Cross the River, Cross the Lake

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme for two jumpers: "Cross the river, cross the lake, I hope that (Sally) makes a bad mistake; Cross the river, cross the lake, I hope that (Mary) makes a bad mistake."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses)
KEYWORDS: river jumprope
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #41, "(Cross the river, cross the lake)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #91, "Cross the river, cross the lake" (1 text)
File: AJRV441

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