There's Somebody Under the Bed

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "There's somebody under the bed. Whoever can it be? I feel so very ill. I call (Bonnie) in. (Bonnie) lit the candle. Nobody there! Hi, hi, diddly-i-e, And out she goes!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (Daiken, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | bed candle
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 78, "I Call In (Somebody under the bed)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #551, "There's somebody under the bed" (1 text)
Roud #19055
File: AJRR551

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