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Skip Rope

Various Artists
Skip Rope

When you were jumping rope in the schoolyard or playground as a child, you probably didn’t know that rope games have roots in ancient rituals and have thrived in variation throughout the world. Here are thirty-three American games ranging from counting songs to rhyming songs to miming songs, complete with diagrams, instructions and lyrics.

Track Listing

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Here Comes Teacher Pete Seeger 00:31
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Blue Bells, Cockle Shells Pete Seeger 00:58
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Mabel, Mabel Pete Seeger 00:20
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Rock-A-Bye Baby Pete Seeger 00:19
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My Mother and Your Mother Pete Seeger 00:28
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Over in the Meadow Pete Seeger 00:36
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Fisherman Pete Seeger 00:17
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Cinderella Pete Seeger 00:24
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Grades Pete Seeger 00:25
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Sally Ate a Pickle Pete Seeger 00:19
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Mother Sent Me to the Store Pete Seeger 00:28
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Apples, Peaches, Creamery Butter Pete Seeger 00:33
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Bubble Gum Pete Seeger 00:16
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All Good Children Go to Heaven Pete Seeger 00:26
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Peel That Orange Pete Seeger 00:25
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Bow-Legged Dutchman Pete Seeger 00:30
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Twenty-Four Robbers Pete Seeger 01:00
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Imitation Pete Seeger 00:18
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Benjamin Franklin Pete Seeger 00:21
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Fudge Pete Seeger 00:29
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Gypsy, Gypsy* Pete Seeger 00:54
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Mother, Mother, I Am Ill Pete Seeger 00:30
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Arithmetic Lesson Pete Seeger 00:51
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Donald Duck Pete Seeger 00:27
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Skip to My Lou Pete Seeger 01:02
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The Clock Pete Seeger 00:22
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Teddy Bear Pete Seeger 00:30
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Ring the Dishrag Pete Seeger 00:15
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Sally over the Water Pete Seeger 00:35
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Irish Pete Seeger 00:12
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Eggbeater Pete Seeger 00:18
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Grace, Grace Pete Seeger 00:29