I Had a Little Brother (I)

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I had a little brother and his name was Johnny. He played in the meadow where the frogs croaked clear. He ran through the meadows with a song on his tongue, And he picked a few flowers for his mother. How many flowers did he gather?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Butler and Haley, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: brother animal flowers mother jumprope
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #223, "I had a little brother" (1 text)
File: AJRR223

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