I Had a Little Car

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I had a little car [or, A little bubble car], (in 1958/1968)/(license/number 38/48), Went around the cornerrrrr And slammed on the brake/into the gate/etc.)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Southern Folklore Quarterly)
KEYWORDS: technology disaster jumprope | car brake corner accident
FOUND IN: Britain(England) Canada(Ont,West) Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #225, "I had a little car, in 1958" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 26, "(I had a little bubble car in 1968)" (1 text)
Roud #19224
File: AJRR225

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