I Know a Washerwoman

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I know a washerwoman, she knows me, She invited me to tea, Guess what we had for supper -- Stinking fish and bread and butter."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope food | tea washerwoman
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #238, "I know a washerwoman, she knows me" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Peter and Iona Opie, _I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth_, #13, "(I know a washerwoman, she knows me)" (1 text)
Roud #32230
File: AJRR238

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