Mrs. Red Went to Bed

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Mrs. Red went to bed, In the morning she was dead." "Mrs. Brown went to town, To buy herself a (wedding gown?)." (Or, "with one leg up and the other down")
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Ritchie)
KEYWORDS: colors death commerce
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland) Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 65, "(Mrs. Brown)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #363, "Mrs. Red" (1 text)
Roud #19078
File: AJRR363

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