I Went Down the Lane to Buy a Penny Whistle

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I went down the lane to buy a penny whistle. A copper came by and pinched my penny whistle. I ask him for it back, he says he hasn't got it, Hi, hi, Curlywig, you've got it in your pocket."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas)
KEYWORDS: jumprope music theft police | pennywhistle
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #266, "I went down the lane to buy a penny whistle" (1 text)
Roud #20576
File: AJRR266

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