Up and Down, Up and Down, All the Way to London Town

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Up and down, up and down, All the way to London Town, Swish-swosh, swish-swosh, All the way to King's Cross: Legs swing, legs swing, All the way to Berlin. Heel-toe, heel-toe, All the way to Jericho...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Ritchie, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope travel
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #582, "Up and down, up and down" (1 text)
Roud #24065
File: AJRR582

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