Leave the Rope

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Leave the rope, Stop the rope, please take end." Presumably a rhyme to change who is involved in the jump-rope game.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Goddard, Word Lore 2, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | rope
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #310, "Leave the Rope" (1 text)
File: AJRR310

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