Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SKIPPING SONG, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY


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First Line: Skippety skip, skippety skip!
Last Line: And isn't skipping easy?
Subject(s): Children; Games; Play; Rope; Childhood; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements


SKIPPETY skip, skippety skip!
Under and over, with never a slip,
Pepper and salt, pepper and salt!
Over and under with never a halt—
That's how it's done—
Isn't it fun?
And isn't skipping easy?

Skippety skip, skippety skip!
Hold the rope slackly, give it a flip,
Shut your lips tight, make your feet light,
Skip on your toes if you want to skip right—
Hold your head straight—
Isn't it great
That skipping is so easy?

Skippety skip, skippety skip!
Steady, now, steady!—ah, that was a slip!
Don't watch your feet, count every beat—
Skipping will make you both nimble and neat—
One hundred and one?
Very well done!
And isn't skipping easy?





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