You Naughty Flea

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "You naughty flea, You bit my knee."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas)
KEYWORDS: jumprope bug
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #617, "You naughty flea" (1 text)
Roud #22193
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "You Naughty Boy" (format)
cf. "You Naughty Girl" (format)
cf. "You Naughty Lady" (format)
NOTES [64 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. - RBW
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File: AJR617

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