Skipping Songs

Mother's in the kitchen doing a bit of stitching, in comes the burglar and out goes she..

Charlie Chaplin went to France to teach the ladies how to dance....
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roses I have a vague memory of the film star one - I remember the line 'Betty Grable is a star, S-T-A-R

Up and down, up and down all the way to London Town.

Swish swash, swish swash all the way to Banbury Cross.

Heel toe, heel toe....can't remember where that one went.

All done with appropriate actions and double quick time. We were ever likely be skinny. Was skipping season in the winter? .....and it all flowed didn't it...
Skipping into two-ball into top and whip. There would probably be H&S issues surrounding the equipment these days.

Roses - did that one continue:
Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate,
wibble wobble wibble wobble,
jelly on a plate!

There was another long rhyme, and when you jumped in on your turn, it became skipping 'doubles' you had to be really fast and it was great fun.Can't remember the actual rhyme , but I do remember it featured well known people one of them was Clark Gable!

Sausage in the pan, sausage in the pan, sizzle crackle sizzle crackle sausage in the pan, this was a long rhyme, and involved other food but can't remember more.

my Mother said, I never should, play with the gypsies in the wood.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.