Ann Is Angry

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Ann is angry, Bob is bad, Helen is hateful, Sam is sad, I'm in love, And love is bliss, How many times Do I get a kiss? One, two, three...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (Mankins, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: love jumprope | kiss counting
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #17, "Ann Is Angry" (1 text)
NOTES [31 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes says this is usually an autograph-album rhyme. I would not be surprised if lines 5-8 derive from that, but the whole has clearly been adapted to jump-rope use. - RBW
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File: AJRR017

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