I Love Bobby, I Love Bill

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I love Bobby, I love Bill, Who do I love better still? A, B, C...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses)
KEYWORDS: jumprope love
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #113, "(I love Bobby, I love Bill)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #243, "I love Bobby, I love Bill" (1 text)
NOTES [54 words]: Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses cross-references this with "Strawberry Shortcake (Lemonade Pop; Guess Who)," but although it has the same sort of guessing game, the form seems distinct to me. Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes seems to agree, since he gives it its own number. If anything, it looks more like "I Love Bill, I Love Larry." - RBW
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File: AJRV113

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