I Had a Black Man

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I had a (black) man, he was double-jointed, I kissed him, and made him/me disappointed. All right, (Hilda), I'll tell your mother, Kissing the black man round the corner, How many kisses did he give you? One, two, three...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope mother | kiss corner double-jointed
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond),Scotland)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #220, "I had a black man, he was double-jointed" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Peter and Iona Opie, _I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth_, #3, "(I've got a lad and he's double double-jointed)" (1 text)
Roud #19366
File: AJRR220

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