Stella, Stella Dressed in Black

DESCRIPTION: "Stella, Stella, dressed in black, Sat down on a carpet tack, Jumped right up and hollered Hell! How many times did Stella yell? One, two, three...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1933 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: clothes colors injury jumprope
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #530, "Stella, Stella, dressed in black" (1 text)
MidwestFolklore, Vance Randolph, "Jump Rope Rhymes From Arkansas" Volume 3, Number 2 (Summer 1953), p. 78, "(Stella, Stella, dressed in black)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jack, Jack Sat on a Tack" (lyric of sitting on a tack)
NOTES [36 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes links this with "Cinderella Dressed in Yellow." But I could equally see linking it with "Mary Mack (I)," and the idea is found in "Charlie Chaplin Sat on a Pin." So I'm keeping it separate. - RBW
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File: AJRR530

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