Wavy, Wavy, Turn the Rope Over

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Wavy, wavy, turn the rope over, Mother's at the butcher's buyin' fresh meat; Baby's in the cradle, Playin' with a rattle, One, two, three, and a porridge."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Miscellanies of the Rymour Club, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope mother baby food
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #588, "Wavy, wavy, turn the rope over" (1 text)
Roud #19213
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Bluebells, Cockleshells" (lyrics)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Eevy, Ivy, Turn the Rope Over
NOTES [26 words]: Roud lumps this with "Bluebell, Cockleshells," and Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes points up the relationship -- but keeps them separate, so I have done the same. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR588

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