Little Miss Pinky

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme: "Little Miss Pinky [Miss Blue/Green, perhaps based on the color of her clothes] (Dressed in pink/blue) Jump-ropes like a top, Oops, oops, she missed, Just like that." Or, "...dressed in blue, Died last night, at quarter to two."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses)
KEYWORDS: jumprope clothes colors death
FOUND IN: US(MW,SW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #64, "(Little Miss Pinky)"; #115, "(Little Miss Pink)" (2 texts)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #315, "Little Miss Pinky, dressed in blue"; #316, "Little Miss Pinky (or any other color the jumper is wearing)" (2 texts)
Roud #19941
File: AJRV064

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