Mrs. Day Made a Cake

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Mrs. Day made a cake. The cake was soggy, She fed it to her doggy. The doggy ate the cake; He got the stomach-ache. How many days did he have it? One, two, three...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Journal of American Folklore, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: cook food dog disease
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #362, "Mrs. Day Made a Cake" (1 text)
NOTES [43 words]: I have to think that this has lost a line at the beginning, although with only one version, we can't be sure. But note that the first extant line does not rhyme with anything. Probably it started with something along the lines of "Mrs. Day went to bake." - RBW
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File: AJRR362

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