As I Went Down to My Grandfather's Farm

DESCRIPTION: "As I went down to my grandfather's farm, A billy-goat chased me around the barn. It chased me up a sycamore tree, And this is what it said to me:" This is generally followed by a floating verse of some kind
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (Speroni, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: farming animal floatingverses | goat tree
FOUND IN: US(SW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #25, "As I went down to my grandfather's farm" (1 text)
Roud #12967
NOTES [31 words]: Roud appears to lump this with "Down in the Meadow (Down in the Valley II)." They often share lyrics, but it appears that the common lyrics are floating items; the frameworks are distinct.
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File: AJRR025

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