Woods Are Dark, the Grass Is Green, The

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "The woods are dark, the grass is green, All the girls I love to see, Excepting (Rose Taylor), she's so pretty, She belongs to London City"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope courting beauty
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #611, "The Woods are dark, the grass is green" (1 text)
File: AJRR611

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