Anna Banana: 101 Jump Rope Rhymes

The words of these jump-rope rhymes may be traditional and authentic, but I believe some of them are no longer appropriate for children.
Examples: "Standing by a bar, Smoking a cigar, ..." and "There's a big fat policeman at the door ... makes me pay a dollar, ..." and "Here comes teacher with a great big stick, ..." Many rhymes are cute and the same as when I recited them in the 1960s. I plan to cover the objectionable ones with stickers before I give the book to my granddaughter.

Bought this for my daughter along with a jump rope. I thought there might be some cute rhymes in it for her to set her jump pace to. Not so much. These seem like old rhymes that are no longer appropriate to teach to your child. Far from being politically correct and not suited for the playground. I will have to go through the book and pick out the ones she can learn and cross out the ones she should not. Disappointed.

This spells out the general idea of how jumping rope works with 2 or more children. The rhyming is not what I remember. But it gets close to what I did as a child. Please document for your children what they do so they can have it to pass on.

lots of rhymes that are outdated and frankly, inappropriate...."standing at the bar, smoking a cigar. Laughing at the donkey Ha-ha-har!" Really? Some good ones, but better to print them from a website than to buy this book. I wanted to return, but missed the deadline.

While this book brought back some wonderful childhood memories with a handful of rhymes that were included, some I feel are just inappropriate for a child. For this reason, I decided to not give it to my niece for her birthday.

I am going through my kids old books deciding which to keep, which to give to children we know and which to donate to Goodwill. This one goes to Goodwill. Most are just odd and not appealing to children. I went through and counted 5 rhymes in the entire book that would be appealing to jump rope to. IMO, these are the better ones. Candy, candy in the dish. How many pieces do you wish?....My mother made a chocolate cake. How many eggs did it take?...My little sister dressed in pink, Washed all the dishes in the sink. How many dishes did she break? ...Cinderella dressed in red, Went downstairs to bake some bread, How many loaves did she bake?...Cinderella dressed in green, went upstairs to eat ice cream, how many spoonfuls did she eat?...My advice is to search the internet for better ones.

Great little book!! I can't wait to give it, along with a jump rope I got on the store, to my daughter, Anna, in Australia. She is a fourth grade teacher and a fitness nut. I know she will love it. I read it myself, and it took me right down memory lane to the 40's and 50's when I was an avid rope jumper.Many of these verses were the ones we jumped to in the mountains of N.C. I am so glad someone is preserving these jingles. I don't think we can count any more on their being passed down from child to child. Even an adult rope jumper could have fun with this book, particulary if she were teaching a fitness class.

My daughters name is Anna. We call her Anna Banana and she likes to jump rope.
We keep this book handy and sing everytime we rump rope together. It has some cute and
funny songs. Definately a favorite.

I was disappointed to find that some of these rhymes referenced adult content. "Go into a bar, smoking a cigar..." I couldn't let my daughter read it since some would get me a call home from the recess monitor.

You know how a lot of nursery rhymes are political and not at all about teaching a positive message to a child? If all of the inappropriate phrases were removed, this would be a much shorter book. I think any parent can make up better rhymes for the kids to memorize and repeat. If not, maybe the author can come up with some and publish a book of positive, funny rhymes for kids.
All in, a bottle of gin. All out, a bottle of stout.
I love coffee, I love tea, I love the boys and the boys love me.
Here comes teacher with a great big stick. I wonder what I got in arithmetic. One, two, three, four, five...
There is a cringe-worthy rhyme on almost every page.

The advertising copy suggests that this is a set of jump rope rhymes set at a pace that is appropriate for jumproping. But they aren't rhymes, they are songs, and they don't all have a strong beat, so they aren't ideal for jumproping to. It is a plenty-fun set of songs for kids, but the advertising is misleading.

The book came as described in excellent shape and arrived quickly.

I hate the book though. The rhymes are not very good. Just a few variations of words but nothing to really jump rump for a long period of time to. I was hoping for some of the playground rhymes I can't remember from childhood. It seemed like somebody just wrote down some words that sorta rhymed but had no reason.

I actually received the wrong book on this order but was told to keep the book as they were out of the one I had ordered and was promptly refunded my money! What great service and integrity! Thank you. Will shop here again!!

I love the idea for the book, but the author should have been more selective in choosing rhymes that are appropriate for today's children.

I was disappointed to find rhymes such as these included: "Standing at the bar, smoking a cigar. Laughing at the donkey ha-ha-har!" "All in, a bottle of gin. All out, a bottle of stout." and "Johnny gave me apples, Johnny gave me pears, Johnny gave me fifty cents and kissed me on the stairs. I'd rather scrub the dishes, I'd rather scrub the floor, I'd rather kiss the iceman behind the kitchen door." Other rhymes include a "big fat policeman" who grabs the child and makes him pay a dollar, and a yelling teacher with a great big stick. "How many times were you fired?" the child asks the teacher.

There are so many fun and positive jump rope rhymes, it's too bad the author includes these and others that are just not appropriate even if they were popular 50 years ago.