Hippety Hop to the Barber Shop

DESCRIPTION: Jumprope rhyme. "Hippety hop to the (bakers/barber) shop To buy a stick of candy, One for you and one for me And one for sister Annie." Or perhaps "Hop, hop, to the baker shop, And see how long it takes you.... Your mother will be there."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Southern Folklore Quarterly)
KEYWORDS: jumprope commerce food mother courting | candy
FOUND IN: US(MA) Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #190, "Hippety Hop to the Baker Shop" (1 text)
Brady-AllInAllIn, pp. 164-165, "Hop, Hop, to the Baker's Shop" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Roud #19279
NOTES [22 words]: I'm not absolutely sure the Abrahams and Brady texts are the same, but the first lines are so close that I've filed them together. - RBW
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File: AJRR190

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