Little Peter Rabbit

DESCRIPTION: "Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose (x3), So he flipped it and he flopped it And the fly flew away." "Powder puffs and curly whiskers (x3), So he flipped it and he flopped it And the fly flew away."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: animal bug derivative campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 168, 393, "Little Peter Rabbit" (notes only)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "John Brown's Body" (tune) and references there
NOTES [37 words]: Averill calls this a decremental song -- that is, one in which the verse is repeated but with more and more words omitted. But it appears there are at least a few places that added verses and did not decrement the song. - RBW
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File: ACSF168L

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