Dolly Dear, Dolly Dear

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Dolly dear, Dolly dear, your sweetheart is dead.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope death love | Dolly
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #110, "Dolly dear, Dolly dear" (1 text)
File: AJRR110

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