Happy Hooligan Number Nine

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme: "Happy Hooligan number nine, Hung his britches on the line; When the line began to swing, Happy Hooligan began to sing."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Emrich and Korson, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope clothes | Happy Hooligan
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #169, "Happy Hooligan number nine" (1 text)
File: AJRR169

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