Pancocojams Compilation Of Double Dutch Rhymes -Part I (Numbers - H)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest Update: May 5, 2022

This is Part I of a two part series that provides an alphabetized list of text (word only) examples of Douuble Dutch rhymes ot Double Dutch rhymes that have been chanted in the United States. I'm referring to this compilation as the pancocojams (Azizi Powell) compilation of Double Dutch rhymes)

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/04/pancocojams-compilation-of-double-dutch_30.html for Part II (I-Z) of this pancocojams series.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This is a partial listing of the English language recreational Double Dutch rhymes that have been chanted and/or still are chanted in the United States.  "Recreational Double Dutch" is sometimes referred to as "street Double Dutch".

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"Double Dutch" is a sub-category of children's jump rope recreational play. 1973 (New York City) marks the beginning of Double Dutch as a recreational sport. One of the key differences between recreational Double Dutch and the sport  of Double Dutch is that chantng rhymes/singing songs while jumping isn't a part of the Double Dutch sport.

Many of the rhymes (also known as "songs" or "ditties") that are chanted for single rope jumping are also chanted for Double Dutch (and vice versa).  Since at least the 1970s, many jump rope rhymes have been chanted as hand clap rhymes. For that reason, the words for a number of  Double Dutch rhymes are the same as or very similar to rhymes that are most often performed while playing hand clap games.

Most of the examples in this pancocojams compilation of Double Dutch rhymes are from Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited by Anna R. Beresin or from a chapter that Anna R. Beresin wrote that is included in a book on children's recreational play. At few other examples are from other books. All of these rhymes were collected from African American children/pre-teens.  

The other examples of Double Dutch rhymes in this compilation are from various YouTube discussion threads or other internet websites in which the commenters/contributors specifically refer to jumping Double Dutch, and not those rhymes examples that are mentioned in connection with "jumping (skipping) rope".

It's likely that most - if not all- of the YouTube commenters are African Americans because they have self-identified as such, and/or based on their knowledge of a rhyme that is only associated or most often associated with African Americans who play Double Dutch that is or was since at least the 1940s or 1950s) most often considered a "Black girls' game. vity game since at least the 1940s or 1950s).

The commenters from other discussion threads or internet sites have either self-identified as Black (African American) or can be assumed to be Black based on the title of the discussion thread, and/or based on the fact that those discussion threads are geared to (or for) Black people or specifically to (or for) Black women. For example, all of the participants in the Greekchat.com discussion threads that are quoted in this compilation are members of 

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Click the Double Dutch rhyme tag below for additional pancocojams posts about Double Dutch. Those posts may include more information about playing Double Dutch and more information about one or more of the rhymes that are included in this compilation.

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EXAMPLES: NUMBERS - H  
These examples are presented in alphabetical order based on the first number or the first letter of the first letter of the first word. The source (i.e. book, direct collection, or website) is given below the example along with demographic information and/or comments.

Comments or a brief excerpt from the cited source may be given with some of these examples. A brief editorial comment from me may also follow a specific example.

NUMBERS - B

1 2 3 SALAMI (Example #1)

1....2....3 salami!4..5..6.7.8...9..10..11 cheese..! The good old days!
- dianayarasmom, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0c4OfX6JU Tamera Shows Off Her Double Dutch Skills, The Real Daytime, Sep 29, 2014
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"The good old days!" is a comment and not part of the rhyme.

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I SALAMI SUGAR CANDY (Example #2)
I salami sugar candy I say jump,
I salami sugar candy I say stoop
I salami sugar candy I say split
I salami sugar candy I say, say your prayers
Oh my father. oh my lord
how many biscuits have I sold
one last night, two before
eenie, minnie, miny moe.
-Kisha, 4-01-2003; http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=31403&page=6 Old School  Chants

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1, 3, 5 (and seeral other Double Dutch rhymes)
"Sad to say most kids nowadays don't know the joys of childhood games. I wouldn't trade places with them for anything.

I remember a few..the old standard "1,3,5..."
~ "1,3,5,7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 ,14,15 ......"

and "Big Mac..."

