Greasy Rails and Timber Bridges

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Greasy rails and timber bridges, Up the hills and down the ridges. Hard to stop and easy to start; What's the initial of my sweetheart? A, B, C, D....
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: love jumprope | rails bridges hills letters
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #159, "Greasy rails and timber bridges" (1 text)
MidwestFolklore, Vance Randolph, "Jump Rope Rhymes From Arkansas" Volume 3, Number 2 (Summer 1953), p. 82, "(Greasy rails and timber bridges)" (1 text)
File: AJRR159

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