We'll Walk This Lady

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme? Ring game? "We'll walk this lady, So they say, A smooth-foot lady, So they say, Come rolling under, Just a little bit faster...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (Journal of American Folklore, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope playparty travel
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #594, "We'll walk this lady" (1 text)
NOTES [36 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes files this as a jumprope rhyme but suggests it might be a ring game. It doesn't feel like either to me. There may be a call-and-response. I wonder about encouraging a horse or train to move. - RBW
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File: AJRR594

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