Hitler, Hitler, I've Been Thinking

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Hitler, Hitler, I've been thinking, What in the world have you been drinking. Smells like beer, tastes like wine, O, my gosh, it's turpentine. How many bottles did you drink? One, two, three...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses)
KEYWORDS: drink jumprope | Hitler turpentine
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #19, "(Hitler, Hitler, I've Been Thinking)"; #89, "(Hitler, Hitler, I've been thinking)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #181, "Hitler, Hitler, I've been thinking" (1 text)
NOTES [33 words]: Although the first line is obviously reminiscent of "Reuben and Rachel," the form of the rest implies that it is something else, even though Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes considers this a parody of that. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRV019

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