Skip, Hop, Hep, Hep!

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Skip, hop, hep, hep! This will give you lots of pep. If you do this twice a day, You'll be able to swim across the bay."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (North Star Folk News, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | swimming
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #521, "Skip, hop, hep, hep!" (1 text)
NOTES [28 words]: Interesting that this was found in Minnesota, which is not on the ocean. There are plenty of lakes with bays, of course, some quite large -- but often quite cold.... - RBW
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File: AJRR521

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