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

101	Here Comes Teacher School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:31
102	Blue Bells, Cockle Shells School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:58
103	Mabel, Mabel School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:20
104	Rock-A-Bye Baby School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:19
105	My Mother and Your Mother School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:28
106	Over in the Meadow School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:36
107	Fisherman School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:17
108	Cinderella School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:24
109	Grades School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:25
110	Sally Ate a Pickle School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:19
111	Mother Sent Me to the Store School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:28
112	Apples, Peaches, Creamery Butter School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:33
113	Bubble Gum School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:16
114	All Good Children Go to Heaven School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:26
115	Peel That Orange School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:25
116	Bow-Legged Dutchman School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:30
201	Twenty-Four Robbers School children of Edgewood, Illinois	01:00
202	Imitation School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:18
203	Benjamin Franklin School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:21
204	Fudge School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:29
205	Gypsy, Gypsy* School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:54
206	Mother, Mother, I Am Ill School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:30
207	Arithmetic Lesson School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:51
208	Donald Duck School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:27
209	Skip to My Lou School children of Edgewood, Illinois	01:02
210	The Clock School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:22
211	Teddy Bear School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:30
212	Ring the Dishrag School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:15
213	Sally over the Water School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:35
214	Irish School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:12
215	Eggbeater School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:18
216	Grace, Grace School children of Edgewood, Illinois	00:29