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