There Came a Girl from France

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "There came a girl from France, There came a girl from Spain, There came a girl from the U.S.A., And here is how she came: Hopping on one foot...." Similarly with other motions, e.g. hopping on two feet
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Bluebells My Cockle Shells)
KEYWORDS: jumprope travel
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #549, "There came a girl from France" (1 text)
Roud #20104
File: AJRR549

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