Do You Know Where the Darkies Live? (Zumba)

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Do you now where the darkies live? zumba, zumba (x2), Yes I know where the darkies live, zumba, zumba (x2). The darkies live in Africa, zumba, zumba."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Bluebells, My Cockle Shells, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope home
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #122, "Do you know where the darkies live?" (1 text)
NOTES [15 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes makes no apology for this verse. Let me apologize for it, though. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR122

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