Kitsy Katsy Had a Canoe

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Kitsy Katsy had a canoe, It was yellow, black, and blue, Open the gates and let it rhough, Dance Kitsy Katsy."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Bluebells My Cockle Shells)
KEYWORDS: colors dancing jumprope | canoe
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #297, "Kitsy Katsy had a canoe" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Katie Bairdie"
NOTES [22 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes believes this derived from "Katie Bairdie," and it certainly looks likely, but I know of no absolute proof. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR297

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