Give Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue

DESCRIPTION: Counting-out rhyme. "Give three cheers For the red, white, and blue, One, two, three, And out goes YOU."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes)
KEYWORDS: colors | cheers counting-out
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 118, "Give three cheers" (1 text)
Roud #23522
NOTES [39 words]: Roud appears to lump this verse with "Britannia the Pride of the Ocean," which often does contain a cheer for the red, white, and blue, but this appears to be an independent fragment, though possibly inspired by the longer song. - RBW
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File: DCCR118B

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