One, Two, Three, Cats in the Well

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "One, two, three, Cats in the well, Four, five, six, Pick up sticks, Seven, eight, nine, Cut the clothesline, Nine, ten, eleven, Cat's gone to heaven"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Butler and Haley, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope animal | cat well counting
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #427, "One, two three, Cats in the well" (1 text)
File: AJRR427

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