Who Was in the Belly?

DESCRIPTION: Questions song, with the leader (or one group) calling out the questions and the other shouting the answer, e.g. "Who was in the belly (of the fish/whale)? Jonah!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 309, 494, "Who Was in the Belly?" (notes only)
NOTES [48 words]: On p. 309, Averill lists this as being found five times in her collection; on p. 494, she says she found it 15 times. I don't know which is right; I do know that it was very hard to find a text of this song. Whatever Averill's number should have been, I don't think it was very popular. - RBW
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File: ACSF494W

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