JUMP ROPE RHYMES--------------------------------------------------

*A, B, C, D, E, F, G
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P
Q, R, S, T, you are out.            (* Jumper exits rope *)

*A dillar, a dollar,
A ten o'clock scholar.
What makes you come so soon?
You used to come at ten o'clock
But now you come at noon.
 
*A hunting we will go.
A hunting we will go.
We'll catch a little fox.
Put him in a box.
And then we'll let him go. (jumper exits rope)

*Ali Baba and the forty thieves
went to school with dirty knees.
The teacher said, "Stand at ease".
Ali Baba and forty thieves.

*Alice, tall and slender
Just like a giraffe.
Went one day
To take a bath.

Billy Sunday,                           (* an evangelist, circa 1939 *)
Save her soul.
Alice is slipping
Down the hole.

*Alice, where are you going?
Upstairs to take a bath.
Alice with legs like toothpicks
And a neck like a giraffe.
 
Alice in the bathtub.
Alice pulled the plug.
Oh my goodness, oh my soul,
There goes Alice down the hole.
 
*All in together, girls.                (* Turners sing this *)
Never mind the weather, boys.
Hark! Hark!                            (* All jumpers enters *)

* All in together girls
     first by the weather girls,
     when you call your birthday
     you must jump out.
     January,February,March... cont. naming months


*Alligator, alligator
I can't swim.
Call {name} in.                        (* Jumper enters *)
Here comes the teacher
With a bamboo stick.
I wonder what I got
in arithmetic.
A, B, C, D, F.

*Amos and Andy                          (* Radio program, circa 1940 *)
Sugar and candy.
I pop in.
Amos and Andy
Sugar and candy.
I pop down.
 
*Amy Johnson flew in an airplane.           (* British aviatrix, circa 1930
*)
Away to America and never came back again.
She flew in an old tin lizzy
Enough to make you dizzy.
Amy Johnson in an airplane.

*Ann is angry.
Bob is bad.
Helen is hateful.
Sam is sad.
I'm in love
And love is bliss.
How many times do I kiss?
One, two, three, ...                   (* Continues counting *)

*Anna Banana
Can play the piano.
All she can play
Is the Star Spangled Banner.
Anna Banana split.                     (* Jumper does a split *)

*Apple on stick
Five cents a lick.
Everytime I turn around                 (* Jumper turns around *)
It makes me sick.
 
*Apple, peach, pumpkin pie.
How many years before I die?
One, two, three, ...                   (* Continues count *)

*Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums
Tell me when your birthday comes.
January                                 (* jumpers jumps in when her *)
February                                (*  birthmonth is called     *)
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1               (* jumpers jump out when their birthdate is called *)
2
3