Pom, Pom, Pompadour

DESCRIPTION: "Pom, pom, pompadour Richard, Calling (first player) to my door. (Second player) is the one who is having all the fun, So we don't need (first player) any more."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Teri John, "A Collection of Jump Rope Rhymes," Vol. XXI, No. 1 (Apr 1973), p. 16, "Pom, pom, pompadour Richard" (1 text)
Roud #19934
NOTES [31 words]: I seem to recall hearing this somewhere in my youth, which would date this to the Upper Midwest before 1973, but I can't claim to be certain enough to list either the location or the date.
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