Oh, Say, Kid, What Do You Think I Did?

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Oh, say, kid, What do you think I did? I upset the cradle And out fell the kid. The kid began to holler; I took him by the collar. Collar broke lose, And I got the deuce." Or may begin, "Virginia, Virginia, what do you think I did?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Journal of American Folklore)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | cradle holler
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #510, "Oh, Say kid" (1 text)
Roud #29376
File: AJRR510

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