Crossing the Waters

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Crossing the waters, one by one. Crossing the waters, two by two." Presumably continues through higher numbers.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | counting waters
FOUND IN: Britain(England(London))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #90, "Crossing the Waters" (1 text)
Roud #22183
NOTES [32 words]: Douglas gives no description of how this rhyme was performed, but one suspects that it was intended to be used with "high waters" -- a rope twirled above the ground, requiring higher jumps. - RBW
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File: AJRR090

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