, all of Europe, and eventually | |

|found it's way into the North American countries as well. By now, virtually every| |

|country in the world uses jump rope as a fun pastime or a form of exercise or | |

|even a competitive sport. | |

|Strawberry Shortcake |Two Little Dickie Birds |

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|Strawberry shortcake |Two little dickie birds |

|Pumpkin Pie |sitting on the wall |

|Who’s gonna be your lucky guy |One named Peter, one named Paul |

|A, b, c, d, e, …. |Fly away Peter, Fly away Paul |

| |Don’t come back ‘til your birthday’s called |

|(saying the alphabet until jumper trips) |January, February, March… |

| |Now fly away, fly away, fly away all. |

|Rich Man, Poor Man |H-E-L-P |

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|Gypsy, Gypsy please tell me |Repeat the letters with the rope going faster and faster, until the |

|What my fortune’s going to be |jumper trips where the jumper skips according to the way |

|Rich man, poor man, Beggar man, thief |below on next turn: |

|Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | |

|Tinker, Tailor, Cowboy, Sailor |H-highwire with rope off ground |

| |E-eyes closed or easy over (slow rope) |

|(Continue repeating until jumper misses) |L-leapfrop where jumper is like a frog |

| |P-pepper where rope goes faster |

|Had a Little Sports Car |Engine, Engine Number 9 |

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|Had a little sports car, |Engine, engine number nine |

|(the year) went around the corn-er |Running down Chicago line |

|(jumper runs around twirler |If the train should jump the track |

|and back in) |Do you want your money back? |

|Slam on the brakes | |

|Policeman came and put me in jail |(jumper points to a person, |

|How many ale did I drink? |They answer back yes or no |

|(count until jumper trips) |And depending on answer sing…) |

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| |Y-E-S spells yes and you are out |

| |N-O spells no and you are out |

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