~ " Big mac, filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, french fry, Icy cold milkshake, come one do footsies now...Big mac, filet-o-fish.....,come on and bounce now...and so on and so forth.

"Challenge"

wasn't much to this one. We just counted for as long as they jumped...it was sorta like follow the leader. The first jumper did whatever and everyone else had to do it like them plus beat their score.

There are a few more that don't come immediately to mind but I'll try to think of some.

I remember more 'steps' than I do double dutch songs. We had a ton of songs for our stepping. Fresh as hell and singing about shit we knew nothing about LOL...smh."
-Be Easy, Aug. 12, 2011, https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/dbl-dutch.323634/ Dbl Dutch
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Examples of "Big Mac" and examples of "Challenge" can be found below.

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2, 4,5-9, 10 / D. I. S. H Choice

"The Negro in the neighborhood of South Philadelphia in which I lived and collected from 1958-1960 not only jumped rope extensively, but developed such coordination in doing so that many of their games were considerably more complex than those observable in most places elsewhere....The most common method of [jump rope] play is "single jumping", the rope being turned by two "enders" in a single strand...

This, however, is the least common method of playing in the neighborhood. The 'double dutch' games in which the 'enders' double the ropes and turn the two strands separately and alternately overhand, are much more common. In this game a rhythm is created that is twice as fast but not as insistent as in "singles".

The most common rime used with this game, especially by the younger children (5-8) is the simple counting one:
2,4,6-8, 10
2,4,6-8, 20
2,4,6-8, 30
etc.
(The 6-8 are said much quicker than any other number.)

or
D.I.S.H. choice
(With the "s" and the "h" said much faster than other letters.)"
-"Some Jump Rope Rimes From South Philadelphia" by Roger D. Abrahams in Keystone Folklore Quarterly, Volume 8, Spring Issue 1963; page 3, 4', edited by Simon Bronner, ]Google Books]
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"Negro" is a no longer used referent for African Americans.

Examples of D. I. S. H CHOICE are found below. 

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12x12 Is 144
"Sorry if this one offends anyone but I was 12 in 2000 and we said "12x12 is 144 when the bed breaks down you can do it on the floor let me see your pop ups, your mambo, your one foot, your turn around...." something like that. And we did all those moves and we all knew each others speeds. I wasnt the fastest but just accomplishing those moves was enough for me. I joke with my kids I cant wait til theyre old enough we will play together."
- Vanessa H., 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5eMHAFmPQ4 Black Magic - Those Magnificent Double Dutch Girls  published by David Hoffman

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ALL IN TOGETHER

 All, All, All in together

any kind of weather

I see teacher looking out the window

ding, dong fire drill

January, February, etc.

-http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=31403&page=6, Kisha, 04-01-2003

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ALL THE BOYS/HEAD AND SHOULDERS
All the boys and girls
Do the hoochie coochie dance
And the way they shake 
Is enought to kill a snake

Head, shoulders, baby 1, 2, and 3
Head shoulders, head shoulders, head shoulders
Knee ankles, baby 1, 2, and 3
Kick the bucket, baby 1, 2, and 3
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited by Anna R. Beresin, pages 92 and 93; (collected 1999)

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APPLE STICKS, MAKE ME SICK
Hey, I remember that one. We used to use it as a double dutch song:

Apple sticks, make me sick

make my stomach go 246

not because it's dirty

not because it's clean

not because I kissed the boy behind the magazine

So, come on girls let's have some fun.......

I can't remember a big part right here

I can wiggle, I can jiggle I can do the splits

but I betcha five dollahs you cain't do this.

(Start jumping on one foot)

Say 1 - all around

2 - all around

3 - all around etc,....

