Charlie Charlie Stole Some Barley

DESCRIPTION: "Charlie, Charlie stole (some/the) barley, Out of the baker's shop. The baker came out, And gave him a clout, Which made poor Charlie hop." May be used as a jump-rope rhyme
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Gillington, Old Surrey, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: food thief punishment jumprope
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 95, "Charley, Charley" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #59, "Charley, Charley stole some barley" (1 text)
Roud #19916
File: AJRR059

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