Mother Sent Me to the Store (II)

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Mother sent me to the store, This is what she sent me for, (To get some) coffee, tea, and pepper" (or "salt, vinegar, mustard and pepper," etc.)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (Folkways 7029, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope food
FOUND IN: US(MW,So,SW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #359, "Mother sent me to the store" (1 text)
File: AJRR359

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