Mother, Mother, What Is That

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Mother, mother, what is that, Hanging down that lady's back? Hush your mouth, you naughty thing, That's the lady's corset string"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Bennett, Lyrics of the Pavements, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope clothes mother | corset string
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #356, "Mother, mother, what is that" (1 text)
NOTES [44 words]: I find it odd that every collection of this appears to have come from the period after most women stopped wearing corsets. Hasn't someone come up with a new version, about bra straps or thongs or something? On the other hand, these days, no one would care.... - RBW
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File: AJRR356

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