Jean, Jean Had a Machine

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Jean, Jean made/had a machine, Joe, Joe, made it go, Frank, Frank, turned the crank, Out came his mother and gave him a spank, Turned him over the river bank."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (North Star Folk News, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: technology mother jumprope
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #283, "Jean, Jean Made a Machine" (1 text)
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 35, "(Rich, Rich, fell in the ditch)" (1 text; the following verse, "Frank, Frank, turned the crank" may be a sequel to that or might belong with this or might float)
Roud #29505
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Winnie the Witch" (lyrics)
File: AJRR283

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