Lady, Lady, Drop Your Purse

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Lady, lady, dropyour purse/baby/handkerchief. Lady, lady, pick it up."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas, acording to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond),Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #306, "Lady, lady, drop your handkerchief (baby, purse)" (1 text)
Roud #19238
NOTES [33 words]: Roud files this with the large family that includes "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Go Upstairs." Obviously both have the theme of instructing someone in what to do, but this really seems different to me. - RBW
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File: ARR306

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