Big Ben Strikes One

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope/counting rhyme: "Big Ben strikes one. Big Ben strikes two. Big Ben strikes three." And so on.... Or. "Big Ben strikes ten In the middle of London. One, two, three...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Douglas, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | Big Ben counting
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond),Scotland(Bord))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #36, "Big Ben Strikes One" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 27, "(Big Ben Strikes Ten)" (1 text)
Roud #19549
NOTES [12 words]: One wonders what happens when it's time for Big Ben to strike 13.... - RBW
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File: AJRR036

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