Ladies and Gentlemen (I)

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Children too, There's a little white girl Going looking for you... Two years old, going on three, Wear my dresses up to my knee. Sister has a boyfriend... Walks in the parlor And turns out the lights"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Keystone Folklore Quarterly, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope courting | sister boyfriend light
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #300, "Ladies and Gentlemen" (1 text)
Roud #19961
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Sister's Got a Boyfriend" (lyrics)
cf. "Two Years Old, Going On Three" (lyrics)
NOTES [48 words]: This includes almost the entire text of "My Sister's Got a Boyfriend"; I would be inclined to lump them. But Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes and Roud split them, so I have done so also. This also includes the lyrics of "Two Year Old, Going On Three"; it seems to be good at swallowing things! - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR300

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