When I was little, I befriended a girl who introduced me to skipping ropes. I always thought that skipping ropes are used for an individual to exercise, until I met her tho.

We used to to have 3-4 girls in our group, taking turns to jump on the skipping rope until someone trips over. Of course, I found this game to be fun.. but the song we used during the jumps was weird!

It goes like this:

Blue black, ikan kanse
See bee, I bee obor
Mother is the boonches
Father catch me
How many hours Dutch Lady
A,B,C..
(*continues until the person jumping makes mistake*)

What language is that, you may ask?

I seriously don’t know. LOL

I knew there was something wrong with the song, but being a child, I kinda just let it go and told myself to “find the truth” about that song someday…

Until lastnight.

I searched the Internet, and I FINALLY found the truth!

The song was supposed to be like this:

Bluebells, cockle shells,
Eevie, ivy, over;
Mother went to market
To buy some meat;
Baby’s in the cradle
Fast asleep.
The old clock on the mantel says
One o’clock, two o’clock..
(to twelve o’clock)

HAHAHAHAHA!
What a BIG, MAJOR difference from the song we used to sing innocently.
LOL!!

Well, now that I’ve found the truth – I hope you kids that are reading this entry
PLEASE use the correct song from now onwards.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a skipping rope to jump.

My brother and my sis in-law decided to join me. HAHA!

P/S There’s so many other song for skipping rope or jump rope.
You can see a list of it >>>HERE<<<