Two Years Old, Going On Three

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Two years old, Going on three, I wear my dress Above the knee. I walk in the rain, I walk in the snow, And it's nobody's business If I do have a beau."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Journal of Genetic Psychology, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope courting clothes
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #578, "Two Years Old" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ladies and Gentlemen (I)" (lyrics)
NOTES [69 words]: The lyrics of this appear as part of "Ladies and Gentlemen (I)," and I was tempted to lump them. But "Ladies and Gentlemen (I)" includes several elements which circulate independently; I suspect it is a composite, and so I file this item separately. It is interesting that "Ladies and Gentlemen (I)" makes it the two-year-old's sister, not the two-year-old, who has a beau; I suspect that is the original reading. - RBW
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File: AJRR578

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