Down in the Dungeons Seven Feet Deep

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Down in the dungeons seven feed deep, Where old Hitler lies asleep, German boys they tickle his feet, Down in the dungeons seven feet deep."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Opie collection, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope prison burial derivative | Hitler
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber),England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #117, "Down in the dungeon seven feet deep" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree" (tune)
File: AJRR117

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