heres the lyrics as directed by my 6 yr old neice. down town baby down by the roller coaster sweet sweet baby ill never let you go i met a boy from matiska he said matiska obriska ice cream soda pop cherry on top shimmer shimmer coca pop shimmer shimmer pop oooh shalina walking down the street i said it i ment it i stole my mommas credit im hot im cool so hit me one more time.

Down by the banks of the hanky panky, where the bullfrongs jump from bank to bank, with an eep ipe ope oop…. something like that, I can’t remember… =)

I am thrilled to find this site. When I was in the second grade I lived with my grandmother in New York City, on East 87th Street. I went to St. Joseph’s Catholic School just down the street. I was introduced to jumprope during recess at school. One of the rhymes I remember went like this, and I’ll bet everyone who has ever jumped rope knows this one: Down in the meadow Where the green grass grows There sits Paula As sweet as a rose She sang and she sang and she sang so sweet Along came Johnny and kissed her on the cheek! How many times did he kiss her? The rope turners would double-time the turns and everyone would be yelling the count! What fun and what memories. Thanks so much for this wonderful website.