Johnny, Johnny, What's the Price of Geese?

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope or counting-out rhyme. "Johnny, Johnny, what's the price of geese? Johnny, Johnny, fifty cents apiece, Johnny, Johnny, that's too dear, Johnny, Johnny, get out of here."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1920 (Journal of American Folklore, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope commerce bird | goose price
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #289, "Johnny, Johnny, what's the price of geese?" (1 text)
File: AJRR289

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