Down to the Baker's Shop

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Down to the baker's/butcher's shop, Hop, hop, hop! For my mother said, Buy a loaf of bread, Down to the baker's shop, Hop, hop, hop!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Ritchie, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope food | baker bread hop
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #121, "Down to the baker shop" (1 text)
Roud #12854
File: AJRR121

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