I Know a Woman, She Lives in the Woods

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme derived from "The Cruel Mother" (!): "I know a woman. she live in the woods, [or, Three little children lived in the woods] Weela, weela, wila, I know a woman, she is no good, Down by the river Sida."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (Folkways 8501)
KEYWORDS: jumprope children | woods
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, 239, "I know a woman, she live in the woods" (1 text)
File: ARR239

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