I remember a skipping chant. A girl/boy took each end of a very long, very thick rope (probably a ship's rope) they needed two hands to turn it. It would hit the ground with a dull thwack....thwack....thwack...soon became expert at jumping in and skipping or suffer the consequences.
The chant came with actions too whilst skipping:
Can you do the caseball, can you do the kicks..
Can you do the twirly whirly, can you do the splits(leg either side of rope!)
The Queen bows, the King salutes..
The girls show their knickers and the boys blow them kisses...
and they all shout hurray(jump out of turning rope, next in line jumps in)
Anyone else remember this or did I dream it..so long ago, happy days.