Cowboy Joe from Mexico

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Cowboy Joe (or "Old Black Joe"), From Mexico, Hands up, stick 'em up, Cowboy Joe!" Or, "...stick 'em up, And out you go!", or "...stick 'em up, Don't forget to pick 'em up, Cowboy Joe."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Singabout, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | cowboy
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord)) Australia
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #87, "Cowboy Joe" (1 text); #399, "Old Black Joe from Mexico" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 23, "(Cowboy Joe)" (1 text)
Roud #19447
File: AJRR087

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