When Buster Brown Was One

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope or formula song. "When Buster Brown was one, he used to suck his thumb. Thumb me over, thumb me over, A, B, C..." "When Buster Brown was two... buckle his shoe." Etc.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Withers)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | thumb counting Buster Brown
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #598, "When Buster Brown was one" (1 text)
Roud #18335
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Buster Brown Shoes" (subject of Buster Brown)
NOTES [49 words]: "Buster Brown" was originally a comic strip; Wikipedia reports that it originated in 1902 and was created by Richard Felton Outcault. The Buster Brown Shoe followed in 1904. The shoes outlasted the comic strip, and ads featuring Buster were still running on televition as late as the 1990s. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRR598

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