Minnie Moocher (Minny and a Minny and a Ha, Ha, Ha)

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Minny and a Minny and a ha, ha, ha, Kissed her fellow on a Broadway trolley car. You tell Ma and I'll tell Pa. Minny and a Minny and a ha, ha, ha!
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Southern Folk Quarterly)
KEYWORDS: jumprope courting technology mother father
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #344, "Minny and a Minny and a ha, ha, ha" (1 text)
MidwestFolklore, Vance Randolph, "Jump Rope Rhymes From Arkansas" Volume 3, Number 2 (Summer 1953), p. 79, "(Minnie Moocher and a ha ha ha)" (1 text, which looks like a mix between "Minnie Moocher (Minny and a Minny and a Ha, Ha, Ha)" and "Johnny on the Ocean")
NOTES [69 words]: I'm a it dubious about Abrahams's classification of this piece. He lists six sources, but two of them are not folk, and one of the ones that is goes by the title "Minnie Moocher." Is this really one piece, and if so, is it of traditional origin or is it some show piece? Sadly, I can't answer that, so I'm filing it based on the data in Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes -- but not trusting his dates or found-in data. - RBW
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File: AJRR344

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