Susan, Susan, Thought She Was Losing

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Susan, Susan, thought she was losin', So she gave the whole thing up. Martin, Martin, was only startin', But he finished and won the cup."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Botkin, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #533, "Susan, Susan, Thought She Was Losin'" (1 text)
File: AJRR533

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