Mother, Mother, Where's the Key?

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. ""Mother, mother, where's the key?" 'Go ask father.' 'Father, father, where's the key?' 'Have you washed the dishes?' 'Yes.' 'Have you swept the floor?' 'Yes.' 'Turn the key in the lock and run out to play.'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (La Salle, Play Activities for Elementary Schools, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope mother father | housework key
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #357, "Mother, mother, where's the key?" (1 text)
File: AJRR357

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