Up the Street, Down the Street

DESCRIPTION: Described as a "Rhyme for a Race": "Up the street, down the street, Here's the way we go, Forty horses standing in a row; [Name] on the white one, [Name] on the black, Riding to (Harrisburg) (five) miles away."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1903 (Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty racing horse nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren, #72, "Rhymes for a Race" (1 text plus an unrelated piece)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Up the Streets and Down the Streets" (lyrics)
File: Newe072

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