Black Man Said, The

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "The Black man said [or My mother said] That you are 'A'; If you do not want to play, You can sling your hook away."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | hook
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #37, "The Black Man Said" (1 text)
Roud #31895
File: ARR037

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