-Bamboozled, 03-27-2003,  http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=31403&page=4 , Old School Chants

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BEVERLY HILLBILLIES TELEVISION SHOW THEME SONG
"Yes I'm from da hood and we use double Dutch to the Beverly Hill Billies song ..comma listen to A story bout a man name Jed❤❤❤"
-Vee Davis, 2018, [comment] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0c4OfX6JU "Tamera Shows Off Her Double Dutch Skills" published by The Real Daytime, Sep 29, 2014

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BIG MAC [Example #1)
As Cheyna, a fourth-grade African American girl had said, "Want to hear my favorite?" (Snap fingers on down beat. Accented syllables are capitalized)

Big MAC, Fillet FISH, Quarter POUNDer, French FRIES, Ice COKE,
Milk SHAKE, Foot
Fillet FISH, Quarter POUNDer, French FRIES, Ice COKE, Milk
SHAKE,
BOUNCE
Fillet FISH, Quarter POUNDer, French FRIES, Ice COKE, Milk
Shake,
HOP
Fillet FISH, Quarter POUNDer, French FRIES, Ice COKE, Milk
Shake,
TURN
Fillet FISH, Quarter POUNDer, French FRIES, Ice COKE, Milk
Shake,
CRISS
-African American girl, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chapter 4: "Double Dutch And Double Cameras: Studying The Transmission of Culture In An Urban Shool Yard" by Ann Richman Beresin in the 1999 book Children's Folklore: A Sourcebook edited by Brian Sutton-Smith, Jay Mechling, Thomas W. Johnson, Felicia McMahon (Utah State University Press), page 83

Here's an excerpt from that chapter:
"Big Mac appeared in twenty-three out of fifty-six live unrequested recordings of double dutch chants, closely followed by a follow-the-Ieader game, "Challenge Challenge, One, Two, Three." This contrasted with the rest of the active repetoire, of which two or three versions were recorded of each. First observed in mid-October, "Big Mac," and its occasional partner "Challenge Challenge," were the only chants jumped at recess until February. Most of the other rhymes did not appear at all until April. "Big Mac" represented forty percent of all the songs sung for double dutch, with "Challenge Challenge" representing thirty percent.The remainder totaled three to six percent, tallying another thirty percent. "Big Mac" was therefore not only the first jump-rope rhyme to appear in the school yard and not only the most frequently jumped, but, as we will see, also the one used for learning how to play the game of double dutch itself. "

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BIG MAC [Example #2)

Big Mac, Filet o' Fish
Quarter Pounder Frenchie Fries
Icee Coke, milk shake foot

Filet o' Fish
Quarter Pounder Frenchie Fries
Icee Coke, milk shake bounce

Filet o' Fish
Quarter Pounder Frenchie Fries
Icee Coke, milk shake hop

Filet o' Fish
Quarter Pounder Frenchie Fries
Icee Coke, milk shake turn

Filet o' Fish
Quarter Pounder Frenchie Fries
Icee Coke, milk shake criss

Filet o' Fish
Quarter Pounder Frenchie Fries
Icee Coke, milk shake walk
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited byAnna R. Beresin, pages 67; (collected 1991, 1992, 1999, 2004)

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BIG MAC (Example #3)
Big Mac, Filet o' Fish shake and fries
She's a mean mama honey and that's no lie
Together
McDonald's got footsies play that beat
McDonald's got hopsies.
(1992, 1999)
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited byAnna R. Beresin, pages 67; (collected 1991, 1992, 1999, 2004)

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BOOM BOOM TANG 
"Yes I just turned 35 on March 13 2021 and yes do you wanna play rope and what we gonna play boom boom tang tang boom tang
-Miss So Opinionated, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rjm0sAr98w 40+ Double Dutch Jumping Off in Chicago | PumpedLocalish, June 10, 2019
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This Double Dutch rhyme may be the same as "Boom Boom Tangle". An example of that rhyme is found directly below.
 
