I Am a Gold Lock

DESCRIPTION: Dialog, between a "lock" and a "key": the follower is to repeat everything the leader says, but with "key" for "lock." "I am a gold lock." "I am a gold key." "I am a silver lock." "I am a silver key." "I am a monk lock." "I am a monkey."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (Halliwell)
KEYWORDS: wordplay trick animal | lock key monkey
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #662, pp. 260-261, "(I am a gold lock)"
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, pp. 169-170, "I Am a Gold Lock" (1 text)
Roud #19333
File: DCCR169

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