Gypsy, Gypsy (I)

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Gypsy, Gypsy, Rosemary (or, "Please tell me" or "Do not tarry"), [Tell me] What my husband's name will be (or "Tell me when we shall marry"), A, B, C...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (Keystone Folklore Quarterly)
KEYWORDS: jumprope Gypsy marriage | fortune-telling
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #165, "Gypsy, gypsy, please tell me" (1 text)
Roud #19937
File: AJRR165

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