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BOOM BOOM TANGLE

Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang
Yo Kenya [jumper’s name] yo
Let me see you do the
MC Hammer she said
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang

Yo Kenya yo
Let me see you do the
Bobbie Brown she said
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang

Yo Kenya yo
Let me see you do the
Heavy D she said
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang

Yo Kenya yo
Let me see you do the
Roger Rabbit she said
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang

Yo Kenya yo
Let me see you do the
The Butterfly she said
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang

Yo Kenya yo
Let me see you do the
The Honky Tonk she said
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang
Boom boom tangle
tang boom tang
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited by Anna R. Beresin, pages 91, 92], (collected 1992, 1999)
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Anna R Beresin wrote "When an artist’s name was sung -M.C. Hammer, Bobbie Brown, Heavy D-the girls imitated the artist’s style, moves, gestures. The artists are mixed in with a reference to a movie character, Roger Rabbit, and the butterfly, a creature famous for changing his body"
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"A Boom Boom Tangle" may have been the precusor to the foot stomping cheer "Ah Rah Rah A Boom Tang" http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/09/foot-stomping-cheers-alphabetical-list.html .

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BOOTS (also known as "Juice Juice Gotta Get Loose")

Juice Juice, gotta get loose
We came here to knock some boots 
Foot oh yeah oh yeah
Hop oh yeah oh yeah
BOUNCE oh yeah oh yeah
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in "Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling" edited by Anna R. Beresin, page 95 , collected in 1992

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BUTT LIKE MINE
She had a butt like mine
You know she looked so fine
And when she crossed the street
The cars go beep, beep, beep
And footsies, beep, beep, beep
And bouncies, beep, beep, beep
And hopsies, beep, beep, beep
And turnsies, beep, beep, beep
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited byAnna R. Beresin, page 93], collected in 1999
 
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C, D

CHALLENGE CHALLENGE 1 2 3 (a medley made up of the rhymes Challenge, Challenge/Big Mac/Hey Consolation)
"(Challenge is a competitive follow-the-leader game)

Challenge, challenge
1,2,3,4,5,6,7.8, 9, 10

Big Mac, Filet o’ Fish foot
And bounce
And hop
And turn
And walk
And criss

Hey consolation
Where have you been?
Around the corner, and back again
Stole my money
Knocked my honey
Papa’s go the hiccups
Mama’s got the ice
So come on baby
Let’s slice that ice

2, 4, 6, 8, 10 hop
2,4,6,8,10 turn
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 criss
2,4,6,8,10 turn walk


Only one song mixes modern commentary, traditional moves, and commercial messages. Although it mentions specific corporations, it is not a simple advertisement. The first two lines come from a rap by recording artist KRS-One, but the rest of the Mill School’s version diverges from the original yet stays true to its message of confidence. Tashi and Naisha gave it special status., and its words were sung with an eye twinkle. This one was different. It is complex in its layering of street competition, sarcasm. And African American traditional foot work. In this sense, it is much more than a traditional singing game."
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited by Anna R. Beresin, page 68], collected in 1991, 1992, 1999, & 2004)
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Compare "Hey Consolation" with the "Hey Concentration" examples below.

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CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA (Example #1 and #2: fragment and comment reply)
Used to do this years ago on the street where l lived. We'd use two ropes n there was a rhyme we used to say. "Cinderella dressed in yella went upstairs to kiss her fella". There's a couple more lines, which l can't remember but at the last line we had to count up to 20 n skip really fast, (nothing like these ladies tho) then jump out n someone else jumped in. This is a lovely memory of innocent times which l'd forgotten. Thank you for bringing it to my mind. ❤
-️Pearl McIlroy, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5eMHAFmPQ4

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Reply
Cinderella dressed in yella, went upstairs to kiss her fella"

"Made a mistake and kissed a snake"

"How many doctors did it take? One, two, three.. etc." and then make the rope faster after each number. :) Thank you for the memory jog.
 -EmP, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5eMHAFmPQ4

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CHUBBY CHECKER HOW ABOUT A DATE
I only can remember one song. Chubby Checkers how bout a date, I'll meet you at the corner at half past 8. I was always the one to twirl. Never wanted to jump rope.
-Yeezytaughtme, Aug 12, 2011, https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/dbl-dutch.323634/ Dbl Dutch

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CRIMINAL MINDED (Example #1)
Criminal minded, you've been blinded
Looking for a shoe like mine, can't find it

