Devil Flew from North to South, The

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "The Devil flew from north to south, With Miss Hooker in his mouth, And when he found she was a fool, He dropped her on Cherrydale School."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Butler and Haley, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: devil jumprope | teacher fool school
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #100, "The Devil Flew from North to South" (1 text)
File: AJRR100

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