Mummy, Daddy, Tell Me True

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Mummy, Daddy, tell me true, Who shall I get married to? Paul, John, Ringo, George?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Those Dusty Bluebells)
KEYWORDS: courting jumprope mother father | Beatles
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, 365, "Mummy, Daddy, Tell Me True" (1 text)
NOTES [29 words]: This was impressively fast composition and collection: the first major Beatles hit, "I Want to Hold Your Hand," hit the charts in early 1964, and this was printed in 1965! - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR365

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