He Took Her in the Garden

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "He took her in the garden And set her on his knee, And said, 'Baby, please, Won't you marry me?' Yes, no, maybe so (x2)"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Southern Folklore Quarterly, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: love jumprope | garden
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #183, "He took her in the garden" (1 text)
File: AJRR183

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