# Cinderella dressed in yella **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098 "2010-06-05T22:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/1 "2010-06-05T22:03:07Z")
went downstairs to kiss a fella, made a mistake, kissed a snake how many doctors did it take salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper! I have this stuck in my head. Do little girls still skip rope? Skipping rope and shouting out the various skipping songs made up most of our play time when we were little. Then we all got that lemon thing and a dozen or so of us would all hop around the neighbourhood, swinging the lemon around our ankles. I can’t think of anymore of the songs though. I remember one about a race car I think. I wonder why the heck they all end with “salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper!”. And why did we skip as fast as we could on “pepper”. Little girls are funny. Wow, really didn’t mean to put this in Great Debates. Could a mod move it please? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/2 "2010-06-05T22:56:20Z")
Flashing on a classic [Avram Davidson](http://www.avramdavidson.org/) fantasy short story, “My Boyfriend’s Name is Jello.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/3 "2010-06-05T22:57:25Z")
Website: [Chants and Taunts, Clapping Games, and Jump Rope Rhymes.](http://www.beachnet.com/~jeanettem/chants.html) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/4 "2010-06-06T00:24:32Z")
We used: Cinderella dressed in yella Went downtown to see her fella On the way her girdle busted How many people were disgusted? Then the jumprope got turned REAL fast and we counted by fives until we missed. There was another about Tiny Tim the Monkey but that is way too long to type. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/5 "2010-06-06T00:52:01Z")
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**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/6 "2010-06-06T01:09:00Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > went downstairs to kiss a fella, > made a mistake, kissed a snake > how many doctors did it take > salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper! Excuse me, she went _upstairs_ to kiss a fella- that’s why it was so scandalous! I remember doing a unit on traditional rhymes in high school English. It was interesting to see how the Cinderella rhyme changed over time to get more and more risque. Originally she went downtown, then downstairs, then upstairs. Earlier versions involved a wardrobe malfunction, later versions involved kissing. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/7 "2010-06-06T01:13:00Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > Excuse me, she went _upstairs_ to kiss a fella- that’s why it was so scandalous! > > I remember doing a unit on traditional rhymes in high school English. It was interesting to see how the Cinderella rhyme changed over time to get more and more risque. Originally she went downtown, then downstairs, then upstairs. Earlier versions involved a wardrobe malfunction, later versions involved kissing. And here we little girls had no idea we were singing about some floozy! How about Miss Polly? That one we knew was bad because you almost say “ass” and “hell” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/8 "2010-06-06T14:53:56Z")
The other day, I had \* Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack All dressed in black, black, black With silver buttons, buttons, buttons All down her back, back, back\* stuck in my head. Being as I haven’t heard that since, oh, 6th grade (c. 1978), I wonder how it got there? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/9 "2010-06-06T15:11:21Z")
Not a jumprope game, but: Stella Stella ola, clap clap clap Singing S Chico Chico, Chico Chico crackerjack S Chico Chico, I owe, I owe, I’ve gotta blow my nose So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/10 "2010-06-06T15:16:03Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > How about Miss Polly? That one we knew was bad because you almost say “ass” and “hell” :eek: Ah yes. \*Miss Suzy had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell When Suzy went to heaven, the steamboat went to **Hell** o operator, please give me number 9 And if you disconnect me, I’ll kick you in \*\*Behind \*\*the yellow curtain there was a piece of glass Miss Suzy sat upon it and hurt her big fat **As** k me no more questions, I’ll tell you no more lies The boys are in the bathroom doing up their **Flies** are in the city, the bees are in the park The boys and girls are having fun and necking in the dark-dark-dark!\* ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/11 "2010-06-06T19:24:35Z")
I loved the lemon thing! I was totally the coolest kid in the neighborhood for exactly two days when my parents bought me one and NO ONE else had one! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/12 "2010-06-06T19:59:52Z")
Oops, too late ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/13 "2010-06-07T13:53:17Z")
I knew it as: Cinderella, dressed in yella went up stairs to kiss her fella by mistake she kissed a snake how many doctors will it take? (keep counting and going faster until you miss) I also liked: A sailor went to sea sea sea To see what he could see see see And all that he could see see see Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea. That was a clapping game. You’d alternate between clapping your hands together, then right hand clap with the girl across from you, then left hand, then clap your hads together. Then each time you got to “see see see”, you’d do a straight across clap, then back of the hand clap, then clap. I think I’d be a bit young for these things (I’m 28, so not a kid anymore, but we had the video games and everything ;)), but maybe part of it was going to a Catholic grade school where there was no playground. We only had empty parking lots to go to at recess and that’s where I learned all my jump rope and clap rhymes. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/14 "2010-06-10T03:44:33Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > I knew it as: > > Cinderella, dressed in yella > went up stairs to kiss her fella > by mistake she kissed a snake > how many doctors will it take? > (keep counting and going faster until you miss) That’s the one my daughter used, upstairs and counting. That’s within the last year, for any visiting scholars. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/15 "2010-06-10T04:07:08Z")
I remember something along the lines of: Not last night But the night before A pickle and an onion Came knocking at the door. I asked them what they wanted And this is what they said Spanish dancer do the splits The kicks Turn around Touch the ground Spanish dancer, get out of town Spanish dancer Come on back Sit on a tack … And that’s where my mind runs out… Somewhere along the line you got to red hot peppers… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/16 "2010-06-10T14:16:27Z")
> [@as\_u\_wish](#): > > I remember something along the lines of: > > Not last night > But the night before > A pickle and an onion > Came knocking at the door. > I asked them what they wanted > And this is what they said > > Spanish dancer do the splits > The kicks > Turn around > Touch the ground > Spanish dancer, get out of town > > Spanish dancer > Come on back > Sit on a tack > > … > > And that’s where my mind runs out.. > > Somewhere along the line you got to red hot peppers… Here’s what I remember: Not last night but the night before 44 robbers came knocking at the door As I ran out [run out of jumprope] They … ran … in [run back into rope] And this is what they said to me: Spanish Dancer, turn around [turn] Spanish Dance, touch the group [touch ground] Spanish Dancer, turn out the light [close eyes] Spanish Dancer, spell goodnight G O O D N I G H T [rope turns faster on each letter] Goodnight! [run out, avoid spanking by rope] _bows_ Also a Catholic grade school graduate! ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/17 "2010-06-10T16:42:45Z")
My mother and your mother were hanging out the clothes My mother gave your mother a punch on the nose What colour was the blood? R E D spells red So out of this game you must go Whether you like it … or not! ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/18 "2010-06-10T17:31:07Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > \*snip…\*they all end with “salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper!”. And why did we skip as fast as we could on “pepper”. Little girls are funny. Whenever we jumped rope “pepper” always meant going really fast. Anybody ever get the hang of “double dutch”, where two ropes are going in opposite directions at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/19 "2010-06-10T17:46:49Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > Whenever we jumped rope “pepper” always meant going really fast. > Anybody ever get the hang of “double dutch”, where two ropes are going in opposite directions at the same time? I loved double dutch! And criss-cross! And double jumps! And backward criss-cross…oooohhh fancy! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-dressed-in-yella/542098/20 "2010-06-10T19:19:33Z")
> [@as\_u\_wish](#): > > I remember something along the lines of: > > Not last night > But the night before > A pickle and an onion > Came knocking at the door. > I asked them what they wanted > And this is what they said For us, 24 robbers came knocking at the door. followed by: As I ran out, they ran in, And I hit them on the head with a rolling pin. Then all the Spanish dancer orders.