Ibbity Bibbity

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope or counting-out rhyme. "Ibbity, bibbity, sibbity, sab,Ibbity, bibbity, canal boat, Dictionary (goes) down the ferry, Out goes you." Or, ...up the river, down the river, Out goes you."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: wordplay ship jumprope | dictionary
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 15, "(Ibbity, bibbity, sibbity, Sam)"; p. 16, "(Ibbity, bibbity, sibbity, say)" (2 texts, the one on p. 16 longer than most texts)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #212, "Ibbity, bibbity, sibbity, sab" (1 text)
Roud #22938
File: ARR212

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