Mine cost more
Yours cost less
Mine Footlocker
Yours Payless

Do your footsies, 1, 2, and three
And your hopsies, 1, 2, and three
And your bouncies, 1, 2, and three
And your walksies, 1, 2, and three
And your turnsies, 1, 2, and three
And your crisses, 1, 2, and three
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited by Anna R. Beresin, page 68, collected in 1999
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Here's a quote from that book that explains these actions:
from page 64:
"Many traditional double-dutch songs list specific steps in order, and the commercial ones utilize the old formulas well:

footsies - two basic running steps with one small two-footed bounce

hopsies - one foot hopping

bouncies - two footed small jumps

turnsies - a complete rotation while inside the two turning ropes

walksies - basic running step

criss - crossing both legs repeated while jumping"

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CRIMINAL MINDED (Example #2)
Criminal minded, you've been blinded
Looking for a shoe like mine, can't find it

Mine cost more
Yours cost less
Mine Footlocker
Yours Payless

So criminal minded
Foot, you got it
So criminal minded
Foot, you got it
So criminal minded
Hop, you got it
So criminal minded
Walk, you got it
So criminal minded
Criss, you got it
African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling edited by Anna R. Beresin, page 68, collected in 2004

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CRIMINAL MINDED (Example #3) [fragment]
Criminal minded, you've been blinded.
Looking for a shoe like mine. You can’t find it.
Mine cost more
Yours cost less
Mine Footlocker
Yours Payless
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy9EYo-TmOc for "Philly Girls Jump", published by WHYY Education, May 16, 2016
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That video shows African American females chanting the beginning of  "Criminal Minded" while jumping Double Dutch in the park. (around 1:30 to around 2:00). Read my comments about that rhyme in the comment section below.

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D. I.S. H. CHOICE (Example #1)
This is a jump that allows you to pick which way you want the rope turned. “D” stand for “Double Dutch”, “I” for “Irish”, “S” for single turn, “H” for “hop”, and “choice” is for any of the previous four.
The one you miss on is the one you must do.

D.I. S. H choice
D.I. S. H choice
D.I. S. H choice
H O P, hop
1, 2, 3"
-[Google Books] "Some Jump Rope Rimes From South Philadelphia" by Roger D. Abrahams in Keystone Folklore Quarterly, Volume 8, Spring Issue 1963, edited by Simon Bronner, page 8 [Gooogle Books]

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D.I.S.H. CHOICE (Example #2)
D.I.S.H. choice, do your footsies
D.I.S.H. choice, up the ladder
D.I.S.H. choice do your hopsies
D.I.S.H. choice do your turnsies
1, 2, and 3, and a 1, 2, and 3
Hop, 1, 2, and 3
Jump, 1, 2, and 3

(At choice* the jumper can do "what she wants")
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling, edited byAnna R. Beresin; page 94 (collected in1992, 1999)

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D.I.S.H. CHOICE (Example #3 and #4)

"Miss_M said: 
[quote]
I remember a song called D.I.S.H

*Sings*

D.I.S.H  D.I.S.H
D for double dutch, I for Irish, S is for selection, and H is for hop.

Little girls don't jump double dutch anymore let alone jump rope. Technology and trying to be grown is what is on their agenda. [end of quote]

This is the one I remember. It went like this:

D.I.S.H choice, sleeping beauty, criss cross, around the world, pop ups cigarette, mumble, crazy (repeat)

The entire chant was different double dutch skips that you did. I remember those days. I do not see anyone playing double dutch anymore. I remember when we used to beg the telephone guy to give us some rope. lol.
-QueenCocoBrown,  Aug 13, 2011,  https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/dbl-dutch.323634/ Dbl Dutch

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DISS CHOICE  (Example #5)
From Brooklyn ...

We did " D.I.S.S choice sleeping beauty pop up cigarette mumble type rider" (we made up sh&t* lol)
-Diggin da Shamy. Aug 12, 2011, https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/dbl-dutch.323634/ Dbl Dutch
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

This commenter also added that she remembers "The ones where you would choose a boyfriend (said letters while jumping)”…

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DUMB DUMB DADDY

Dumb, dumb, daddy..1...2...3...4...

