I Went Downtown to the Alligator Farm

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I went downtown to the alligator farm. I sat on the fence and the fence broke down The alligator bit me by the seat of the pants And made me do the hoochie-koochie dance."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses)
KEYWORDS: travel animal injury jumprope | alligator
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #61, "(I went downtown)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #270, "I went down town" (1 text)
NOTES [22 words]: No tune is indicated for this by Ainsworth, and I haven't seen other versions, but I strongly suspect it's "Turkey in the Straw."- RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: AJRV061

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