Mrs. Sippy Lives by the Shore

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Mrs. Sippy (Mississippi, Mrs. Simpson) lived by the shore; She had children more and more; The oldest one was twenty-four. She shall marry...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (California Folklore Quarterly)
KEYWORDS: jumprope mother marriage river
FOUND IN: US(SW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #364, "Mrs. Sippy lived by the shore" (1 text)
Roud #18999
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Mississippi Lives by the Shore
Mrs. Simpson Lives by the Shore
NOTES [76 words]: Roud for some reason lumps the Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes text, which appears to by from the California Folklore Quarterly, with "The Old Maid's Song (I)." Abrahams seems to link it with something else that I can't verify because at least one of his references (to Botkin) is wrong. So I'm holding this as a separate item until someone can straighten it out. I've put it with what seems to be its "proper" Roud number despite the Roud/Abrahams confusion. - RBW
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File: AJRR364

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