Skinny Malinky Long Legs

DESCRIPTION: "Skinny Malinky long/lanky legs, And big banana/umberella feet, Jammy face.... Went to the cinema, And fell through the seat" (or, ...to the pictures, And couldn't get a seat. When he got a seat, he fell fast asleep")
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Folk-Lore 67, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: playparty jumprope nonsense | cinema seat
FOUND IN: New Zealand Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 126, "(Skin a ma links)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #520, "Skinamalinky long legs" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 44, "(Skinnymalink, melodeon legs)" (1 text)
Roud #19020
NOTES [31 words]: Although Eilís Brady's All In! All In! does not seem to have a text of this song, on p. 15 it helps explain this meaning: a "tall skinny girl is called skinnymalink melodeon legs." - RBW
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