Here’s another jump rope rhyme we used to sing in Queens:

Fire, fire false alarm
(Ann) fell into (“Kevin’s) arms
How many kisses did she receive,
Close your eyes and you will see,
Passing three!
One, two, three…. (keep counting and jumping with closed eyes until you miss.)


Does anyone remember a jump rope rhyme involving telling time? One person is jumping and reciting the rhyme, and a second person jumps in becoming the “hands” of the clock circling the original person for each hour position as they say, “one o’clock, two o’clock…”?