Parson in the Pulpit, The

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "The parson in the pulpit Couldn't say his prayers, He gabbled and he gabbles Till he tumbled down the stairs. The stairs gave a crack, And he broke his old back, And all the congregation Gave a quack, quack, quack."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Opie, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: clergy injury jumprope
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #452, "The Parson in the pulpit" (1 text)
File: AJRR452

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