There Was a Little Fellow, His Name Was Jack

DESCRIPTION: "There as a little fellow, his name was Jack. He wanted to go to heaven in a Cadillac. The carburetor broke and down he fell, Instead of going to heaven He went to -- Now don't get excited, don't lose your head, Instead of going to heaven, he went to bed"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (Western Folklore)
KEYWORDS: jumprope technology wordplay
FOUND IN: US(SW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #554, "There was a little fellow; his name was Jack" (1 text)
Roud #19443
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Charlie Chaplin Has Big Feet" (general form of wordplay)
cf. "Three Little Angels" (general form of wordplay)
NOTES [34 words]: Roud lumps this with "Ickie Bickie Soda Cracker." But its kinship, if any, is surely with "Charlie Chaplin Has Big Feet" or "Three Little Angels," with which it shares a gimmick. So I've separated it. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR554

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