Betty, Betty Stubbed Her Toe

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Betty, Betty stubbed her toe, On the way to Mexico, On the way she broke her back, Sliding on the railroad track."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Brewster, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope injury railroading
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #34, "Betty, Betty stumped her toe" (sic.) (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Joe, Joe, Broke His Toe" (form)
NOTES [43 words]: Although Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes does not indicate it, I suspect this ends with a counting line, something like, "How many ties did she cross? One, two, three...."
I would probably have lumped this with "Joe, Joe, Broke His Toe," but Abrahams split them. - RBW
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File: AJRR

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