Harley Marley Pease Straw

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme: "Harley, Marley, peas straw, Gin pinches is the law, Pinch him now, pinch him then, Pinch him till he counts to ten."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Southern Folk Quarterly)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | pinch
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #170, "Harley, Marley, pease straw" (1 text)
File: AJRR170

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