Report Card

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope dialog. The jumper says "Goodbye Mama" and reports to school. The teacher asks where her report card is. Mother says the baby chewed it. The jumper is offered a "scolding or a whipping"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses)
KEYWORDS: jumprope dialog mother punishment | school report card
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #29, "(Good-by, Mama)"
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #155, "Good-by, mother" (1 text)
File: AJRV029

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