Double Dutch

DESCRIPTION: Jump rope rhyme. "Double Dutch, Double Dutch, Who can jump rope so much? Faster, now, take a bow, Double Dutch, Double Dutch."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks)
KEYWORDS: nonballad jumprope
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks, p. 106, "(Double Dutch, Double Dutch)" (1 short text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Dutch, Dutch, Double Dutch" (similar rhyme)
NOTES [29 words]: I would not be surprised if "Double Dutch" and "Dutch, Dutch, Double Dutch" are the same rhyme, but since the metrical patterns are different, I've tentatively split them. - RBW
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File: McIn106B

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