Way Down South Where the Sharecroppers Grow

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Way down south where the shrecroppers grow, I saw come croppers cropping to and fro, They cropped some peas, they cropped some beans, They cropped right up to the top of the trees...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Butler and Haley, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope farming
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #590, "Way down south where the sharecroppers grow" (1 text)
NOTES [32 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes doubts the currency of this. It sounds topical to me, which raises the question of why it was used as a jumprope rhyme. I'd be interested knowing what tune it uses. - RBW
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File: AJRR590

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