there came duke a riding, a riding, a riding
there came a duke a riding
tissem a tassem a teaser
what are you riding here for, here for, here for
what are you riding here for
tissem a tassem a teaser
i'm riding here to marry... (and so on)
who are you going to marry... (and so on)
i'm gong to marry [name]
this wasn't a skipping game. it was a game where two rows of girls skipped (without ropes, the 'other' skipping!) towards each other then skipped backwards away.. then forward again. one girl was the duke. she chose the next person (the one she would 'marry') and together then chose children...
again from my gran, so it was in playgrounds around the first world war, and resurrected in the early sixties.