Moses Supposes His Toeses Are Roses

DESCRIPTION: Tongue-twiser verse. "Moses supposes his toeses are roses, But Moses supposes erroneously. For he knowses his toeses aren't roses (or "For nobody's toeses are posies of roses") As Moses supposes his toeses to be."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes)
KEYWORDS: wordplay | Moses toes
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 146, "Moses supposes his toesies are roses" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #754, p. 283, "(Moses supposes his toeses are roses)"
ADDITIONAL: Peter and Iona Opie, _I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth_, #45, "(Moses supposes his toeses are roses)" (1 text)
Roud #19253
NOTES [24 words]: One of the rare children's rhymes I learned myself, in Minnesota, probably some time around 1970. The version I learned was not sung, however. - RBW
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File: DCCR146

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