Dutch, Dutch, Double Dutch

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Dutch, dutch, double Dutch, How much do you know? I know this much: Ten, twenty, thirty...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (Bley, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | counting
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #128, "Dutch, dutch, double dutch" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Double Dutch" (similar rhyme)
NOTES [29 words]: I would not be surprised if "Double Dutch" and "Dutch, Dutch, Double Dutch" are the same rhyme, but since the metrical patterns are different, I've tentatively split them. - RBW
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File: AJRR128

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