Light the Fire, Blacksmith

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Light the fire, blacksmith, show the pretty light. In comes (Nellie) dressed in white, Pretty shoes and stockings, pretty curly hair, Pretty beads around her neck, but no chemise to wear."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas)
KEYWORDS: jumprope clothes colors | blacksmith
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #311, "Light the fire, blacksmith, show a pretty light" (1 text)
Roud #22187
File: AJRR311

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