Fishy, Fishy in the Brook

DESCRIPTION: "Fishy, fishy in the brook, Daddy catch him on a hook, Mommy fry him in a pan, Johnny eat him like a man."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: fishing food
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 42, "(Fishes, fishes in the brook)" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #876, p. 326, "(Fishy, fishy in the brook)"
MidwestFolklore, W. L. McAtee, "Some Folklore of Grant County, Indiana, in the Nineties," Volume 1, Number 4 (WInter 1951), p. 253, "(Fishie, fishie in the brook)" (1 text)
Roud #16338
File: MGMG876

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