Grind the Coffee

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Grind the coffee, grind the coffee, Choo, choo choo, Grind the coffee, grind the coffee, out with you."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1944 (Folk Rhymes and Verses of Maryland Children, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | coffee
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #163, "Grind the Coffee" (1 text)
NOTES [20 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes says this is a jump-rope rhyme, but I wonder if it wasn't originally used for counting out. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR163

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