Mary, Mary, With a Curl

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Mary, Mary, with a curl, Will you jump as my best girl? Slow at first, now that's the way,On we go to the break of day."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (Journal of Health and Physical Education, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope hair courting
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #336, "Mary, Mary with a curl" (1 text)
File: JRR336

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