House to Let, Apply WIthin

DESCRIPTION: Sometimes a jump-rope rhyme. "House to let, apply within, People turned out for drinking gin, Smoking pipes is a terrible sin, So (Annie/Jennie) go out and Mary (run/jump) in." Or "Rooms for rent, Inquire within, When I move out, Let (X) move in."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas)
KEYWORDS: playparty home drink drugs jumprope
FOUND IN: New Zealand US(So) Britain Ireland
REFERENCES (7 citations):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 59, "Roome for Rent" (1 text)
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 100, ("House to let, apply within") (2 texts)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 137, "Apartment for rent, inquire within" (1 text)
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 81, "House to let" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 27, "(House to let)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #197, "A House to Let"; #560, "This house to let, no rent to pay" (2 texts)
MidwestFolklore, Vance Randolph, "Jump Rope Rhymes From Arkansas" Volume 3, Number 2 (Summer 1953), p. 82, "(Fancy dancing is a sin)" (1 text)
Roud #19223
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Floor to Let
House to Rent
Rooms to Rent
File: SuSm100

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