Tay, tay, tay, tay..pretty, ugly, happy, sad,jump, pretty, ugly. (I think it was tay...I don't remember)
-KeeblerJointz, Aug 12, 2020, https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/double-dutch-jump-rope-rhymes.3807765/ Double Dutch Rhymes

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E, F

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G, H

GIRL SCOUT GIRL SCOUT DO YOUR DUTY (Example #1)
Girl Scout Girl Scout
Do your duty
Cause you got a thing
And that's all that.
Salute to the captain
Bow to the king
Turn all around like a submarine
Oh, I can do the hoochie coochie
I can do the split
Bet you five dollars 
You can't do this.
Lady on one foot 
Lady on two foot
Close your eyes 
And count to ten
If you miss, you got too tense
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling, edited byAnna R. Beresin; page 94 (collected in1992, 1999; page 90)

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GIRL SCOUT GIRL SCOUT DO YOUR DUTY (Example #2)
Girl Scout, Girl Scout, do you duties cause these are the rules you must obey! Salute to the captain, bow to the Queen, turn all around like a submarine! LOL.
-CerebralRecess Aug 12, 2020, https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/double-dutch-jump-rope-rhymes.3807765/ Double Dutch Rhymes

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HEY CONCENTRATION (Example #1)

"Hey concentration

Where have you been

Around the corner

And back again

Stole my money

Stole my honey

Mama's got the hiccups

Daddy's got the flu.

Now come on boys

Let's slice the ice.

Slice it 1

Slice it 2

Slice it 3 4 5

Slice it 6

Slice it 7

Slice it 8 9 10

Hey everybody

Come on and do your thing.

2 up bop, bop.

2 down bop, bop

2 up bop, bop.

2 down bop, bop

2 up"
-Eleanor Fulton, Pat Smith, Let’s Slice The Ice (published St. Louis, Missouri. Magnamusic-Baton, 1978, page 27)

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HEY, CONCENTRATION (Example #2)

...And remember those songs the girls would sing, using the rhythm of the rope and their feet as percussion:

"Hey Concentration
Where have you been?
Around the corner and back again.
Stole my money
And my honey
Papa got the hiccups, Mama got the slice.
So come on baby let's slice that ice,
Slice 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1!
I knew an old lady who lived in a town.
She tried to do the jump but she turned around.
She tried to do the split but she did the kick.
Oh my Lawd now what is this?"
-Odienator, February 09, 2008, https://bigmediavandal.blogspot.com/2008/02/imagery-saturdays-games-people-play.html "Imagery Saturdays: Games People Play", By Odienator

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HEY, CONCENTRATION (Example #3)

"Hey concentration
Where have you been
Around the corner
And back again
Stole my money
Stole my honey
Mama's got the hiccups
Papas got the mumps.
Now come on baby
Let's slice that ice.
Slice 10 9 8 7
6 5 4 3 2 1
Gypsy Gypsy, Rosalie
Who on earth can your old man be?
Is he a rich man, poor man
baker man, chief?
Dr, lawyer, store man, thief.
Now spell your name on one foot.
That's a N-i-n-a
Nina's a girl from overseas
She don't dig no boys in dungarees.
She lives uptown, she lives downtown
She lives all around
Now let's get down.
(then you hot jump as fast as you can for as long as you can)"
-email to Azizi Powell from Nina Gonzalez (Jersey City, New Jersey), 8/6/2017
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Nina began her email with this comment. "I love this. when i was a little girl in jersey city nj we had a variation of hey concentration which was/is my favorite rope song"

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HEY DJ
Hey DJ let's sing that song
Keep a footin'
All night long
Hey DJ let's sing that song
Keep a hoppin'
All night long
Hey DJ let's sing that song
Keep a turnin'
All night long
Hey DJ let's sing that song
Keep a clappin'
All night long


The body had to show "endurance" all night long and it had to show style and "get loose". Jumpers had to be disciplined "on time", and flexible ("Do it right").
-African American girls playing Double Dutch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,in "Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling" edited by Anna R. Beresin, page 94 (collected in 1992)

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