There She Goes (II)

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme/taunt. "There she goes, there she goes, (Peerie) heels and pointed toes. Look at her feet, She thinks she's neat, Black stockings and dirty feet. There's a rat, there's a rat, There's a rat in Janie's hat, There's a mouse in Janie's house"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Bluebells My Cockle Shells)
KEYWORDS: jumprope clothes animal
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #552, "There she goes, there she goes" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 52, "(There she goes)" (2 short texts)
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 209, "There She Goes" (1 short text, from user librorumamans, posted October 8, 2025. Text is "There she goes, there she goes, All dressed up in her Sunday clothes. There she goes, there she goes, Walking down the street," so it doesn't appear to be a taunt)

Roud #19068
File: AJRR552

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