Fire Alarm

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Fire, fire, false/fire alarm, John fell into Mary's arms. First comes love, then comes marriage, Then John with a baby carriage."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (Western Folklore, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: love jumprope marriage baby | fire
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MW,SW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #139, "Fire, fire, fire alarm" (1 text)
Roud #19431
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Sitting in a Tree (K-I-S-S-I-N-G, First Comes Love, Dick and Jane)" ("first comes love" lines)
NOTES [23 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes suggests this is an autograph album verse. It strikes me as a little too strong to be often used in that form! - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR139

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