I Am a Girl Guide

DESCRIPTION: "I am a Girl Guide dressed in blue, These are the actions I can do. Stand at ease, bend my knees, Salute to the King, bow to the Queen, Never turn my back on the Union Jack, Under the archway, One, two, three..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: clothes colors playparty royalty
FOUND IN: Britain New Zealand Ireland
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 111, "(I am a girl guide dressed in blue)," "(Turn your back on the sailor Jack)" (2 texts)
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 86, "(I'm a little girl guide)" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 23, "(I am a girlguide dressed in blue)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, 3206, "I'm a Little Dutch Girl (I'm a Girl Guide)" (1 text)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 62, "Salute to the Captain" (1 short text, that might be from "I Am a Girl Guide" or "I'm a Little Dutch Girl" or several other children's rhymes)
ADDITIONAL: J. C. Reid, _A Book of New Zealand_ (Collins National Anthologies), Collins, 1964, "Children's Games" ("I am a Girl Guide dressed in blue") (1 text_
Roud #19225
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I'm a Little Dutch Girl" (lyrics of some versions)
cf. "I'm a Girl Dressed in Green" (lyrics)
cf. "I'm a Little Brownie Dressed in Brown" (form)
File: SuSm111A

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