American Jump

DESCRIPTION: "American jump, American jump, One, two, three. Under the water, under the sea, Catching fishes for (your/my) tea. (Dead or alive?)"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes)
KEYWORDS: playparty fishing
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 115, "(American Jump)" (1 text)
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 8, "American Jump" (1 text)
Roud #20646
File: SuSm115B

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