Anna Banana, Play the Piano

DESCRIPTION: "Anna Bannana, Play(ed) the piano, All she knew was 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Banana, banana split."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (source: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope food music | banana piano
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #14, "Anna Banana" (1 text); cf. #31, "Banana, banana, banana, Split!"
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Anna, Anna, Split the Banana " (Anna Banana rhyme)
NOTES [47 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes for some reason cross-references this with "Policeman, Policeman, Do Your Duty." I don't see the connection. He also appears to include it with "Anna, Anna, Split the Banana." That connection is much clearer, but the forms are different, so I spllit them. - RBW
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File: AJRR014

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