I Dreamed that My Horse Had Wings

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme: "I dreamed that my horse had wings And could fly, I jumped onto my horse And rode into the sky. The man in the moon was out that night, He laughed loud and long when I pranced into sight"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (La Salle, Play Activities for Elementary Schools, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: horse jumprope | moon
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #218, "I dreamed that my horse had wings" (1 text)
NOTES [15 words]: Despite the citation in Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, I really doubt that this is traditional. - RBW
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File: AJRR218

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