I Wet Upstairs to Pick Up a Pin

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I went upstairs to pick up a pin. I asked Mrs. (X) if (Y) was in. He may be in, he may be out, Tomorrow the wedding bells will shout! X, O, X, O...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Musick, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | visiting wedding bells
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #276, "I went upstairs to pick up a pin" (1 text)
File: AJRR276

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