Just to Be Silly

Miss Mary mack mack mack
all dressed in black black black
with silver buttons buttons buttons
all down her back back back.
She asked her mother mother mother
for 50 cents cents cents
to see the elephants elephants elephants
jump the fence fence fence.
they jumped so high high high
they touched the sky sky sky
they didn't come back back back
til the 4th of july ly ly.

I grew up in the 50's in the state of Virginia, and even with no Internet we learned these same rhymes. Kids' culture is amazing!

I remember one that ended with "made a mistake and kissed a snake. How many doctors did it take?" (And then count the jumps.)

boy that brings back memories!
here's one I remember:

Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the elephant, elephant, elephant
Jump the fence, fence fence
They jumped so high, high, high
They touched the sky, sky, sky
And didn't come back, back, back
Till the fourth of July, July, July

here is a website that lists a # of the songs ... http://www.gameskidsplay.net/jump_rope_ryhmes/

:)

Not really a jump-rope song, but Miss Suzy makes me think of this one...

My boyfriend's name is Fatty,
He comes from Cincinatti,
With 48 toes
And a dimple on his nose,
And this is how my story goes
I L-O-V-E love him
I'll K-I-S-S kiss him
I'll H-U-G hug him
In the p-a-r-k park park park.
My boyfriend gave me peaches
My boyfriend gave me pears
My boyfriend gave me 50 cents to kiss him on the stairs.
I gave him back his peaches.
I gave him back his pears.
I gave him back his 50 cents
And kicked him down the stairs.

The rest of the Cinderella song is just- "how many kisses will she get? 1,2,3," ( until you mess up and can't jump any more).

Now I want to go jump rope!

hahhaha I love this....

Three Irish men
Three Irish men
Where digging in a ditch
One called the other
A dirty son-of-a-
Pitch me out the window
land on a rock
Along came a bumble bee
And stun my cocktail
Gingerale five cents a glass
If you dont like it
Shove it up your
ask me no more questions
Tell me no more lies
The boys are in the bathroom
Pulling down their
Flies are in the country
The bees are in the park
The boys and girls are
Kissing in the
Dark Dark Dark

Not jump rope, but funny:

My mother and your mother were hanging out clothes,
My mother gave your mother a punch in the nose.
What color was the blood?
Red
R-E-D!

Just had to share that your comment made me go right back to summer camp when I was probably 9 or 10 and I to this day could not remember the ending to miss suzy or miss mary black so THANKS LADIES I can now teach my daughter these fun crazy songs!!!!

Not last night but the night before
24 robbers came knocking at my door
As I ran out, they ran in
This is what they said to me
Spanish dancers turn around
Turn around and touch the ground
Spanish dancers do the kicks
Spanish dancers do the splits....

My mother your mother live across the street
1819 Mulberry Street
Every night they have a fight and this is what they say....

Hmmm. I'll have to get my kids to help me remember.
I'm older, but we certainly had quite a list of songs....

I hope some of your responses will help my memory.

the miss mary mack and cinderella kissed a fellow, are the only two I can remember right now.

I knew a different version of yours...

Ask me no more questions, please tell me no more lies,
Miss Suzy told me all of this right before she
died her hair in purple, she died her hair in pink,
she died her hair in polka dots and washed it down the
sink me in the bath tub, sink me in the sea,
sink me in the toilet, but please don't pee on
ME ME ME!!

Let's see...others?
Cindarella, dressed in yella, went up stairs to meet a fella,
How many kisses did she get? one...two....three...etc...

I don't remember too many any more:(

I remember it like this:
Cinderella dressed in yellow went up stairs to kiss her fellow by mistake she kissed a snake - how many doctors will it take? 1, 2, 3 etc.

I also remember this one that's kind of morbid
but it never bothered me then:

Miss Lucy had a baby
she named him tiny tim
she put him in the bathtub
to see if he could swim
he drank up all the water
he ate a bar of soap
he would have ate the bathtub
but it wouldn't fit down his
throat throat throat.
Miss Lucy called the doctor
the doctor called the nurse
the nurse called the lady
with the alligator purse purse purse.
In walked the doctor
in walked the nurse
in walked the lady
with the alligator purse purse purse.
He's dead! said the doctor
He's dead! said the nurse
He's dead said the lady
with the alligator purse purse purse.
Out walked the doctor
Out walked the nurse
Out walked the lady
with the baby in her purse purse purse.

down by the ocean, down by the sea, johnny broke a glass and blamed it on me! I told mama, mama told papa, sister on the corner selling FRUIT COCKTAIL!! Rocking robin tweet tweedle leet! Go rocking Robin cause were really gonna rock tonight, tweet tweet tweedle leet! That goes in with Zing ZIng Zing like a washing machine!!

Miss Mary Mac, Mac, Mac, all dressed in black, black, black,
with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back, she asked her mother, mother, mother for fifty cents, cents, cents, to see the elephants, elephants, elephants, jump over the fence, fence, fence, they jumped so high, high, high,
they touched the sky, sky, sky, and they didn't come back, back,
back, til the fourth of July July July.

Mabel, Mabel, set the table
Just as fast as you are able
Get the sugar, get the salt and
Don't forget the
RED, ...HOT,....PEPPERS!

At "PEPPERS" the twirlers would go really fast!

Blue bells, cockle shells,
Eee-vee ivy Overs!

For that one, the first part was jumped to the rope just being swayed from side to side (this was called "bluebells"). Then when it got to "Overs", the twirlers would twirl the regular (over the head) way.

Another chant was ...

Keep the kettle boiling,
An empty rope's a miss! Hey!

One person would start, then another would run in as the first one ran out, trying to always keep one person in the rope.

Not sure if htis was a jump rope rhyme or not, but it sure was popular:

Johnny and Mary, sittin' in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love, then comes marriage
Then comes a baby in a baby carriage!

Of course the names were changed to annoy whomever you wanted, and sometimes one of the "couple's" first names would be substituted for the words "a baby" in the last line. Interestingly enough, there is a French version similar to this, but it is more of a song, and goes beyond the birth to bringing the child to church in a pretty dress for the christening.

It seemed like there was one where you said the alphabet and whatever letter you missed on, that was the first initial of the boy you would marry--but I am no longer sure if that is true, or how it started.

Thanks for posting this question, it was fun to recall these. Although I am not sure why I remember them--I couldn't jump worth a darn! Still can't!

K. Z.

We sing this one on the playground, but change it a little..

Fudge, fudge call the judge
Mary's having a baby
wrap it up in tissue paper
send it down the elevator
boy, girl, twins, triplets, boy, girl, twins, triplets

but, to make it more appropriate we say...Mary's getting a puppy...LOL

Then there is..
Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around
teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground
teddy bear, teddy bear go upstairs
teddy bear, teddy bear say your prayers
teddy bear, teddy bear turn out the light
teddy bear, teddy bear say good night

Also...
I'm drawing a blank on how it starts.... but some of the words are

betcha $5 dollars you can't do this
turn around, touch the ground, get out of town before the sun goes down