I Had a Bloke Down Hopping

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "I had a bloke down Hopping, I had a bloke down Kent, I had a bloke down Pimlico, And this is what he sent: O Shillali-tee-i-o."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas)
KEYWORDS: jumprope gift
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #221, "I had a bloke down Hopping" (1 text)
Roud #22196
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I've a Laddie in America" (theme)
File: JRR221

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