Strawberry Shortcake (Lemonade Pop; Guess Who)

DESCRIPTION: "Strawberry shortcake, (Gooseberry/Huckleberry) pie, Tell the initials of your honeypie/sweetheart." Or "Ice cream soda, Lemonade pop," or "Apple jelly, jam tart," or other foods....
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks)
KEYWORDS: food playparty love nonballad jumprope | ice cream fruit shortcake lemonade pop fortune-telling
FOUND IN: US(MW,So,SW) Ireland
REFERENCES (7 citations):
McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks, p. 110, "(Strawberry shortcake, gooseberry pie)" (1 short text)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 52, "Lemonade Pop"; p. 53, "Ice-Cream Soda"; "Delaware Punch" (3 texts)
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #42, "(Milk shake, milk shake)"; #58, "(Ice cream soda, ginger ale, pop)"; #92, "(Apples, peaches, cream on tart)"; #117, "(Ice cream soda, Delaware punch)" (4 texts)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 130, "Ice cream, candy, cae and butter"; "Blueberry, raspberry, strawberry jam"; p. 131, "Strawberry shortcake, huckleberry jam"; p. 139, "Ice cream soda, ginger ale, pop" (4 texts); cf. p. 131, "Sweet and sour pickles"
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #214, "Ice cream soda, Delware punch" (1 text); #215, "Ice cream, soda water" (1 text, clearly derived from this but Abrahams thinks this version a school cheer)
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 97, "Apple jelly, jam tart" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Peter and Iona Opie, _I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth_, #71, "(Black currant, red currant, raspberry tart)" (1 text)
Roud #19307
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Raspberry, Strawberry" (food fortunetelling; lyrics)
cf. "Apples and Oranges" (lyrics)
cf. "Red, White, and Blue (III)" (lyrics)
cf. "Light Sky, Dark Sky" (lyrics)
NOTES [64 words]: Harbin-Parodology #352, p. 91, is "Strawberry shortcake, Eskimo pop; Junior Leaguers Always on top." #382, p. 93, is "Strawberry shortcake, Blackberry pie, Will you be there? Aye, aye, aye." I would guess both are based on this piece, but obviously camp-ified.
I'm tempted to lump this with "Raspberry, Strawberry." These short fortune-telling rhymes are very hard to tell apart. - RBW
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