I Am a Little Girl Just So High

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I am a little girl just so high. I can make doughnuts, I can make pie. I broke a platter right in two. Mama came to whip me, boo hoo hoo."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966 (Keystone Folklore Quarterly, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope food punishment mother | baking broken platter whipping
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #208, "I am a little girl just so high" (1 text)
File: AJRR208

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