My Sister's Got a Boyfriend

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "My sister's got a boyfriend Who comes every night. They go into a corner And turn out the light. I peek through the keyhole And this is what I hear, 'Johnny, Johnny, take your arms away.'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Journal of Genetic Psychology, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope courting | sister boyfriend light
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #387, "My sister's got a boyfriend" (1 text)
Roud #19962
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ladies and Gentlemen (I)" (lyrics)
NOTES [38 words]: Just about every word of this shows up in "Ladies and Gentlemen (I)," which simply adds a few lines at the beginning; I would be inclined to lump them. But Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes and Roud split them, so I have done so also. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR387

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