Texaco, Texaco

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Texaco, Texaco, Over the hills to Mexico, Where the red-hot peppers grow."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Southern Folklore Quarterly)
KEYWORDS: jumprope food | Mexico Texaco peppers
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #548, "Texaco, Texaco" (1 text)
Roud #19424
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Spanish Dancer" (lyrcs)
NOTES [33 words]: Roud lumps this with "Spanish Dancer," with which it combined in one version. But since this lyric exists alone, and "Spanish Dancer" usually lacks this verse, I think they should be kept separate. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR548

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