I Know a Little Lady

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I know a little lady, (but) her name is Miss/Sis. She went around the corner to buy some fish, She met a little fellow and she gave him a kiss. I know a little lady...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Journal of American Folklore, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | name fish kiss
FOUND IN: US(SW) Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #234, "I know a little lady, but her name is miss" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 22, "(I know a lady)" (1 text)
Roud #29375
File: AJRR234

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