You Naughty Boy

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "You naughty boy, You stole my toy, You named him Roy. You naughty B-O-Y, You stole my T-O-Y, You named him R-O-Y."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Bluebells My Cockle Shells)
KEYWORDS: jumprope wordplay
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #616, "You naughty boy" (1 text)
Roud #20484
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "You Naughty Flea" (format)
cf. "You Naughty Girl" (format)
cf. "You Naughty Lady" (format)
NOTES [63 words]: It seems clear to me that "You Naughty Boy," "You Naughty Girl," "You Naughty Lady," and probably "You Naughty Flea" (Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes #616-#619) are different parts of the same collective item, and should be examined jointly -- but Roud assigns them separate numbers ("Boy": #20484; "Flea": #22193; "Girl": #20196; "Lady": #20196 again), so I have filed them separately.
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File: AJR616

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