Peel a Banana Upside Down

DESCRIPTION: "Peel a banana upside down, Peel an orange round and round, If you count to twenty-one, You hall have another turn. Not last night but the night before, Three little gents came knocking at my door." They sang, "Lady, lady, lady, turn around...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966 (Coffin & Cohen)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad food jumprope | banana
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, p. 5, "(Peel an orange Round and round)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #457, "Peel an orange" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Tristram P. Coffin and Hennig Cohen, _Folklore in America: Tales, Songs, Superstitions, Proverbs, Riddles, Games, Folk Drama and Folk Festivals_, Doubleday, 1966, p. 189, "(no title)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Not Last Night But the Night Before"(lyrics)
File: CoCo189

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