Mary Kelly Had a Lamb

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme, probably composite. "Mary Kelly had a lamb, Peever, peever, Sister Kelly stole that lamb, Peever, peever, O." L stands for London. Harry Brown will marry her. She washes during the days of the week. Harry Beery kisses Shirley Temple
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Ritchie)
KEYWORDS: jumprope animal theft wordplay marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Bord))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #333, "Mary Kelly had a lamb" (1 text)
File: AJRR333

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