Down in the Desert

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Down in the desert Where the purple grass dies There sat a witch with Yellowish-green eyes. Nobody comes to see her Because she always ate them. One by one, two by two...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Southern Folklore Quarterly, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope food derivative | witch desert
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #116, "Down in the desert" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Down in the Meadow (Down in the Valley II)" (source of parody)
File: AJRR116

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