Here We Come (Jamestown, Virginia)

DESCRIPTION: "Here we come." "Where from?" "(Jamestown Virginia/New York/etc.)." "What's your trade?" "(Sweet) Lemonade." "Give me some." The leader then sets out a pair of initials of another player, and indicates an action with the same initials
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1903 (Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad food wordplay
FOUND IN: US(MA,MW,So)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren, #179, "Jamestown, Virginia" (1 text)
Byington/Goldstein-TwoPennyBallads, p. 108, "Lemonade" (1 text)
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, pp. 118-119, "(Here We Come)" (1 text)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 28, "Bum, Bum, Bum, Here We Come" (1 text)
Roud #19436
File: Newe179

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