Fire, Fire, Says Mr. McGuire

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "'Fire, fire,' says Mr. McGuire. 'Where, where?' Says Mr. O'Dare. 'At the barn," said Mr. O'Darn (or 'At the fair,' said Mr./Mrs. Blair) And it burns hotter, hotter, hotter...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Southern Folk Quarterly, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | fire
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #140, "'Fire, fire,' says Mr. McGuire" (1 text)
File: AJRR140

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