Skip Rope Games

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